Fence sitter, I envy you.
Watching the unwitting young RM suddenly realize THEY DO HAVE THE PAPYRUS, must have been quite a thing to behold.
Just watching this young man sip from the cup of truth must have been exhilarating!
Newly Returned Missionary & the Papyri
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Polygamy-Porter wrote:Fence sitter, I envy you.
Watching the unwitting young RM suddenly realize THEY DO HAVE THE PAPYRUS, must have been quite a thing to behold.
Just watching this young man sip from the cup of truth must have been exhilarating!
I don't believe it was all that important to him. Sometimes when I show members the photos I have of the papyri they will ask if the translation matches what is on the papyri, in the case of this missionary he only asked who had them.
For older members who visit me at home, I occasionally offer them color copies of the papyri I have created of "The Breathing Permit of Hor" (Book of Abraham) and of "The Book of the Dead of TA-SHERIT_MIN" (Book of Joseph) rolled up like a scroll. I tell them next time someone reads from the Book of Abraham in church they can unroll their copy and pretend to read from the original.

"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."
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Fence Sitter wrote:Polygamy-Porter wrote:Fence sitter, I envy you.
Watching the unwitting young RM suddenly realize THEY DO HAVE THE PAPYRUS, must have been quite a thing to behold.
Just watching this young man sip from the cup of truth must have been exhilarating!
I don't believe it was all that important to him. Sometimes when I show members the photos I have of the papyri they will ask if the translation matches what is on the papyri, in the case of this missionary he only asked who had them.
For older members who visit me at home, I occasionally offer them color copies of the papyri I have created of "The Breathing Permit of Hor" (Book of Abraham) and of "The Book of the Dead of TA-SHERIT_MIN" (Book of Joseph) rolled up like a scroll. I tell them next time someone reads from the Book of Abraham in church they can unroll their copy and pretend to read from the original.
You should make T-shirts with the papyri on them and sell them. If the church is making money off of them so should you...
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Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk - Tom Waits
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Fence Sitter wrote:For older members who visit me at home, I occasionally offer them color copies of the papyri I have created of "The Breathing Permit of Hor" (Book of Abraham) and of "The Book of the Dead of TA-SHERIT_MIN" (Book of Joseph) rolled up like a scroll. I tell them next time someone reads from the Book of Abraham in church they can unroll their copy and pretend to read from the original.
That's awesome. I want one.
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CaliforniaKid wrote:That's awesome. I want one.
You sir have seen and handled the originals, my pitiful copies would pale in comparison.
"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."