Interpreter Video Ep 29 "Women Witnesses, Why or Why Not?" A lie? Two? Why not...

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Interpreter Video Ep 29 "Women Witnesses, Why or Why Not?" A lie? Two? Why not...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiO8GWTk2Gc

In the latest video by interpreter it opens with the scene of Jospeh returning breathlessly home with the plates, he lurches into the house where most of his family is gathered in the main room. He tells of his assault and his assailants and his father appears to swear ("bastard thievers") and then storms to the door to catch them and mete out some rough justice. Joseph stops him by saying "You won't catch them" which stops his father in his tracks and he puts down his gun.

But that's a tad misleading...
Once home in Manchester, he said he walked to Cumorah, removed the plates from their hiding place, and walked home through the woods and away from the road with the plates wrapped in a linen frock under his arm.[89] On the way, he said a man had sprung up from behind a log and struck him a "heavy blow with a gun.... Knocking the man down with a single punch, Joseph ran as fast as he could for about a half mile before he was attacked by a second man trying to get the plates. After similarly overpowering the man, Joseph continued to run, but before he reached the house, a third man hit him with a gun. In striking the last man, Joseph said, he injured his thumb."[90] He returned home with a dislocated thumb and other minor injuries.[91] Smith sent his father, Joseph Knight, and Josiah Stowell to search for the pursuers, but they found no one.[92]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_pl ... the_plates

...Not only did Joseph not prevent his father from giving chase, he actually sent his father to go and look for them. The snippet video is telling lies.

But that's not the only lie. The video snippet shows Joseph returning home with only the plates. Again that isn't accurate.
At the same time, Smith said he received a pair of large spectacles he called the Urim and Thummim or "Interpreters," with lenses consisting of two seer stones, which he showed his mother when he returned in the morning.[83]
Why did they exclude the Urim & Thummim from the very scene meant to portray the moment Joseph returns home with them and physically shows them to a female witness? Why not indeed...
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Re: Interpreter Video Ep 29 "Women Witnesses, Why or Why Not?" A lie? Two? Why not...

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I guess the retributive Joseph of "go and get them" doesn't fit well with the creative license they are going with for this Joseph as a nice and forgiving sort. And....the urim and thumim may just introduce a level of weirdness and eventual uselessness since the tool went obsolete after Joseph decided his stone works better. \

Ah those Interpreter dudes...you never know what tricks they're going to pull next. I can't wait to see.
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Re: Interpreter Video Ep 29 "Women Witnesses, Why or Why Not?" A lie? Two? Why not...

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I don’t think the church wants the Interpreters (umim and thumin) shown to members anymore. No more artwork of Joseph diligently translating like a scholar. He used a rock in a hat, and he directly copied the Isaiah parts from the KJV Bible he had.

There are so many problems with the translation process that they want to keep it as abstract in the minds of members as possible.
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IHAQ
Why did they exclude the Urim & Thummim from the very scene meant to portray the moment Joseph returns home with them and physically shows them to a female witness? Why not indeed...


Because keeping these things in members minds will cause very uncomfortable questions in the membership. If Joseph used the Urim and Thummim, and the church has prophets like him, why are they not using it? They really don't want to go down that road...
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