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==[[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] The Golden Plates==
Lots of debate and criticism stems from The Golden Plates, which Mormons believe Joseph Smith translated off and translatedpublished into The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon was originally written in '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_Egyptian Reformed Egyptian]', which Mormon skeptics call out since 'Reformed Egyptian' isn't ana actualknown commonlyor spoken dialect of Egyptian, and that there's no archaeological, linguistic, and other evidence of the use of Egyptian writing in the ancient Americas. Mormon skeptics believe Joseph Smith made up the language since the words and grammar of 'Reformed Egyptian' can't be fact-checked by linguistics.
 
Eight people, known as "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight%20Witnesses The Eight Witnesses]" have testified to seeing Smith's Golden Plates. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Witnesses Three of the witnesses] - Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris - testified they were shown the plates by an angel and held them. All three of the Witnesses maintained their testimony throughout their lives, even after leaving the LDS church. All Witnesses, except Martin Harris were related to The Smiths or Witmers.
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