True Origins of the Book of Mormon Revealed

Joseph Smith occasionally would meet with an old man that lived near Joseph’s home1. In his late teenage years Joseph met several times2 with this old man who would tell Joseph stories from when he was younger. On at least one of these occasions, he told Joseph about a manuscript that he and his father had been writing3. In perhaps a moment of vulnerability the old man confided in Joseph that there had been some delays in finishing the text when his father had died4 and between that and some…