Drifting wrote:Good God it never crossed my mind that you were being serious, please accept my apologies. I'll take this slowly.
1. Joseph stated that what we know as the Book of Abraham was written by Abraham himself on the papyrus from which Joseph translated it. 2. That same papyrus contained the facsimiles also published in the Book of Abraham. 3. The Church has, in its possession the original papyrus (you knew that, right?), including the original facsimile number 3. 4. Following scientific dating (I don't mean a Biologist and a Physicist going to the movies) we now know the age of the papyrus. 5. ....
Well, I hate to spoil the surprise, can you guess the rest?
When did Joseph state "that what we know as the Book of Abraham was written by Abraham himself on the papyrus from which" he translated it?
What Darth said...
“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
Aristotle ~ When is your son's birthday? (Don't need an exact date, just the month.)
I think you know enough of my story to know that I began studying and reading up on the difficult details of the LDS church when I was 16. My interest in religion and religious studies was probably unusual for my age, but it can happen. Assuming your son will be 18 by the time he graduates and looking to head off on his mission ASAP, I would just move the timeline back to age 17 for talking with him.
I don't mean to sound sappy, but I think the best thing you can do is to get your children interested in your religion through the example you set. There may not have to be a "day of reckoning" where you break down all of your issues with Mormonism if they choose to learn about your religion on their own.
"It seems to me that these women were the head (κεφάλαιον) of the church which was at Philippi." ~ John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philippians 13
Prophet's always right because he's the only one who speaks for God and does so by the power of the Holy Ghost which makes his words scripture- until he's proven wrong, at which case he was just ""speaking as a man"".
I love it when prophets 'speak as men'. You never know whether he's 'speaking as a man' or not until after it's proven wrong by external means, making the reliability of supposed prophecy from the only one who can say it completely useless.
I've never understood the whole 'speaking as a man' explanation.