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Javaman

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7. Perhaps they need to consult the hat...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 11:11 AM

Dec 2014

David Whitmer said when Smith translated the Book of Mormon, he "put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seer_stone_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Seer_stones_and_the_Book_of_Mormon

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Mormons say race remains taboo topic in church [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2014 OP

Look, I try to be tolerant of other people's religious beliefs even though I'm an agnostic, but why Chakab Dec 2014 #1

"the fuck would you convert to a religion" BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #2

I could never be, under ANY circumstance a member of the LDS. Dawson Leery Dec 2014 #3

It wasn't founded on that - that was Brigham Young FreeState Dec 2014 #4

Well.... the United States was founded on the principle that dark skinned people are inferior. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #6

This is true. Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #5

Perhaps they need to consult the hat... Javaman Dec 2014 #7