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− | ==Question: What did Nathaniel Lewis claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits?==
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− | ===Nathaniel Lewis claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. was an impostor, hypocrite and liar===
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− | (Brother-in-law to Isaac Hale and a Methodist deacon)
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− | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. asked his advice on whether or not he should translate the plates.
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− | *Claimed that Joseph told him that God commanded him to translate the plates, but that he was "afraid of the people."
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− | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. "frequently said to me that I should see the plates at the time appointed."
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− | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. said that "he, himself was deceived."
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− | *Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. was "an impostor, hypocrite and liar."
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− | ===Hugh Nibley: This contradicts the claims by other critics that the ''Book of Mormon'' was intended to be a "publicity stunt"===
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− | Nibley notes that the claim made by Lewis that Joseph was "afraid of the people" contradicts the claims by other critics that the ''Book of Mormon'' was intended to be a "publicity stunt." <ref>{{Nibley11_1|start=65}}</ref>
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− | [[pt:Pergunta: O que Nathaniel Lewis reclamar sobre Joseph Smith nos depoimentos Hurlbut?]] | |