Many experts have studied the two original manuscripts of the Book of Mormon
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AH NO
The originals dont exist
Joey Smith claims an angel came and took them back to the mormon god..
Nobody but he himself was ever worthy enough to see and read and touch them...
I believe that is an intentional lie, because anyone who has actually read the Book of Mormon has read that 8 witnesses handled the plates and hefted them, and I cannot believe that a critic of the Book of Mormon would be ignorant of what one is supposed to be criticizing.
Richard Lloyd Anderson's 1981 book Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses shows that none of the 11 witnesses, despite the fact that many of them were expelled from the church or left on their own, ever denied their actual printed testimonies. Some of them were hounded to do so, but each died without denying their printed testimonies until only one was left, David Whitmer. Since all the other 10 had failed to cave under pressure, enemies of the Book of Mormon slapped a full court press on David Whitmer, who refused to cave while he was alive and left a message supporting the Book of Mormon on his gravestone in Richmond, Missouri.
Game over. Score 11 for Book of Mormon enthusiasts. Score 0 for Book of Mormon haters.
I think he means the manuscripts resulting from JS’ efforts; NOT the original plates themselves.