Book of Mormon Witnesses, we don't have their signatures

References

[1] Testimony of Eight Witnesses, June 1829, josephsmithpapers.org
[2] US Declaration of Independence, July 1776, Library of Congress

For more analysis see pages 55-56 "A Letter to a CES Director"

Honest Mormonism in a Parallel Universe

 
Top Left Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Conference Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Top Right Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Salt Lake Temple Square North Visitor Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Bottom Photos
Based on the actual historical record.  As reported by witnesses and documented by scholars and historians.  And acknowledged in obscurity by the LDS church.

"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

Bottom Statement
This is a reference to the standard of honesty taught by the LDS church in Chapter 31 of the Gospel Principles Manual.



"To become completely honest, we must look carefully at our lives. If there are ways in which we are being even the least bit dishonest, we should repent of them immediately."

Credit idea for panel to the author of A Letter to a CES Director

10 Questions to ask a Mormon Guaranteed to get less than the truth

References		Link
1	Polygamy Doctrine is in D&C 132	http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132
2	2013 Lorenzo Snow Manual Ch 5	http://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-lorenzo-snow/chapter-5-the-grand-destiny-of-the-faithful
3	Wives of Joseph Smith Pedigree Chart	http://www.mormoninfographics.com/2012/09/the-many-wives-of-joseph-smith.html
4	Law of Consecration	http://lds4u.com/lesson5/templecovenants.htm
5	Translation Method	http://www.mormonthink.com/img/trans5.jpg
6	"creeds were an abomination"	http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.19#18
7	Blacks and the Priesthood	http://www.mormonsandnegroes.org/
8	Joseph Smith @ Carthage Jail	http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/carthage/expositororder.html
9	Pre-1990 Temple Blood Oaths	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyU97I12AQ
10	Polygamy: It's not about the widows	http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_widows.htm

Kirtland Banking Society

References

[1]    'Anti-Banking Company', "Mormon Enigma", by Newell & Avery, pp. 62

[2]    Painesville Republican, Feb. 22, 1838, Conflict at Kirtland, pg 297
         Joseph declared that the audible voice of God, instructed him to establish a banking-anti-banking institution."
         "[The Kirtland Safety Society] Shall swallow up all other Banks"

[3]    "No Man Knows My History", Fawn Brodie, pp. 199-202

[4]    "Joseph Smith As An Administrator," M.A. thesis, BYU, May 1969, pp. 80-88
         Smith tried in court and found guilty

[5]    "The Mormon Murders", by Naifeh & Smith, 1988, pp 25-26
         Prospective clients shown boxes of sand with a thin layer of coins on top

How does the LDS church justify deliberate deception at mormon.org

References:

[1] Official LDS website; mormon.org; Joseph Smith biography:  "Devoted Husband and Father"
      http://mormon.org/beliefs/joseph-smith#a_devoted_husband_and_father   

[2] LDS Gospel Principles, 2010, Ch 31
      http://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-31-honesty
      Q: What does it mean to be completely honest?
      A:  To become completely honest, we must look carefully at our lives. If there are ways in which we are being even the least bit dishonest, we should repent of them immediately.