[Colofornian]

From the article: For much of the time he was dictating, the gold plates were not even present, but in a hiding place.

Tell us Mormons.
Why did Joseph need the golden plates if he didn't reference them?
And if he referenced them, why would that matter? (He couldn't read the unknown (& still unknown language of "reformed Egyptian")
[And tell us, why would those of Israel, who spoke and wrote Hebrew, reduce a record of their peoples in the language of known enemies?]
And if he used a "urim and thummim," and if the church still has this seer stone today, why don't current Lds "prophets" use it?

[MHGinTN]

“... if he used a “urim and thummim,” and if the church still has this seer stone today, why don’t current Lds “prophets” use it? “ Can’t find the right shrooms to go along with the smell of the hat?