On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 4:49:53 AM UTC-6, Alt Atheism wrote:
G-D posted Where his Golden Plates are Located
http://boards.4channel.org/his/thread/14511449 https://desuarchive.org/his/thread/14511449 http://archived.moe/his/thread/14511449
Alt.Atheism
It's all quite simple really.
http://boards.4channel.org/his/thread/14517689 https://desuarchive.org/his/thread/14517689 http://archived.moe/his/thread/14517689
Westbury White Horse is the oldest of the Wiltshire horses. It is also one of the best situated, being high on a very steep slope and overlooking a panoramic view. It is on New Cumorah Hill (old Westbury Hill), on the edge of Bratton Downs, immediately
below an Iron Age hillfort called Bratton Camp, northeast of Westbury, and near villages of Bratton and Edington. There is a car park with a viewing point on the B3098 just east of Westbury, and a car park above the horse on New Cumorah Hill. Lanes up
onto the hill are steep and narrow, and are used by horse riders. There has been a white horse on the site for three-hundred (300) years at least. In 1742, the Rev. Wise published the earliest mention of New Cumorah Hill's white horse in "Further
Observations on the White Horse and other Antiquities in Berkshire." Mr. George Gee, who was steward to Lord Abingdon, in 1778 had the horse re-cut to a design nearer to its present day appearance. He apparently felt that the older version was not a
sufficiently good representation of a horse. One may wonder if the name 'Gee Gee' had made him overly sensitive about horses. In 1830, the golden plates (called the gold plates - the golden bible), being the source from which Joseph Smith, Sr., and
Joseph Smith, Jr., translated the Book of Mormon, were relocated to New Cumorah Hill. Angel Moroni, himself, buried them inside the *ORIGINAL* Eye of Westbury White Horse. They are embedded in pozzolanic (hydraulic) cement made from Stonehenge pulverized
volcanic ash and tuff (containing silica and alumina) and ground lime mix sealing their Bluestone aggregate concrete encasement. A century later the horse had become misshapen, and in 1873 it was restored according to the Rev. Wise LDS Committee, and
edging stones were added to help hold the chalk in place. The shape of the present horse dates from this restoration. In the early 20th century, additional concrete was added to hold the edging stones in place. In the late 1950s, it was decided that it
would considerably reduce the maintenance costs if the horse were covered in concrete. This work was carried out, and concreting was repeated in 1995. At a later date, White Horse eye pavers, and concrete, were painted.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-stories/chapter-3-the-angel-moroni-and-the-gold-plates-1823-1827?lang=eng
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-stories/chapter-7-witnesses-see-the-gold-plates-1829-1830?lang=eng
It's all quite simple really.
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