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If you found out that the Golden Plates never existed, would you still be a Mormon?

View Poll Results: If you found out that the Golden Plates never existed, would you still be a Mormon?
Yes, the literalness of Joseph Smith's claims don't matter to me.	4	14.29%
Yes, but it would change the way I view the Church.	9	32.14%
No, I couldn't accept the Church as true in such a scenario.	10	35.71%
I'm not a Mormon.	5	17.86%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

09-14-2007, 07:35 PM

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SoonerCoug

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

The Anthon Transcript argues against the plates being just present in a temporary vision, or being non-literal in conception to JS and his followers.

How does this argue against the plates being non-literal? Joseph Smith wrote characters and gave them to Harris, who showed them to Anthon?

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