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by Markk
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:15 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Mexican horse manure - a new low for Mormon apologetics
Replies: 15
Views: 1939

Re: Mexican horse manure - a new low for Mormon apologetics

That's a great response to you Markk! He seems like a great person. He has some videos on you tube about mammoths and you can tell he is passionate about his work. He seems to be living the life. His response to me certainly put a nail in the coffin to the paper the Book of Mormon Central hangs the...
by Markk
Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:11 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
Replies: 34
Views: 3082

Re: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?

Markk's point I agree is a necessary but not sufficient condition. Obviously, if Egyptian had been deciphered, Smith wouldn't have pretended to translate it. But merely not being deciphered wasn't a reason to pick Egyptian rather than any other language that hadn't been cracked at the time. Or even...
by Markk
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
Replies: 34
Views: 3082

Re: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?

I believe it is just as simple as Greek could be written and read, Egyptian could not. It is how a con man thinks. That doesn’t change the fact that Smith was expanding Josephus’ material on Abraham, or the fact that Joseph, whom he claimed to be descended from, was most famous for his time in Egyp...
by Markk
Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?
Replies: 34
Views: 3082

Re: Why was the Book of Abraham written in Egyptian and not in Greek?

A couple of thoughts here: Egyptian was long viewed by some Western intellectuals as a mystical, esoteric language that could impart mysterious knowledge to those who knew how to translate it. Look up Athanasius Kircher’s ideas about Egyptian. People were excited about Egypt because of Napoleon’s i...
by Markk
Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Mexican horse manure - a new low for Mormon apologetics
Replies: 15
Views: 1939

Re: Mexican horse manure - a new low for Mormon apologetics

Mormon social media is in a feeding frenzy at the moment, with remarkable claims that evidence of horses has finally been found in Mexico. Jasmine, at the TikTok SpripturePlus site, has been gloating about the supposed evidence. This one should come with a cringe warning. https://www.tiktok.com/@sc...
by Markk
Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:14 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: It’s a Jubilee!
Replies: 23
Views: 2094

Re: It’s a Jubilee!

https://youtu.be/Run1f29po8g?si=8Watrl1C8B_jvjX9 Someone stop Cardon Ellis, please! Here is a moderated debate between Mormons and Ex-Mormons on a show called “Jubilee.” Poor Cardon is just slaughtering his own cause. ETA: Kwaku, on the other hand, is doing a lot better than I have seen him do in t...
by Markk
Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:58 am
Forum: Celestial Forum
Topic: Anubis in Facsimile No. 3 and Mormon Deception
Replies: 138
Views: 169579

Re: Anubis in Facsimile No. 3 and Mormon Deception

Hey Paul, A bit off topic, but I believe this post begs a real question. I basically agree with everything you wrote here...objectively...but! But what? There are no buts about the Book of Abraham -- 100% fraud = 100% fake history. I hope you take the time to empower yourself and read this entire t...
by Markk
Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: Celestial Forum
Topic: First Black Apostle?
Replies: 11
Views: 13773

Re: First Black Apostle?

Another lawyer. Expert in public relations. Perfect fit. He was an executive director for "CSC"...there website states... WHO WE ARE Keeping your business in compliance. Streamlining operations. Helping your business expand globally. Protecting your brand online. CSC does whatever it takes to make y...
by Markk
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:27 pm
Forum: Celestial Forum
Topic: Anubis in Facsimile No. 3 and Mormon Deception
Replies: 138
Views: 169579

Re: Anubis in Facsimile No. 3 and Mormon Deception

The mummies were identified as those of a king , a queen , a princess , and a slave . John Taylor was President of the Church for seven years. One of his first acts as President was to canonize the Book of Abraham in 1880. Taylor assisted Joseph Smith with the original publication of the Book of Ab...
by Markk
Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:39 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Nuance Hoe claims missionaries now using bait-and-switch "we're Christian" tactics
Replies: 94
Views: 21078

Re: Nuance Hoe claims missionaries now using bait-and-switch "we're Christian" tactics

Mormons equally reject EV Christianity as invalid. And they don't want to be accepted as Christian in order to be accepted as Christian, but to get a foot in the door to proselyte and teach the third discussion about the apostasy, and then draw people away from those churches and into Mormonism. In...