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by hauslern
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Book of Abraham -Skousen CV unavailable.
Replies: 8
Views: 307

Book of Abraham -Skousen CV unavailable.

https://humanities.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Royal-Skousen-VITA.18-7.pdf Skousen in his CV expressed an opinion that the facsimiles should be dropped from the Book of Abraham. Has he been told to drop his comments? Jeff Lindsay cites it on this page https://www.arisefromthedust.com/royal-skousens-i...
by hauslern
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Impressive new evidence for the Book of Abraham
Replies: 6
Views: 354

Re: Impressive new evidence for the Book of Abraham

In Tamas Mekis book on the hypocephalus page 50 all examples of this register none have the example of Min on the throne displaying a penis. but the "dove" is actually Nehebkau does in this example https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA35875 The original facsimile is missing all we hav...
by hauslern
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: My First Short Documentary on Biblical Archaeology
Replies: 9
Views: 356

Re: My First Short Documentary on Biblical Archaeology

I read somewhere Dever and Finkelstein had a falling out in regard to the archaeology. Finkelstein in his book David and Solomon writes "The Biblical thousand one nights story of Solomon and Sheba is this an anachronistic seventh century set piece meant to legitimize the participation of Judah in th...
by hauslern
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: FAIR Partners with the Valiant Conference: Has a New Mopologetic Organization Emerged?
Replies: 21
Views: 1103

Re: FAIR Partners with the Valiant Conference: Has a New Mopologetic Organization Emerged?

Dan Petersen has a review of Nibley's work as an apologist. Everything from his "No Maam that's not History to the Myth Makers.
https://interpreterfoundation.org/hugh- ... apologist/
Can be downloaded as a pdf.
by hauslern
Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:29 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Mormons arguing that “Mormon” is as derogatory as the N-word
Replies: 90
Views: 3353

Re: Mormons arguing that “Mormon” is as derogatory as the N-word

The word is used in bird books describing the puffin bird Mormon articus and Mormon glacious https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/mormon-fratercula.html?sortBy=relevant Wes Walters in his Mth thesis said in Greek mormo meant a hideus face https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormo "Mormo (Greek: Μορμώ, Mormō)...
by hauslern
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest
Replies: 49
Views: 2046

Re: I Can't Eye-Roll Hard Enough Over DCP's Latest

Stop the persecution Trump "“It’s ironic that Christ walked through His greatest persecution the very week they are trying to steal your property from you,” the message reads, suggesting that Trump’s $468 million fine for decades of financial fraud is on par with the crucifixion and resurrection of ...
by hauslern
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: The happiest countries in the world 2025 AGAIN.
Replies: 1
Views: 148

The happiest countries in the world 2025 AGAIN.

What are the happiest countries in the world? Finland Denmark Iceland Sweden Israel Netherlands Norway Luxembourg Switzerland Australia New Zealand https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/happiest-countries-in-the-world-2024 Why does the United States not appear? I checked prison populations and recidivi...
by hauslern
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:37 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Logic and Dan Peterson arguments.
Replies: 33
Views: 1208

Re: Logic and Dan Peterson arguments.

A Facebook friend wrote me this response to the question would Abraham have had right to be mummified if he was treated as a a criminal. "Muhelstein is intellectually dishonest. The only honest way to deal with it is to say, "this ancient Egyptian funerary image was used as a catalyst by Joseph Smit...
by hauslern
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Logic and Dan Peterson arguments.
Replies: 33
Views: 1208

Re: Logic and Dan Peterson arguments.

If Egyptologists show Smith's intereptations of the facsimiles are wrong then Joseph Smith is a fraud. Egyptologists have shown Smith's interpretations are wrong (eg Tamas Mekis) Therfore Joseph Smith is a fraud. Facsimile 2 was not among the papyri found at the museum. There was found in the LDS ar...
by hauslern
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Logic and Dan Peterson arguments.
Replies: 33
Views: 1208

Logic and Dan Peterson arguments.

Dan applies some principles of logic: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2024/03/objective-public-proof.html If the shower towel is dry, nobody has taken a shower. The shower towel is dry. Therefore, nobody has taken a shower. And, clearly, the term nobody includes (or excludes) even Max. I l...