I've mentioned before that, when I worked at the COB, there were two Curriculum guys who kept trying to publish their idea that God has a writing style that, if we're paying attention, we'll recognize. Never mind that it only works in English. But I digress.
Apparently, one of them has published a book that proves the Book of Mormon is true:
This book presents some of the intellectual “proofs” he has discovered that affirm the Book of Mormon is of divine origin. Delve deeper into the Book of Mormon and discover for yourself why it's true.
What are these intellectual proofs? Glad you asked:
The book gives examples of Chiasmi, a writing style that was popular in the days of the Bible and are also found in the Book of Mormon. Rose also shows examples of the Hebrew style of writing known as Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon in addition to several other points that he believes prove that Joseph Smith was not the author of the text.
Is there physical evidence that the Book of Mormon is true?
Although we don’t base our faith on physical evidence, there is linguistic, historical, and archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon. For example, the idea of writing on metal plates was once ridiculed, but in recent years numerous examples of sacred writings on metal plates—some hidden in stone boxes—have been found.
Linguists have noted Book of Mormon words and phrases that sound awkward in English but make perfect sense in Hebrew and related languages that would have been known by the people of the Book of Mormon—languages young Joseph Smith did not know.
But these kinds of evidences are not what convince us of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. It is a matter of faith and personal revelation.
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
Does he mention any of Theodore Geisel's groundbreaking work in Chiasmas?
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
Buffalo wrote:Anyway, why Chiasmi? Why not sonnets? Cinquains? Haiku? Limericks? Sestinas? God doesn't seem to have much imagination.
God likes to be repetitive when he has limited writing space.
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
Runtu wrote: What are these intellectual proofs? Glad you asked:
The book gives examples of Chiasmi, a writing style that was popular in the days of the Bible and are also found in the Book of Mormon. Rose also shows examples of the Hebrew style of writing known as Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon in addition to several other points that he believes prove that Joseph Smith was not the author of the text.
At least it's cheaper than my book.
These are major for the Book of Mormon. But I think that all this would not matter if the book did have the early experience which it did: the 11 witnesses and the translation process. All of these are pluses for the book.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
why me wrote: These are major for the Book of Mormon. But I think that all this would not matter if the book did have the early experience which it did: the 11 witnesses and the translation process. All of these are pluses for the book.
Why don't you accept the witness' testimony that the church had fallen into apostasy? Or the witness testimony of the Strangeite plates?
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.