Themis wrote:In some ways it's like saying someone put Dr Who's Horton hears a Who story in someone's grave who has reinterpreted the story but decided not to change anything to the story, but just add some new text at the end of DR Who's story that explains the new interpretations of his story. Interesting though that with all these portions we have found that all come from Hor's/DR Who's book but none from the much longer claimed new story.
Wait. What? Dr. Who?
"The DNA of fictional populations appears to be the most susceptible to extinction." - Simon Southerton
Themis wrote:While Manetho has made some great points it shouldn't be necessary once once realizes that we have the text that goes with the pretty pictures.
In that vein, I'd like to remind people that the text of the Book of Abraham itself is wildly at odds with the history of Egypt and the ancient Near East, and Stephen E. Thompson, a Mormon Egyptologist, said so:
Stephen E. Thompson wrote:In the preceding I have argued that (1) Joseph Smith's interpretations of the facsimiles in the Book of Abraham are not in agreement with the meanings which these figures had in their original, funerary, context; (2) anachronisms in the text of the book make it impossible that it was translated from a text written by Abraham himself; and (3) what we know about the relationship between Egypt and Asia renders the account of the attempted sacrifice of Abraham extremely implausible.
Manetho wrote:The Book of Abraham fails on every level.
It most certainly does fail at every level. There isn't anyone alive who believes this book to be authentic except for believing members of the Mormon cult. The entire world rejects the Book of Abraham as a fraud.
I think what Joseph Smith did to the papyrus was outrageous and he purposefully slandered the Egyptians having no regard for the memory of those who are dead. Joseph Smith was rude, inconsiderate, and a man who lied at every turn, just like Donald Trump does today.
