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==Question: What does Joseph's attempt to translate the Kinderhook Plates tell us about his "gift of translation?"==
===Joseph's attempt to translate manually tells us that he didn't attempt to translate the plates using the "gift and power of God"===

A critical graphic from "mormoninfographics" states that "Joseph didn't discern the fraud. The LDS Church now concedes it's a hoax. What does this tell us about Joseph Smith's gift of translation?"

[[File:Mormoninfographic.kinderhook.josephs.gift.jpg|800 px|thumb|center]]

Simply put, Joseph's attempt to translate the plates manually tells us that he didn't attempt to translate the plates using the "gift and power of God."

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[[Category:An Insider's View of Mormon Origins]]
[[Category:Letter to a CES Director]]
[[Category:MormonThink]]
[[Category:John Dehlin's "Questions and Answers"]]


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[[es:Pregunta: ¿Qué hace el intento de José para traducir las planchas de Kinderhook nos hablan de su "don de la traducción"?]]
[[pt:Pergunta: O que a tentativa de Joseph de traduzir as placas de Kinderhook nos diz sobre seu “dom de tradução”?]]
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