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I don't think the people who wrote the books of the Bible were racist in the way you are claiming. Race theory was not yet invented. Other than that, what you have to say on the priesthood here is very interesting. What is the relationship between the two priesthoods? I am not talking about Aaronic...

Also recall that according to Smith through Abraham, the first Egyptians were not included when it came to having rights to the priesthood: "Now, Pharaoh being of that lineage by which he could not have the right of Priesthood". Hence, the priesthood in biblical times was racial and that is just th...

Our Tom has just now in chat announced the sad passing of Michael Ash's spouse, Chris Barentine Ash. This sad event occurred just this past weekend on October 24th. Michael Ash is known to us as the author of Shaken Faith Syndrome and as an occasional visitor to MDB as well as other Mormon venues we...

Reverend: If you didn't post these threads, someone should have. Also, I think it would be useful if some of the other long-time posters like yourself would submit some of their "greatest hits" to this area. You are most kind, Dr Exiled. I agree with you when you write of the need of other long-tim...

I am convinced that the Dean has managed to clone himself, perhaps more than once. How else could he flawlessly manage so many simultaneous tasks? A lot of people complain about the high salaries of university administrators, but I can assure you that the tireless Dean Gadianton P. Robbers throws e...

kamenraider wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:46 pm

Hi everybody! Hope the transition goes well and things work out with the database.

Yes, the database is important. I join you in hoping that the work of many a Cassius scholar and student can be relocated here.

Well done, team Cassius! The Dean is to be commended for his exceptional leadership during this period of social and technological upheaval. Yes indeed! The Dean has really kept on top of things. I had no idea how much so. I remember mentioning something about the problems with the old board months...

To kick things off in the Celestial Forum, I wanted to post about something that has recently become increasingly clear to me. The popular historical question of the restoration of the priesthood proceeds from an inaccurate understanding of the origins of priesthood in the Mormon movement. Historian...

Icarus wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:15 pm

Done

Thank you, Icarus! You are, as always, pitching in to help others. Your contribution will be appreciated I know.

Many of these archaic usages look plausible to me as mistakes that an uneducated person might make in trying to use the word less archaically. "Desirous" for "desirable", for instance, or "whereby" for "why". People I know occasionally use "whereby" today; I think of "whereby" as the same as "by wh...