Additionally, each of the three witnesses martin harris, oliver cowdery, and david whitmer left the church during joseph smiths lifetime and considered smith to have been. Did the book of mormon witnesses really see what they claimed. The three witnesses of the book of mormon, part 1 youtube. The complete story, parts 1 and 2 of martin harriss witness to the book of mormon to watch originals from the channel theldslife. Book of mormon witnesses all later denied its truthfulness. Explaining away the book of mormon witnesses fairmormon. Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come.
Three witnesses oliver cowdery, david whitmer, and martin harris declared an angel of god appeared to them and showed them the book of mormon plates and they heard the voice of the lord pronounce that joseph smiths translation had been accomplished. More than five decades after the book of mormon was published, david whitmer recalled how. The combined testimonies of the three and eight witnesses of the book of mormon provide powerful. Some mormons will agree that all three witnesses denied the book of mormon but came back to deny their denial. And every one of these witnesses of the book of mormon whether the three or eight are consistent. The testimony of three witnesses be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come. The names of oliver cowdery, david whitmer, and martin harris are familiar to most of us, notably because of their role as witnesses to the reality of the book of mormon. From changing their stories to denying their faith to getting excommunicated.
That i have never at any time denied that testimony or any part thereof, which has so long since been published with that book, as one of the three witnesses. That we, through the grace of god the father, and our lord jesus christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of nephi, and also of the lamanites, their brethren, and also of. Two separate sets of witnesses, a set of three and a set of eight, testified as having seen the golden plates, the record from which the book of mormon was translated. Each copy of the book of mormon contains a record of eleven witnesses who proclaim its truthfulness. The witnesses to the book of mormon are blatantly not credible. The whitmer family prior to the book of mormon a dan. This video also depicts how the three men remained true to. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to adherents, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. However, according to the following information, the testimony of the majority of these witnesses is largely invalidated by their actions. But though their testimonies are still printed at the beginning of every copy of the book of mormon, all three of these men left the church at some pointonly two. Modern mormon spin doctors write all kinds of articles claiming that the witnesses may have denied the mormon church but they never the book of mormon.
A year before his death in richmond, missouri, david responded to two encyclopedias that claimed he and the other witnesses had denied their testimonies of the book of mormon. This is the first half of an old byu film depicting the story of the three witnesses of the book of mormon. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. For a very recent blog entry on david, see david whitmer and the great richmond tornado of 1878.
The first edition of the book of mormon featured two testimonials. The three are part of twelve book of mormon witnesses, who also include smith and the eight witnesses. The mormon church presents this as evidence that the book of mormon is true. The three witnesses were oliver cowdery, martin harris, and david whitmer, whose joint testimony, in conjunction with a. Book of mormon the testimony of three witnesses awitness4jesuschrist michael corbett. Three witnesses oliver cowdery, david whitmer, and martin harris declared an angel of god appeared to them and showed them the book of mormon plates. Testimony of three witnesses, late june 1829, page 589. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. All three witnesses eventually broke with smith and were excommunicated from the church. The three witnesses, unlike the eight witnesses, were shown the plates by a heavenly messenger, not joseph smith. In the introductory pages of the book of mormon, there is a page that contains the testimony of three witnesses and the testimony of eight witnesses. The three witnesses were oliver cowdery, martin harris, and david whitmer, whose joint testimony, in conjunction with a separate statement by eight witnesses, has been printed with every edition of the book of mormon since its first publication in 1830. Book of mormon the testimony of three witnesses youtube.
The three are part of twelve book of mormon witnesses. The three witnesses is the collective name for three men connected with the early latter day saint movement who stated that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which joseph smith, jr. The case against the 3 witnesses of the book of mormon. The three witnesses is the collective name for three men connected with the early latter day. Mormonism does it pass gods 3 question test for truth. Why were three key witnesses chosen to testify of the book of.