I just read that Joeseph Smith got a revelation from a talking hat; surely there is a mis-translation here?

Answer 1

not really that is basically it
**so responders its a lie that.....
"Smith founded the LDS church in 1830, in upstate New York, after the angel Moroni supposedly led him to a set of golden tablets inscribed with the ancient account of the "lost peoples" of North America. Using a pair of magic rocks, Smith eventually "translated" the tablets into The Book of Mormon, a faux King James- style tome filled with names like Shiz, Ethem, and Ahah. Mark Twain dubbed the book "chloroform in print," but it captured the imagination of many pioneers in the New World---perhaps because it was so, well, American.
In his teachings, Smith told followers that the Garden of Eden had really been in Missouri, and that Mormons were God's only chosen people. Smith promised that they, too, could become gods in the next life and rule over their own planets through strict obedience to the church leader, and for women, obedience to their husbands. Something of a lady-killer, Smith also told women that sleeping with him was the path to salvation, hence the origins of the church's polygamist ways. "

I don't think so, he is said to have had visions after having put his head into a hat that had the rocks in it.

Answer 2

There was a hat used to hide some of the whatever from whoever in all that nonsnce... But it is all just a load of male bovine excriment made uo by J Smith... all of his so-called witnesses changed their testimony about conferming all J smith ahad said and they were kicked out of the cult and new"revelations" were made by J smith sucessors... In just 150 years theychanged their story more times than The Bible has been mistranslated in 2000yrs...They have absolutly,.....ABSOLUTLY nothing to back up the claims of J Smith... J smith claimed to have recieved the absoutly correct bibile directly from God... but it is never used in teaching the main group of sucors...why/ because it is so full of errors it is a joke...they have had to resort to touting the King James Bible of the Christian Faith which they taught for generations was evil and corrupt and not to be trusted... they taught that "christians" were the enemy and not to be trusted or delt fairly with... Now they claim to be "christian al of a sudden... just hype and pr to lure in more of the gulable

Answer 3

The Book of Mormon has been pr oven to be a work of fiction. In fact, Joseph Smith stole the manuscript from a New York publisher when he was 16, and then years later surfaced with it claiming that it was revelation. therefore, I do not doubt the talking hat tale.

Answer 4

Actually, he got a revelation from two angelic beings who gave him huge spectacles with which to read special tablets that were supposed to contain special revelation from God.

Personally, I think the talking hat is more believable.

Answer 5

Probably not. I know he found a pair of "rose colored glasses." They enabled him to read the otherwise unreadable tablets.

So a talking hat fits right in.

How else could an entire group decide that a salt lake was "the promised land?"

Answer 6

I heard it was a salamander. Anyway, the guy got all the women and power he ever wanted in this life. Burn in Hell mf Smith! For leading the flock astray!

Answer 7

yes mistranslated, it was a talking cat, C not H, simple typo really, proofreaders should have caught it, quite an embarrassment, caused a lot of confusion, and now we must go to baptize Bumbledwarf, train leaving platform 9 3/4

Answer 8

Yeah your brain is the mis-translation. boob! He got his revalations from an angel in the woods.

Answer 9

Another made up lie to serve the purpose of making fun of the church.

Answer 10

Nothing about a hat was involved... that is just a circulating rumor.