Talk:Three Witnesses

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[edit] Final testimony

I'd like to see the summary final testimony analysis User:John Hamer put in comments in Golden Plates moved to the end of this article as a nice bookend for the article. Its absence leaves a hole. Tom H. 15:57, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)

Tom --- actually I didn't write this part: Oliver is the only one I (User:John Hamer) can find a scant bit of evidence that he recanted his testimony - this happened during the Kirtland Safety society scandal — but the only available evidence is his asking Smith and the Church for forgiveness for his statement and said that he hoped he had not comitted an unpardonable sin (paraphrasing of course) by leading people to believe that he did not see the plates. i've found no other credible sources of this aside from early and easily discredited (such as ezra booth) early (pre-1860) anti-mormon materials. Even Whitmer said under oath in a courtroom that he had indeed seen the plates and had never denied it - and any rumors to the effect were untrue. This while he was estranged from the Church

I actually have a book on Oliver Cowdery, but I can't figure out where I put it. I'm planning on using it to beef up his post-excommunication period article. I completely agree with you about expanding this portion of the 3 Witnesses article and I plan to do that soon. --John Hamer 14:43, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I believe I wrote the above quote -Visorstuff 23:28, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No references. This is a poor article without references. I'll add some in shortly. If anyone else can find some, please let me know or post them here. -Visorstuff 19:49, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)