Under the heading; TESTIMONY OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH we read:
"Also, that there were two stones in silver bows-- and these stones, fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the Urim and Thummim--deposited with the plates; and the posession and use of these stones were what constituted Seers in ancient or former times; and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book."
Leaving alone the question of whether or not this is what the Urim and Thummim were used for in "ancient or former times", let's just examine the last phrase of the passage above; "that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book."
God prepared them for the purpose of translating the book? Which book? Answer: The Book of Mormon. God prepared the Urim and Thummim for the purpose of translating the Book of Mormon? Really?
Then we have yet another PUZZLE. If "God prepared them for the purpose of translating" the Book of Mormon, why didn't little old mortal man Joseph Smith use them for that?
There are several eyewitness accounts from the very people who acted as his scribes, as well as other, that Joseph used his seer stone rather than the Urim and Thummim to do the translating work.
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My family were old timey Mormons. My father found a forked stick one time and went on and on about how Joseph Smith was able to find water with a stick. I was impressed but as I've gotten older I quit believing in such things. It's quite amazing that the Mormons of today so easily dismiss the point of Joseph's "witchery" so easily. We, as a group, REALLY believed in it. Anyone who says otherwise does not know the Mormon roots.
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