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What state did Joseph Smith come from? |
New York State |
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What was happening to religion in the 1820s in Smith's home state? |
The religious revival was taking place. |
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What religious occurrences happened to Joseph Smith? |
An angel came to him. |
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What was the name of the angel who visited Joseph Smith? |
Moroni. |
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What did the angel tell Joseph in his visitation? |
He told him that God had work for him to do: find a set of golden plates. |
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Where did Smith find the golden plates? |
On a hillside in Manchester, New York. |
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What did the golden plates say? |
They told him of a sort of a story from a specific period of time that was told in the Bible, but that told a radically different story from what the Bible actually said. |
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Why did Smith call himself a Mormon? |
When the lost tribes of Israel came to America before Christ was born, they fought with the natives until Jesus came to establish his church. A survivor called Mormon dedicated his life to recording the events on the golden plates. |
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What did Smith believe he had to do after finding the plates? |
He had to restore the church of Christ before He reappeared to start his thousand-year reign. |
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Why do you think no-one else was allowed to see the plates? |
Smith could've hidden them because either they were too holy to be seen in case they were damaged, or maybe just because they didn't exist. |
