Losing the first 116-pages of the Book of Mormon translation thrust Joseph Smith into a dilemma. He tried to get out of it by creating a separate history to cover the same period of time as the lost 116-pages. But in doing so, Joseph Smith managed to leave his fingerprints that he is the actual author; that he is not translating a history but creating a fictional account. Here is the evidence. Listen and see if you don’t agree!
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