So...(having just read Rosebud Stout's A Singular Discovery), could ya please tell me where all this is heading.....
Thanks
Mary
Some Book of Mormon Characters and Their Interpretations
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"It's a little like the Confederate Constitution guaranteeing the freedom to own slaves. Irony doesn't exist for bigots or fanatics." Maksutov
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Chap wrote: But am I not right in suspecting that when you say "copies of Egyptian symbols" you mean "squiggles of a random nature purporting to be "Reformed Egyptian" characters", as shown for instance below?
Yes.
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Miss Taken wrote:So...(having just read Rosebud Stout's A Singular Discovery), could ya please tell me where all this is heading.....
Thanks
Mary
Hey Mary,
This isn't going anywhere in particular. I'm just throwing some pictures out there for general enjoyment and perusal. I just looked up the R.B. Stout piece you spoke of, and it looks very interesting! Thanks for the tip.
-Chris
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CaliforniaKid wrote:Chap wrote: But am I not right in suspecting that when you say "copies of Egyptian symbols" you mean "squiggles of a random nature purporting to be "Reformed Egyptian" characters", as shown for instance below?
Yes.
Repeat after me: Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
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In tones of robotic obedience:
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smi .....
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smi .....
Zadok:
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
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Chap wrote:In tones of robotic obedience:
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smith did not know anything about those alleged "translations" or the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. Those were fanciful attempts by his scribes to translate and have nothing to do with Joseph's ability to translate.
Joseph Smi .....
Excellent.