New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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wenglund wrote:
Baker wrote: Yeah, yeah, yeah ... Keep on keepin' on there Wade. Your Jesus builds shopping malls.


Your juvenile retort made the dolt meter spike on my computer. Congratulations.

Thanks, -Wade Englund-


What kind of person installs a dolt meter on his computer? Is that to help with self-discipline?
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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Baker wrote:Of course not! What in the hell would any believer in the Book of Abraham want with a real Egyptologist? Can you say buzz kill?


I can say "straw man."

Thanks, -Wade Englund-
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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Baker wrote:What kind of person installs a dolt meter on his computer? Is that to help with self-discipline?


It just spiked again. Are you going for a record? If so, I think you have what it takes.

Thanks, -Wade Englund-
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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wenglund wrote:
Baker wrote:Of course not! What in the hell would any believer in the Book of Abraham want with a real Egyptologist? Can you say buzz kill?


I can say "straw man."

Thanks, -Wade Englund-


That's really great, Wade. I bet your mommy is really proud of you!
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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Baker wrote:That's really great, Wade. I bet your mommy is really proud of you!


So, you managed to be both doltish and borish in the same thread. Seems you are well on your way to becoming entirely socially repelling, if not already. But, I don't wish to find out. Bye.

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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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So, in summary, we have an unnamed lecturer referencing an unavailable source, stating that the current depiction of facsimile 1 in the LDS scriptures is wrong (keep in mind that if the lecturer is employed by CES then it's your tithing funds that pay his wages...).

Erm, haven't people been telling Mormons that facsimilie 1 is wrong for years?

Let's see how long it is before the Church listens to this chap and corrects the error.

Count starting from....now
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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Correction: BYU professor not in CES.
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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wenglund wrote:I am in-debted to all the "real" Egyptologists who have weighed in on this thread.

It doesn't take an Egyptologist to know that the published Facsimiles in the scriptures have never contained a figure with a jackal head instead of a human head.

Nibley would roll over in his grave at the suggestion. He was convinced that the original papyrus had a human head.
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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When did the Facsimiles began to be published with the scriptures?
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Re: New angle for Book of Abraham apologists to pursue

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wenglund wrote:I am in-debted to all the "real" Egyptologists who have weighed in on this thread.

You will need to direct your statement to whomever thinks this thread needs an Egyptologist. That wouldn't be me.
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