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Dan Vogel would like Stephen D. Ricks to “explain Cumora Islands and Moroni” with regard to ancient names of the Book of Mormon and how names were derived as he indicated in the chat in the Backyard Professor’s recent podcast. http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1700s_Madag2.jpg It might interest Vo...

Vogel’s recent podcast interview (Aug 31, 2022) mentions Captain Kidd’s alleged treasure in association to Joseph Smith’s treasure digging. Thus, the lore of Kidd’s treasure is brough closer to Smith via the Susquehanna River which I believe is the same river in which Joseph Smith envisioned Hagoth...

Hey friends, part two of my interview with Stephen Murphy of Ireland premiers today (September 2) at 12:00 noon Utah time. We discuss Joseph Smith’s treasure digging years, including his 1826 court hearing in South Bainbridge, New York. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vf4uY7Sl3U The first interview...

As a reminder. My interview with Stephen Murphy of Ireland has just now premiered. Hope you like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0msctxBMtK4

And guess what, a third contributor to this board, albeit a more occasional one, and yet certainly a legend in Mormon Studies, often hangs out in the live chat of both of these shows: Dan Vogel "Hangs out", you say? How's it hanging? Hey Beavis! Can Vogel attest to seeing something exciting in Facs...

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Dan Vogel

Vogel wrote:I'm positive, there's no king's name in the writing of Facsimile No. 3. Only a square would think that.

Okay, that made me laugh.

Shulem: The white and delightsome Gentiles come to America to colonize. It’s NOT South America, BUT North America, the one up north which is the land of promise. The white and delightsome Gentiles are going to scatter the American Indians and show them the backdoor because they are taking over the ...

Shulem: Dan, Show me the east sea/sea east as it relates to Chile and cities described in chronological order as outlined in the text. Show me that sea! I don't follow your logic here. Lehi landed on the coast of Chile. I'm not advocating the limited Chile theory. Chile is the landing place, then N...

Here a random example of “American Continent” referring to the entire western hemisphere. “But since the Esquimaux Indians are manifestly a separate species of men, distinct from all the nations of the American Continent, ...” – Jedidiah Morse, The American Universal Geography (Boston: J.T. Buckingh...

I’ve made it clear in my long threads (please read them) that the testimony of young Joseph Smith best describes the geography of the Book of Mormon as it relates to the actual text of the book. Explanations, stories, and narrations that came after publication are to be considered cautiously becaus...