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In how many ancient cultures was literature marked by summarizing chapter & section headings? I would think more common than not. It’s like a common courtesy to the reader. More importantly, in how many cultures is there no evidence of any summarizing chapter and section heads in the extant literat...

Chris365 is about a poor a source of information as they come. He does have a minor point that wearing masks urge riskier behavior. The same is true of seatbelts and condoms, and so in the end, so what? You should still wear them. In the case of masks, the mask is for the protection of others, and ...

It is very odd to me that he would not concede that this is a problem. The evidence seems only allowed to work in favor of the ancient Book of Mormon in the eyes of some. Finding out there were Almas walking around Joseph Smith only moves the needle from 90% in favor of the ancient Book of Mormon to...

Grindael was published. Here is one from2017, he also had one in the same journal earlier this year, and presented it at their 2019 conference. Stephenson, Johnny Volume 40 Number 1 2020. "Forerunner or Revisionist? The Puzzle of Solomon Chamberlain" Johnny Stephenson and H. Michael Marquardt. “Ori...

consiglieri wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:48 am

This argument alone appears to cut the up-and-coming Egyptologist Apologist Smoot's argument off at the knees.

Brilliantly conceived.

Beautifully articulated.

Why, thank you, consiglieri! I hope always to live up to your positive appreciation of my best posts.

I was fortunate to have had quite a few discussions with him.... he was more liberal in his views than most, especially with Mormonism. I am truly sorry he passed on so soon also. Thanks for reminding us about a really nice and great guy...... I would have gone camping with him and welcomed him to ...

He had a lot of thoughtful comments on MD&D and was always respectful. I interacted with him a bit online at MD&D. He was also a good check on the crazy Early Modern English theory. I think it was first him, or maybe physics guy, but he pointed out that as the Book of Mormon was a dictated text, th...

Here was another fine soul. A person of great creativity, talent, passion, and intelligence: grindael. We were fortunate to have him on our board. I also enjoyed following his contributions to the Mormon Historians Facebook group. Sometimes I argued with him pretty heatedly, but I knew his heart was...

Been on MD&D looking at old threads that Clark Goble participated in, and I have to say I really regret his passing at such a young age. What a remarkable fellow. I wish I had known him much better. It would have been a blast chatting him up concerning all the stuff he knew, especially about the dee...

Dr. P definitely takes more risks than I and my little family have or will. I understand he feels he is being sufficiently careful, but I wince when I read the details of his activities. I hope he neither gets nor transmits COVID-19. Yesterday, I called a dear friend, an elderly emeritus professor. ...