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I wish someone would corner Skousen and get him to clearly state what he's already hinted at. Anyone associated with him would be laughed off the face of the academic world.

Sorry I was channeling my best Dan Peterson.

How do you know we haven't?

Maybe they think Peter, John, etc, were also pious frauds.

Ed Pinegar, bless his heart, is not exactly who you want to give endorsement for an academic project. 80 year old man tugging heart strings at the pulpit with "I just want to be a good boy" is cute and inspirational. But I wouldn't roll him out to jump in the Book of Mormon historicity deb...

I'm worried about this guy. He says he's having a faith crisis. He's studying religious studies in college. His action to help his faith crisis was to protect himself from his friends' faith-crisis-promoting commentary. If preserving his testimony is a higher priority than seeking truth, then I high...

Interesting question Robuchan. I don't know enough about the details to answer your question. I think the part with the salamander is based on the salamander letter, (fake) and that the story was originally about a guardian spirit in the form of a toad that was located near or in the stone box with...

Since Joseph Smith didn't know the language the plates were written in, why would he look at them? I'd think he'd use what he knew. Seems rather consistent actually. Illogical that we went through the story of the difficulty of writing on the plates, the difficulty in preserving the plates, Joseph'...

Arguments for Joseph: --he stayed true to his testimony and seemed to believe it --others joined with him in witnessing of physical and spiritual events Arguments against Joseph: --the translation method of the Book of Mormon. He ran a con for years, money digging with a peepstone/hat, and used that...

I'm fine with that for the three witness angelic visit. But what about the priesthood restoration angelic visits. That's taking it the next level. My impression is that those visitations were sort of backfilled later. Either way, in skilled hands, suggestion is a very strong power. Does Oliver ever...