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008 Translating the Book of Mormon with Stones in a Hat?

Church History Matters

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The Importance of the Book of Mormon

The idea that a 23 year old Joseph Smith translated an ancient record by looking at rocks in the bottom of his hat can feel uneasy and it can strain the belief gene, you know. I'll say that what helped me believe that such a thing was possible is the actual text of the Book of Mormon itself. So the evidence, when carefully examined for me, is highly, highly suspicious of a miracle. But every single person to the end of their life bore witness that this was something that they couldn't explain through natural means," he says.

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