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I left out the quote from the chapter I'd intended to put in the OP, so I've added it there and am including it below: Whereas Joseph Smith’s open use of the Egyptian Alphabet book indicates that he saw himself acting in this case as a linguist, not a prophet, his possession and use of the book has ...

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Marcus,

What a huge life event! None of my children have married yet, but I can imagine just what a proud day this will be and what a happy time! Have a wonderful trip.

Don

Better than what exactly? If you are waiting for someone to use a materialist framework to convince you that there is a God, you’ll wait forever. Hart does a really good job arguing within his framework That and then some. He also does a pretty effective job of showing flaws in the materialist fram...

Dastardly Stem, I accept that your experience with this book is your experience. Given that from my readings of the book it is opposite to the circuitous unmeaning nonsense you experienced it as, I can only think this means that the author's intended meaning did not, for whatever reason, get across ...

Doc, I was about to delete and replace that post. I originally wrote "inaccurate," but realize that might be seen as implying that he was being dishonest, which I don't think is the case at all. What I'm saying is that since I don't recognize the book DS described as the one I read, I would hope tha...

Thanks Stem for discussing these issues, for reading Hart's book so we don't have to. It seems like a waste of time from the outset. Wow. Actually DS has given about as unuseful a characterization of the book as I can imagine one giving. So you may want to check out some other reviewers before rely...

Don, What are your thoughts on Thom Wayment's work showing Smith used Clarke's Commentary in making the JST? Thanks FenceSitter, To be honest, I am so busy with my own projects in recent years that I am not up to date on this in the details. Obviously I know generally what has been said both by Way...

For sure. I suppose it could be expanded on, such as how the erroneous approaches you note align with what we know about how we treat information that either confirms or contradicts our already held beliefs. "Must I believe this?" as a response to contradicting information versus "Can I believe thi...

Dear Don, I have enjoyed thoroughly your correction to my presentation, and, indeed, will relook at materials and make sure my audience understands your points of view clearer. I meant no offense to either you or Mark and am looking forward to reading more. I was the one who went into apologetic mo...