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Joseph Smith lost the 116 pages because he so desperately needed Martin's $3000 that he risked the entire project, even after God told him TWICE not to do it. Then God had to dictate an entire section of the D&C (Section 19) to try to scare/woo Martin into coughing up the money. He even appealed to Martin's Universalism by claiming that he had lied to his prophets and apostles from the beginning about the existence of Hell; not a real place, just a scary story to manipulate people.

But my big question is why couldn't the Great Elohim, master and creator of the entire freakin' universe fix it just once so one of Joseph's treasures didn't sink away into the earth. Or, why couldn't he show Joseph in the seer stone where to find a medium-size gold nugget. As far as I can tell, God was exactly as desperate for money as his prophet Joseph Smith.

Seeing that the Savior directed Peter where to find a fish that had swallowed a silver coin so that Peter could pay their temple taxes......I have to come to the conclusion that Heavenly Father just wasn't working with Joseph in the first place and never did. (Matt.17 24-27)