No Man Knows My History

[bill4long]

How many of you have read it? And what do you think of it?

[IWMP]

Sounds familiar.

[Moksha]

When Fawn Brodie was originally researching for the book, she asked her Uncle David O. McKay for permission to look at Joseph Smith's journal. President McKay granted the request. Knowing she would discover the original First Vision, Joseph Fielding Smith cut those pages out of the book and hid them. Only later did he realize that someone with Brodie's investigative powers would have spotted the removed pages. What was he to do? Convene an emergency meeting of the Danites to remove Brodie?

Fortunately, Fawn perceived the ill will and chose not to pursue this obvious avenue of inquiry. It may have saved her life from the desire to keep things secret and sacred.

[huckelberry]

How many of you have read it? And what do you think of it?

It is a good book. I had been out of the church for about 20 years before I read it. I still found it a bit of a shock in some aspects. I doubt that it is perfectly correct.There are gray areas in the building process of the Mormon project which are likely to remain uncertain. I respect her theory that Joseph Smith operated on a mix of makebelieve hope and some actual belief all of which was encouraged by the appreciation of others.

[IWMP]

When Fawn Brodie was originally researching for the book, she asked her Uncle David O. McKay for permission to look at Joseph Smith's journal. President McKay granted the request. Knowing she would discover the original First Vision, Joseph Fielding Smith cut those pages out of the book and hid them. Only later did he realize that someone with Brodie's investigative powers would have spotted the removed pages. What was he to do? Convene an emergency meeting of the Danites to remove Brodie?

Fortunately, Fawn perceived the ill will and chose not to pursue this obvious avenue of inquiry. It may have saved her life from the desire to keep things secret and sacred.

That would be pretty damning wouldn't it?

[Moksha]

When Fawn Brodie was originally researching for the book, she asked her Uncle David O. McKay for permission to look at Joseph Smith's journal. President McKay granted the request. Knowing she would discover the original First Vision, Joseph Fielding Smith cut those pages out of the book and hid them. Only later did he realize that someone with Brodie's investigative powers would have spotted the removed pages. What was he to do? Convene an emergency meeting of the Danites to remove Brodie?

Fortunately, Fawn perceived the ill will and chose not to pursue this obvious avenue of inquiry. It may have saved her life from the desire to keep things secret and sacred.

That would be pretty damning wouldn't it?

Whether Fawn discovered the First Vision in 1945 or the Church would officially admit to it sixty years later, apologists would have it covered by saying Joseph remembered events more clearly once embellished.

[IWMP]

That would be pretty damning wouldn't it?

Whether Fawn discovered the First Vision in 1945 or the Church would officially admit to it sixty years later, apologists would have it covered by saying Joseph remembered events more clearly once embellished.