Refutation of the 'spiritual impression' translation argument: Smith's own documents say it was written by Abraham's own hand — not a spiritual trigger
Mike's counter to the spiritual impression theory
Mike rebuts the 'spiritual impression' argument on two grounds: (1) Smith's own diary and the canonized Pearl of Great Price explicitly say the text was 'written by his own hand upon papyrus' — meaning Smith was claiming a direct written document from Abraham, not a spiritual meditation aid; and (2) the Egyptian Grammar and Alphabet documents show Smith was assigning specific meanings to specific hieroglyphic characters, not receiving impressions. The claim that Smith was just 'inspired' by looking at them is not consistent with his own documented methodology.
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