I am not trying to be a movie shill, but on September 2, 2011 the movie Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold comes out.
Richard Bushman has assigned it the word compelling and the Deseret News uses the word masterpiece.
This movie will show critics a thing or two, for it clearly shows Joseph Smith holding the Plates of Gold in the palm of one hand while uncovering it with the other hand in front of a group of witnesses.
The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it3FZm7FsTs&feature=player_embedded
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Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
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Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
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It looks awesome! I laughed, I cried, I felt goosebumps...All from a one minute trailer.
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Uh oh..."Volume 1"?
That's the kiss of mormon-movie death.
That's the kiss of mormon-movie death.
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Re: Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
Based on the trailer, I smell a Golden Raspberry Award coming.
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Re: Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
Is this going to play outside Utah?
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Re: Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
How many Joseph Smith reboots do we need? Shouldn't the title be "Plates that Look Like Gold"? He holds them out with one hand.
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Re: Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
From the website:
That could have some unintended consequences...
"It was so worth seeing! I am now totally motivated to learn more about the early histroy [sic] of the Church."
That could have some unintended consequences...
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cinepro wrote:From the website:"It was so worth seeing! I am now totally motivated to learn more about the early histroy [sic] of the Church."
That could have some unintended consequences...
Bwabwabwa!!!
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cinepro wrote:From the website:"It was so worth seeing! I am now totally motivated to learn more about the early histroy [sic] of the Church."
That could have some unintended consequences...
LOL!
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
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Re: Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
DarkHelmet wrote:How many Joseph Smith reboots do we need? Shouldn't the title be "Plates that Look Like Gold"? He holds them out with one hand.
I thought FARMS estimated the weight of the (alloy) plates at around 60 pounds?
Go down to your local gym, put 60 pounds in one hand, and see how long you can hold it out at waist level or higher. Imagine (this is the main requirement for any thoughts about the gold plates) that you are flipping the leaves of the plates as you show them to your handpicked witnesses. I bet you can't hold the weight up for very long. Joseph must have been a heckuva strong dude.
This is assuming they are a gold alloy, which no one would want to steal for monetary gain.