Please direct me to the Hill Cumorah "stone box" vault.

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Re: Please direct me to the Hill Cumorah "stone box" vault.

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Yes, I had thought it to be Christian Whitmer, with whom I associated the writing on the bottom portion of the Jacob Hicks photo I discovered, but that was only on the basis of the opinion of those like Royal Skousen. I'm glad Brent can finally pin this down. I'm sure he has compelling evidence. I am certain it's not John Whitmer, as those from the JSPapers think. It is obvious from handwriting analysis.
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Re: Please direct me to the Hill Cumorah "stone box" vault.

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Quasimodo wrote:
afterallwecando wrote:Image
http://www.mormoninfographics.com/2013/ ... vault.html

"On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box."
Joseph Smith History, Pearl of Great Price, Chapter 1 verse 51
http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.51#50


It's right here. Take a shovel. Maybe a metal detector.


https://maps.google.com/maps?q=43.007091,-77.224806&hl=en&ll=43.00682,-77.224424&spn=0.003695,0.00839&num=1&t=h&z=17

You "anti-Mormons" are all the same - liars and stupid too.

Who goes searching for a "stone" box with a metal detector?

All you'll find with it is your shovel![/ldsfaqsMode]
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Re: Please direct me to the Hill Cumorah "stone box" vault.

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Oh come on, I'm sure he meant to bring your ground penetrating radar. Don't you have one in your garage? I certainly do.
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Re: Please direct me to the Hill Cumorah "stone box" vault.

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malkie wrote:

You "anti-Mormons" are all the same - liars and stupid too.

Who goes searching for a "stone" box with a metal detector?

All you'll find with it is your shovel![/ldsfaqsMode]


Not a bad ldsfaqs rendition! I love the "scare" quotes. You will have to work in a little misspelling and a bit more bad grammar to make it really authentic, though.

I was thinking that, just by chance, one of those golden plates went unnoticed and was still at the bottom of the box.
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Re: Please direct me to the Hill Cumorah "stone box" vault.

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The Erotic Apologist wrote:Oh come on, I'm sure he meant to bring your ground penetrating radar. Don't you have one in your garage? I certainly do.
:smile:


Worth repeating.
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Lost in the riddle of a quatrain; Stuck in an elevator between floors.
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