| THE SEVENTH CHARGE |
| I ‛m not finished with you yet, Smith ! The Book of Mormon makes ridiculous statements using false examples. Jesus Christ always taught with true allegories. Jacob 5 contains the “ Allegory of the Olive Tree ” with ridiculous descriptions of the care and treatment of olive trees. |
| Whoever heard of grafting wild branches from a wild tree into a tame good tree because it is no longer producing good fruit ? Paul, the Apostle, gave an example of grafting ( Romans 11:17-24 ), but he didn ‛t say anything about all this digging, dunging, nourishing, pruning, and branch burning. This is obviously a poor attempt to copy the account of Paul with embellishments by Smith, with no basis in fact ! |
| It is true that I didn ‛t
know anything about olive
trees when
I did the translation.
Afterward, however,
it is obvious that I did not use Paul ‛s account, which has no similaruty, as a basis for Jacob ‛s allegory, and I had never read an article about how to care for olive trees either. I simply translated the Allegory from the Plates as it was written. |
| The Defense calls Fernand P. Pansiot, an expert authority, to find out exactly what the specific characteristics of olive-tree horticulture are. |
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