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==Question: Were the Three Nephites of the Book of Mormon based upon three of the "lying prophets among the savages" in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War''?== | ==Question: Were the Three Nephites of the Book of Mormon based upon three of the "lying prophets among the savages" in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War''?== | ||
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[[es:Pregunta: Fueron los tres nefitas del Libro de Mormón basa en tres de los "profetas mentirosos entre los salvajes" en el libro de Gilbert Hunt ''La Última Guerra''?]] | [[es:Pregunta: Fueron los tres nefitas del Libro de Mormón basa en tres de los "profetas mentirosos entre los salvajes" en el libro de Gilbert Hunt ''La Última Guerra''?]] | ||
[[pt:Pergunta: Foram os três nefitas do Livro de Mórmon com base em três dos "profetas que encontram-se entre os selvagens" em ''A Última Guerra'' por Gilbert Hunt?]] | [[pt:Pergunta: Foram os três nefitas do Livro de Mórmon com base em três dos "profetas que encontram-se entre os selvagens" em ''A Última Guerra'' por Gilbert Hunt?]] | ||
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4 And when he had spoken unto them, he turned himself unto the three, and said unto them: What will ye that I should do unto you, when I am gone unto the Father?
37 Therefore the true believers in Christ, and the true worshipers of Christ, (among whom were the three disciples of Jesus who should tarry) were called Nephites, and Jacobites, and Josephites, and Zoramites.
The Late War 35 (p. 128) off-site
19 And he marched with his army through the wilderness more than an hundred miles, to a town built upon a place called by the savages the Holy-Ground, where three of the Indian prophets dwelt.
20 Now there were lying prophets among the savages, even as there were in the days of old, among the children of Israel; and they prophesied according to their own wishes;
21 And those of shallow understanding believed them, and were led into a snare, whereby their whole tribe was night being destroyed.
One critic of the Church points to the presence of "Three Indian Prophets" and "False Indian prophets" as evidence of similarity between the Book of Mormon and The Late War.[2]
It seems unlikely that Joseph Smith would base three righteous disciples of Jesus Christ, who would remain on earth until Christ's return in a manner similar to the Apostle John, on three "lying prophets among the savages" who "prophesied according to their own wishes."
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