The Book of Mormon witnesses offer mutually reinforcing historical testimonies that challenge both secular skeptics and mainstream Christian defenders. While critics often dismiss these eleven men using theories of shared hallucination or physical forgery, their accounts mirror the ancient eyewitness testimony widely used to defend the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Because the Three Witnesses experienced a miraculous angelic visitation while the Eight Witnesses hefted a tactile artifact, their combined statements resist easy dismissals. In this interview, independent historian Walker A. Wright explores this apologetic double standard and his belief in the historical credibility of the gold plates.
