Did Joseph Smith actually translate anything?

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2bizE
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Did Joseph Smith actually translate anything?

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Please help my unbelief…
Did JS actually translate anything from one language to another?
BoM: nope. Used a rock in a hat and gold plates were not looked at.
BoA: nope. Papyri has nothing to do with BoA.
Bible Translation: Nope. Took ideas from Adam Clark.
Kinderhook plates: nope. They were fake.

Is there a work he actually translated?
~2bizE
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Spicy McHaggis
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Re: Did Joseph Smith actually translate anything?

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I think if he had actually translated anything the church would dedicate a huge museum in downtown SLC to whatever ancient document he translated.

The church's silence on it is proof he did not translate anything.
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Re: Did Joseph Smith actually translate anything?

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I mean he *tried* to translate languages beyond just Abraham/Kinderhook plates, but he was always wrong... even the Adamic language is absolutely nonsensical.
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Not Buying It
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Re: Did Joseph Smith actually translate anything?

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He translated things in the same sense he revealed sacred truths - in actuality he just made crap up all the time.
"The truth is elegantly simple. The lie needs complex apologia. 4 simple words: Joe made it up. It answers everything with the perfect simplicity of Occam's Razor. Every convoluted excuse withers." - Some guy on Reddit called disposazelph
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