Joe and the Blacksmith
Joe and the Blacksmith
Mormons forget that Oliver Cowdery had also worked as a blacksmith before hooking up with Joe. It wouldn't be that hard to make up some tin or copper plates wit a few engraving and link them up with hooks. I'm sure Joe used props - and covered them up with cloths so that people didn't look too closely. Joe Smith was a liar par excellence, and people should put nothing past this character - look at what he did with the supposed "papyrus" containing the Book of Breathings incantations, claiming they were written by Abraham. Come on, folks, think.
Re: Joe and the Blacksmith
They don't forget --- they hide it..Servant wrote:Mormons forget that Oliver Cowdery had also worked as a blacksmith before hooking up with Joe.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4 -Servant wrote: Come on, folks, think.
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Re: Joe and the Blacksmith
Wasn't Joseph a cooper as well? I'm pretty sure the family ran a cooper shop (barrel making) so it's not like he wasn't a crafty person. It's part of the trade.
Re: Joe and the Blacksmith
Servant wrote:Mormons forget that Oliver Cowdery had also worked as a blacksmith before hooking up with Joe. It wouldn't be that hard to make up some tin or copper plates wit a few engraving and link them up with hooks. I'm sure Joe used props - and covered them up with cloths so that people didn't look too closely. Joe Smith was a liar par excellence, and people should put nothing past this character - look at what he did with the supposed "papyrus" containing the Book of Breathings incantations, claiming they were written by Abraham. Come on, folks, think.
And Cowdery had been accused of associating with counterfeiters, who may have been creating bogus plates for printing.
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Re: Joe and the Blacksmith
And don't forget that the Whitmer brothers were into macrame.
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― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
Re: Joe and the Blacksmith
And don't forget that the Whitmer brothers were into macrame.
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