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William O. Lewis, III – a.k.a. Grampa Bill has a website full of biographies of LDS General Authorities. Though he was kind to list David Whitmer (since the LDS Church Almanac does not) his hack of David’s Proclamation is unnerving. The following was removed without the slightest mention that he did so: And that no … Read more

The following comes from Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon by Bob Bennett, Deseret 2009: Three of them–Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer–swore that they had also seen and talked with Moroni and that the voice of God had told them that the plates were genuine and the translation correct. Believers take … Read more

David Whitmer said Joseph gave some ridiculous revelations, so ridiculous he dared not mention them. In a recent article at Mormon Times entitled “Newly found revelation of Joseph Smith” by Michael De Groote (Friday, Oct. 16, 2009) Steven C. Harper (one of the three volume editors for the Joseph Smith Papers Project) had the following disparages to … Read more

Though not a direct disparage of David, his speech on the Book of Mormon disparages all Book of Mormon followers who leave the Mormon Church: If anyone is foolish enough or misled enough to reject 531 pages of a heretofore unknown text teeming with literary and Semitic complexity without honestly attempting to account for the … Read more

Daniel Peterson has again stepped out and misused not only the testimony of David Whitmer, but the other Book of Mormon witnesses also. Leaving a general conference session a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a demonstrator holding a sign announcing that Joseph Smith had “lied.” Now, I don”t buy this for a second. The … Read more