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1. LDS CHURCH: “As a young man during the 1820s, Joseph Smith, like others in his day, used a seer stone to look for lost objects and buried treasure.19”
a. www.churchofje... CHURCH: “Joseph Smith’s critics often tried to disparage him by calling him a money digger or a treasure seeker. Rather than deny the charge, Joseph acknowledged in his official history that Josiah Stowell had hired him in 1825 to assist in a treasure-seeking venture in northern Pennsylvania.1 Stowell wanted his help because Joseph was reputed by some of his neighbors to be a “seer”-someone who could look into a special stone and find lost or hidden objects.2”
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2. LDS CHURCH: "allowed him to escape on account of his youth.” www.churchofje... a. Dan Vogel: After the trial, Joseph followed his father’s advice to abandon the pursuit of filthy lucre and take refuge in religion. Joseph’s unwillingness to discuss his arrest and trial for being a disorderly person is evident since it’s suspiciously missing from his official history. In fact, Joseph told his followers that his early persecutions were from his visionary claims, but truthfully, his severest persecutions actually stemmed from his activities treasure digging. Joseph Smith - The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel pg. 82
3. Affidavit of Isaac Hale, father-in-law of Joseph Smith. March 1834: “I first became acquainted with Joseph Smith, Jr. in November, 1825. He was at that time in the employ of a set of men who were called "money-diggers;" and his occupation was that of seeing, or pretending to see by means of a stone placed in his hat, and his hat closed over his face. In this way he pretended to discover minerals and hidden treasure. His appearance at this time, was that of a careless young man - not very well educated, and very saucy and insolent to his father.”
a. “Smith, and his father, with several other 'money-diggers' boarded at my house while they were employed in digging for a mine that they supposed had been opened and worked by the Spaniards, many years since. Young Smith gave the 'money-diggers' great encouragement, at first, but when they had arrived in digging, to near the place where he had stated an immense treasure would be found - he said the enchantment was so powerful that he could not see. They then became discouraged, and soon after dispersed. This took place about the 17th of November, 1825; and one of the company gave me his note for $12[.]68 for his board, which is still unpaid.”
b. “After these occurrences, young Smith made several visits at my house, and at length asked my consent to his marrying my daughter Emma. This I refused, and gave him my reasons for so doing; some of which were, that he was a stranger, and followed a business that I could not approve:
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4 + 5. LDS CHURCH: “According to these accounts, Joseph placed either the interpreters or the seer stone in a hat, pressed his face into the hat to block out extraneous light, and read aloud the English words that appeared on the instrument.26”
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Isaac Hale: user.xmission....
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