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So by the accounts of the witnesses, the plates remained covered during the translation. The Book of Mormon came about because Joseph Smith stuck a rock in his hat, followed it with his face, and spoke the translation for Cowdery to write down. How does the existence of plates fit into this scenario? It does not.

If you lived in the 19th century and you were to translate an entirely foreign language, only possessing a modicum of formal schooling, and you were to rely almost entirely upon the whisperings of the Holy Ghost and unfamiliar tools of divine origin, and it required the utmost concentration and zero distraction and you wanted to get it exactly right, how would you do it? I'm sure that your method would earn the scorn of others too.

Look, if our Heavenly Father wanted this to be easy, He and His son, Jesus Christ, would have appeared to the entire world and would have revealed all of the records that He commanded His prophets to record throughout the ages. But what faith would that require? And if we are not to be proved by our faith, for what purpose do we owe this mortal existence?

"I assert that the Book of Mormon is “another gospel” given by an angel, as spoken of in Galatians 1:6-9. What kind of angel would give another gospel? None other than Satan, who the Bible tells us will masquerade as an angel of light to lead people away from the truth. Joseph Smith was a false prophet. The Book of Mormon is a false gospel. And we must make every effort to show Mormons that the true gospel of Jesus Christ still stands. It is time to abandon the evil doctrines that say we are gods in infancy who must earn our salvation, and return to the truth of the gospel that says we are completely unworthy, but the blood of Jesus Christ is sufficient to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). We cannot afford to rest our case while there are still people in this world that do not know the truth.

As I've pointed out previously the word Nephilim is used in the Old Testament do designate Fallen Angels. The root of the word is indeed HEBREW not Egyptian as Church leaders will proclaim and it means fallen one. Did a "fallen angel" proclaim the doctrine of the LDS to Joseph Smith?

If you were to question for example how qualified Harriet Miers is for the SCOTUS, would you go to only "pro-harriet" sites or would you also visit the "anti-harriet" sites. Someone who is investigating should look carefully at both sites before they form any opinions. To do otherwise is to invite disaster.

I've been quoting a website. . . here is the link. Please visit http://www.contenderministries.org/mormonism/witnessesontrial.php