The Brass Plates Conspiracy
Did the powers that be of Jerusalem collude to keep an invaluable sacred text out of the hands of the people? Critics of the Book of Mormon like to attack the concept of a bound set of plates being used in ancient Jerusalem. Aside from this being an absence of evidence is evidence of absence fallacy and the fact that plates dating back to that time have been discovered , these critics failed to consider one major component of the Mormon faith that explains this problem, the belief in prophets. Prophets can see things that other people cannot. Before Noah, arks did not exist. Before Moses, tabernacles did not exist. Before Isaiah, lengthy and confusing analogies did not exist. The list goes on and on. What if plates never existed in Ancient Israel? Would that prevent a prophet from being shown a new form of record keeping? No. God can command and instruct as He sees fit. Case closed. Except it wasn’t for me. This "problem" got me thinking about plates. The fi...
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