Talk:Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)

message: I'm not going to contest the neutrality of this article just yet, but according to Richard Abanes' book "One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church," (pg. 146) Martin Harris eventually became dissatisfied with the Mormon Church due to the splintering, and later converted to Shakerism. Something about that needs to be mentioned in this article, which seems to have a substantial Mormon bias.--ICXCNIKA 23:01 GMT
:I cannot say that the article has "substantial Mormon bias" but I will say that it was definitely written primarily by a Mormon. The author was not mindful enough to use terminology that would easily be understood by non-Mormons. Even if the article is not factually bias it has a bias tone or point-of-view. Jebix 02:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Frankly, if Meridian Magazine finds the article to be problematic, I would regard that as a good thing, since Meridian Magazine itself has quite a robust POV itself.  Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:40, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality

message: Why was the quote I introduced stating that he never denied seeing the plates removed? gdavies 21:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I left a note but obviously didn't save it.  There's a problem with the quotation because Harris died in 1875 and so couldn't have given testimony to his vision in 1877.--John Foxe 21:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, the first citation I had was something published in 1877 (and then compiled in the last 30 years or so) but the quote was from a letter written in 1871... I put a more direct quotation in... gdavies 00:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Alleged recantation

message: Recently added reference of Phineas Young letter was moved to the endnotes, which is fine, but the notion that Harris was only briefly interested in Shakerism is an understatement. The Young letter shows that he was willing to be quite emphatic about his belief, to the point of placing it over his deeper, more long term commitment to Book of Mormon.---Tsluke 17:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no problem with emphasizing Harris's commitment to Shakerism more strongly if the evidence is there.  Could you provide a source for the Young correspondence?  Is there any additional evidence?--John Foxe 18:32, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shakers 

message: I am concerned about what appears to be an overuse of the primary sources from Vogel's Early Mormon Documents; currently 19 of the 35ish references given inline come from one of the volumes of that source. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 20:28, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vogel 

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