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Originally Posted by IAmGamerFun
and the reason why he didn't let anyone else see the plates was because they were made of pure gold. People would want to steal them and collect the precious metal for themselves. But there were three people, (maybe four) that actually knew about the plates and saw them
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Or... maybe they were simply imagination. After all, Joseph Smith was convicted of being a disorderly person and impostor in March, 1926. He admitted at trial in Bainbridge, NY to be defrauding people by claiming to be a "glass looker," using magic stones to find hidden treasure or lost property. About eighteen months later, he founded a new religion by convincing a different group of people that he found magical gold tablets that could only be read with magical stones. But the
real magic kind this time.