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Joseph Smith has been called many things: con man, charlatan, prophet of God. Critics attack his life, his church, and his prophecies to show he could not possibly have been what he claimed. Defenders hold up the Book of Mormon and their testimonies as proof he told the truth. Every so many years there is a new wave of disaffected former LDS members who take it upon themselves to educate the deluded faithful. Too often their attacks are successful and testimonies are lost, families torn apart, and lives changed. Joseph Smith is, after all, an easy target. His life has been scrutinized for 200 years and every unsavory detail exposed. The Book of Mormon is riddled with anachronisms that do not hold up to scientific or archeologic investigation. In The Stone Carved Without Hands, the reader is given an in-depth look at the internal evidences found in the Book of Mormon combined with an examination of the life, times, and teachings of Joseph Smith—all of which together reaffirm the testimony he bore to the world: the Church has been restored, miracles have recommenced, and prophets once again have been called by God to teach his Gospel.