James and Hannah Stoddard – Reliable Primary Sources & the Seer ‘Stone in a Hat’
James F. Stoddard III is the father of 10 children. He is a direct descendant of Asael and Mary Duty Smith, the Prophet Joseph Smith’s grandparents, and other LDS Church history figures. He is the president of the Joseph Smith Foundation, including LDS Answers, ZionTube, FAQs, Papers, InspiraWiki and Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He is the co-author of Seer Stone v. Urim & Thummim: Book of Mormon Translation on Trial and the producer or executive producer of seven documentary films. James has worked in private, public, religious, corporate and home education as well as Web development, software engineering, videography and natural health. He is the owner of IntegriVizion, a family business specializing in film production, Web development and graphic design. James spends any free moments working on Highland Cathedral Estate, a planned family retreat and learning facility with perennial gardens and walking trails specializing in experimental farming techniques and four-season food production. He currently serves on the Firm Foundation Executive Advisory and Strategic Planning Board. He also authors many papers and articles on the Web. James has worked as a release time Seminary teacher and as an instructor at the Provo Missionary Training Center (MTC). His research supports the writings and teachings of ancient and latter-day prophets.
L. Hannah Stoddard is the co-author of Seer Stone v. Urim & Thummim: Book of Mormon Translation on Trial. She is the founder of Joseph Smith’s Legacy and the producer or director of six documentary films. In addition to directing Joseph Smith Foundation projects for over a decade, she is often invited to speak on various radio and video programs. Hannah helped direct her first documentary film, beginning at age 16. She has worked as a history and literature teacher, graphic design artist, software developer, videographer, project manager, agriculturist and research assistant. Her work focuses on Church history and doctrine, answers to Latter-day Saint faith crisis questions, educational philosophy, culture and defending the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Documentary Films – For Our Day: Covenant on the Land (2013), For Our Day Divinely Sanctioned Governments (2013), Statesmen & Symbols: Prelude to the Restoration (2014), The Prophet Joseph: More than we know (2015), Unlocking the Mystery of the Two Prophets: Revelation 11 (2017), Hidden Bloodlines: The Grail & the Lost Tribes in the Lands of the North (2017).
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Everyone should own this book! Everyone should USE this book. This is a stumbling block that need not exist. How truly sad it is that we are losing members over this. Just because something is sold in Deseret Book does not mean it is doctrine! Search your scriptures. THERE you will find doctrine.
Thank you so much for your hard work on this issue. I wish this video could go on YouTube to help those struggling with this issue. I believe in the U&T growing up in the church, and later was inundated with the false narrative recently, but when I was converted to Torah, which BoM brought me to Torah, I no longer believe in the peep stone as Torah speaks out against such things. I’ll look on your website for the free resources you talked about. I’m looking forward to when I can read your book, as I’m out of the country right now. Please make a kindle edition so I can get it now. If you do please contact me here https://seekingyhwh.com/contact/ , I’d be your first kindle customer. Good point about the doctrinal problems on the quotes regarding the false narrative. I do believe that JS is a honest man also, and we should take his word on the translation process in addition to other sensitive subjects.
I had started reading Rough Stone Rolling years ago with my wife and had become disenchanted with it around the part where it claimed J.S. used a seer stone to come up with the B.of M. Now I know why!
You are too kind to call these “historians” progressives. They have an agenda. Whether they are willingly trying to deceive or have been deceived themselves, they are part of a secret combination to destroy the church!
This is why we have to Book of Mormon, folks- so we can look out for and defeat those who would attempt to thwart the work of the Lord. Love to the Stoddards for their work on exposing this! I wish I was able to help spread the word and expose the growing 5th column within the church. I will pray for their success.