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