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Joseph Smith and the Rational God part 6 – Retrieving the Plates

Accordingly, as I had been commanded, I went at the end of each year, and at each time I found the same messenger there except the second year when I brought Samuel Lawrence, a man of magic to the hill, and … Continue reading

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Joseph Smith and the Rational God, Part 5 – Asking some questions of Moroni

He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the twenty-eighth verse to the last. He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was soon to be. And he further stated that the fullness of the Gentiles was … Continue reading

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Joseph Smith and the Rational God part 4 (Popularity, Ridicule, Fear, Tradition, Martyr and other Manipulations)

And I Joseph, did pray much, and read much in the Bible, and did prepare myself for further contact with God; for I had no doubt in my mind that I had some import, being contacted and taught by the … Continue reading

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Joseph Smith and the Rational God – part 3

Questions and Answers And I, Joseph, did return for a third day to the grove. And at this time my family became greatly excited about all that we had discussed and many of them were interested and wished to accompany … Continue reading

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Joseph and the Rational God – Part 2

I, Joseph, did return unto the Grove, with my Brother, and did behold that the personages I did speak to the previous day were there again. And Alvin and I had spent the night, with my family, conversing upon how … Continue reading

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Joseph Smith and the Rational God – Part 1

[Note: This is based on the concepts and thoughts on LessWrong.com, in the same way that the fanfic “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality”[1] is. I guess that makes this a kind of fanfic, which I never thought I would write. … Continue reading

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