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==Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about Joseph Smith claiming that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"?==
===Three individuals who made their depositions together said that Joseph Smith claimed that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"===
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====Levi Lewis====
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. and Martin Harris said that "adultery was no crime."
*Claimed that he "knows Smith to be a liar."
*Claimed that he heard Joseph Smith say that he "was as '''good as Jesus Christ'''."
*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. told him "[w]ith regard to the plates, Smith said God had deceived him."
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* Martin Harris would later be charged with slander for accusing a woman ([[Polygamy_book/Early_womanizer#Eliza_Winters|Eliza Winters]]) of having a "bastard child."  He was acquitted of this charge, but it is inconsistent with Lewis' claim for Martin to suffer jail and risk slander charges over an issue which he regards as "no crime."  The story is implausible.
* Joseph repeatedly testified (as did others) that he had the plates, and that others and seen them.  That Lewis claims otherwise is likewise implausible.
* Joseph's early private letters reveal him to be humble and painfully aware of his dependence on God.  The claim about him being "as good as Jesus Christ" is inconsistent with this private, contemporary evidence.
* {{GLS-Nauvoo Polygamy-FARMS}}
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====Sophia Lewis====
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. said that he "was as '''good as Jesus Christ'''."
*Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr. said that "the Book of Plates could not be opened under penalty of death by any other person but his (Smith's) first-born, which was to be a male."
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*On the threat that no one could see the gold plates and live, see: [[Viewing gold plates would result in death]]
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====Hezekiah M'Kune====
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*Claimed that Joseph Smith said "he was '''nearly equal to Jesus Christ'''."
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* Joseph's early private letters reveal him to be humble and painfully aware of his dependence on God.  The claim about him being "as good as Jesus Christ" is inconsistent with this private, contemporary evidence.
* {{GLS-Nauvoo Polygamy-FARMS}}
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===Hezekiah M'Kune, Levi Lewis and Sophia Lewis went together to make their depositions before the justice and their testimonies bear a remarkable similarity===
*Hezekiah M'Kune, Levi Lewis and Sophia Lewis went together to make their depositions before the justice. Their testimonies bear a remarkable similarity and contain the unique claim that Joseph claimed to be "as good as Jesus Christ." This claim is not related by any other individuals who knew the Prophet, suggesting that these three individuals planned and coordinated their story before giving their depositions.  <ref>{{Nibley11_1|start=128}}</ref>
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[[pt:Pergunta: O que os depoimentos Hurlbut dizer sobre Joseph Smith, alegando que ele era "tão bom quanto Jesus Cristo"?]]