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This is interesting. I find this really interesting...and adding to it that Simon wrote that the Journal is not exactly a five star publication... "He (Wade Miller) created a manuscript that was not accepted for publication and having later read it, I understand why. " To me it shows that Miller wa...

Hey, Markk- Yes, this is a good point. It was definitely to Smith’s advantage that few people existed who could actually read some Egyptian. Of course, the mummies came to him. The advertisement on the side of Chandler’s wagon identified them as coming from the time of the Patriarchs. This really c...

Well I would argue that because Chandler was dealing in Egyptian antiquity You only know Chandler was dealing in Egyptian antiquity, and it is only significant, after the fact. What other things were going on around this time that he could have selected as the next fraud? Well I don't think his con...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...