Mormon Discussion: 2018 Sunstone Symposium Gold Plates - Ancient or Modern Fabrication

One of the coolest issues to dive into is Moroni’s Gold Plates. This ancient mortal was the last to make engravings and to see them protected until he himself buried them only to as a post mortal being entrust them to the prophet Joseph Smith. What do we know about these plates and whose testimony can we trust. Numerous 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hand witnesses tell us much about these plates but in the end it may be Moroni himself who helps us solve this puzzle?

RESOURCES:

https://publications.mi.byu.edu/publications/jbms/10/1/S00003-50be4834f0ca03Henrichsen.pdf

https://www.lds.org/new-era/2007/07/what-did-the-golden-plates-look-like?lang=eng

https://publications.mi.byu.edu/publications/jbms/10/1/S00005-50be48520d86f5Sjodahl.pdf

https://publications.mi.byu.edu/pdf-control.php/publications/jbms/10/1/S00003-How_Witnesses_Described_the_Gold_Plates.html

https://history.lds.org/article/historic-sites/palmyra/smith-farm-life?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/church/news/artist-re-creates-the-golden-plates-for-museum-display-from-written-descriptions?lang=eng