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- Thu May 09, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7437
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
The length of the Book of Mormon doesn't seem like a big issue to me. Writing a long coherent novel, with an intricate plot and many vividly realistic characters who grow over time—that's a major intellectual challenge that usually requires years of practice to achieve. Merely writing a long book, ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: FAIR: New “Me, My Shelf, and I” pod series
- Replies: 7
- Views: 307
FAIR: New “Me, My Shelf, and I” pod series
Apparently in the same cynical spirit of “TITS” videos, but with soft lip smacking voices, FAIR has a new series that appears ready to tackle thorny issues by minimizing them, at least based on the title. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latter-day-saint-fair-cast/id397315546?i=1000649684109 Th...
- Mon May 06, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: RFM on Kamp in Court
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1229
Re: RFM on Kamp in Court
That was painful to hear. She’s wasting an incredible amount of her and others’ time and resources. One wonders if she should be fined or held in contempt for these shenanigans.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:45 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7437
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
I shouldn’t be too hard on Nielsen. But, man, this book is not serious scholarship. Would love to hear more. I was tempted to buy it, but wanted to see how candid opinions came in first. My suspicion was that a lone ranger project with such a grandiose title was very likely to be insufficiently ann...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:35 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7437
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
I know that the general (and reasonable) standard is to look for definitive ties, but for me just the existence of certain ideas within the time and area -- even amongst seemingly unrelated individuals -- is interesting to me because of my own (young) experiences with just how organically informati...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7437
Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Anyone read this yet? https://www.amazon.com/How-Book-Mormon-Came-Pass/dp/B0CYQDQ67K It centers on the works of a 17th century religious charlatan named Athanasius Kircher, revealing numerous parallels with Book of Mormon motifs and names. I haven't read it, but found the podcast with Mormonish to b...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Rosebud MEGATHREAD
- Replies: 837
- Views: 48438
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:48 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: DCP conflates humanitarian aid with church welfare
- Replies: 5
- Views: 397
Re: DCP conflates humanitarian aid with church welfare
Fear.I Have Questions wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:21 pmThe only thing that makes sense of hoarding all that money is…nope, I got nothing.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Bandwagon effects & Mormonism's online comeuppance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1169
Re: Bandwagon effects & Mormonism's online comeuppance
I didn't know about RTM's talk, "Never take counsel from those who do not believe," lol, that's hilarious. Aren't the fifteen advised by an army of lawyers and consultants, many or most of which aren't Mormon? From what I hear, no. Attorneys, consultants, outside audit and internal audit personnel ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Bandwagon effects & Mormonism's online comeuppance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1169
Re: Bandwagon effects & Mormonism's online comeuppance
The tidbit about The More Good Foundation was especially interesting: I have always viewed it as a fundamentally Mopologetic organization—basically, a secretive funding arm that would help finance and enable things like FAIR, or Allen Wyatt’s infamous cyber-squatting. More recently, Louis Midgley c...