Joseph Smith and Treasure Digging | Ep. 1575 | LDS Discussions Ep. 01

Over the last decade the Mormon Church has officially admitted that Joseph Smith and his family believed in and practiced treasure-seeking using folk magic and occult methods. However, many people overlook how these illegal and disreputable practices are closely related to the stories that Joseph would tell later, including the creation of the Book of Mormon. In this episode, Mike from LDS Discussions talks to us about Joseph Smith's treasure digging and how it relates to the Book of Mormon story and the Church as a whole.

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Video Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction and Announcements
00:08:50 Introducing Mike from LDS Discussions
00:14:50 Essays and footnotes
00:16:55 Gerardo and LDS Discussions and his faith crisis
00:19:41 Slide discussion and why Mike made them
00:26:08 Putting the puzzle together during his faith crisis
00:31:25 Patterns and taking all information in total
00:42:24 Treasure Digging
00:47:40 How treasure digging is compared to the Book of Mormon story
00:50:17 Benjamin Franklin on Treasure Digging
00:54:25 Well known scam 100 years before Joseph
00:56:00 The magical worldview of the 19th century
00:59:07 Video from the Joseph Smith Foundation Project
01:11:37 A picture from Miner’s Hill - one of Joseph’s treasure digs
01:12:33 Joseph Smith’s timeline as a treasure digger
01:10:00 The magic stone and the seer
01:19:07 Dan Vogal treasure dig list
01:19:44 How treasure digging was done
01:20:20 Sacrificing of dogs before some treasure digs
01:28:05 Guardian spirits
01:35:32 Why treasure digging “failed”
01:45:05 Joseph Smith’s treasure digging trial
01:48:10 Hugh Nibley quote
01:49:16 Scan of trial in the newspaper and court record
01:52:39 Outcome of the 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith
01:58:06 Aftermath of the 1826 trial
02:00:45 1836 Salem treasure revelation (D&C 111)
02:05:46 Accounts of Joseph Smith’s willingness to deceive
02:07:00 Feather in the dig
02:09:18 Treasure digging impacts on modern day church
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