President David O. McKay Believed That Joseph Smith Wrote The Book of Mormon

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Re: President David O. McKay Believed That Joseph Smith Wrote The Book of Mormon

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MG 2.0 wrote:
Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:21 am
Alphus and Omegus wrote:
Mon Jun 30, 2025 2:29 am
Considering that this is a third-hand account, I don't think it's going to make much of a ripple. It's very possibly true, but given that Nibley is far from prominent nowadays, I think the fact that this book came out years ago but doesn't seem to have caused a splash in the interim suggests that the account isn't going to be regarded as respectable.
I agree.

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If you agree that third-hand accounts should not be regarded as "respectable" or "believable" then I would simply point out that The Book of Mormon is (if you believe it is what it claims to be) also a third-hand account, in exactly the same way.
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
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Re: President David O. McKay Believed That Joseph Smith Wrote The Book of Mormon

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Twenty years from now, the new and revised Interpreter Institute can point to this thread and say, "We've known and been saying for quite some time that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon. So get with the program and don't act so surprised! Even David O. McKay knew this."
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