George Mitton, Mopologist Lieutenant, Dies at 97

[Doctor Scratch]

A good man.

I got to meet him a year ago.

He was insightful on the relationship of early Mormon scripture with the later Nauvoo temple endowment, and was very kind to me when we met.

I had hoped he would reach 100.

Don

Thanks very much for providing some levity, Don. It’s nice to see someone praising aspects of the man that are legitimately praiseworthy. The Mopologists, meanwhile, are marveling over his “feedback on a book review.” Given the material that’s routinely posted to “Mormon Interpreter,” you have to wonder. But I have no doubt that the man had a side to him that rose above the fundamental rottenness of Mopologetics.

[Gadianton]

ooking past the foibles in that long-past work, I found his recent demeanor dignified and kind and his recent work insightful.

Sounds like he was a good guy who briefly fell in with a bad crowd. I'm glad he moved away from that stuff and found more positive ventures.

[Kishkumen]

Ah, I forgot about his response to Quinn, which was problematic, and his response to Brooke, which used needless mockery.

Looking past the foibles in that long-past work, I found his recent demeanor dignified and kind and his recent work insightful.

See, most recently, "Joseph Smith at the Veil: Significant Ritual, Symbolism, and Temple Influence at Latter-day Saint Beginnings" https://journal.interpreterfoundation.o ... eginnings/ .

Don

Yep! That's the one I have been reading. It is pretty good. Of course, it relies on the work of one Don Bradley, so it has to have something to it.