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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
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Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Probably the friendliest accurate take on this book is a review I read on Amazon.com: If you loved Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code and your favorite chapter of An Insider's View of Mormon Origins was "Moroni and The Golden Pot," you'll enjoy this whodunnit spanning nearly three centuries and two contin...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
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Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
One of the closest possible links between John Smith and Kircher is the appearance of Kircher’s work in a list of books in the Dartmouth library from about 1850. So it may be that Kircher’s work was available for John Smith to read and maybe he read it. Maybe. That mention in Bibliotheca Sacra and ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:09 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
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Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Thank you for the "return and report." I generally don't like to prejudge a book based on interviews an author has where the author cannot fully explain their arguments and evidence. Asking them to explain all of that would eliminate the need to buy the book. Your description is about what I would ...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
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Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
I just finished listening to Mormonism live with Nelson. He claims it is the most parsimonious theory. His statistical opionion is that Joseph only had about 5% authorship with Rigdon and Spalding carrying the majority? That seems tenuous especially with the scant evidence that Rigdon recieved the ...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
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Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Yes, it is definitely a 19th-century book.Fence Sitter wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:31 pmI look at it this way.
We have the Book of Mormon.
It was clearly created in the 19th century in a very specific 19th century milieu.
How exactly that was done is irrelevant to the fact it was a 19th century production.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
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Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
I would say that most consequential life decisions are better made when they are undertaken with good information backing them up.Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:07 amSo, it's good for people to continue believing in Mormonism?
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:15 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1592
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
So, started to read the book today, and, again, I am unimpressed. Sure, it is fun, but it basically raises interesting coincidences and possibilities. There is nothing that convincingly connects Kircher, Monmaur, John Smith, and Joseph Smith. I don’t see that apologists have much to worry about here...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: My new Mini-Documentary Series Video is Up - Enigma Jesus
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Re: My new Mini-Documentary Series Video is Up - Enigma Jesus
Congratulations, Philo! You are a dynamo!
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1592
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
By the way, I just noticed this comparison of Book of Mormon passages with John Smith’s writings, and I have to say I am not that impressed.
https://faenrandir.github.io/a_careful_ ... s-and-bom/
https://faenrandir.github.io/a_careful_ ... s-and-bom/
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1592
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
I would really appreciate a "return and report" on the book. I listened to the some of the podcasts he has been on, and the more he spoke, the less interested I became. The title seemed to raise expectations for a theory of Book of Mormon authorship. The more he spoke, the more it seemed to be most...