I doubt it'll last long, so for the sake of posterity:
Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlatan"
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Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlatan"
Saw this on PostMo and had a chuckle. Looks like Joseph Smith has been included in a brief list of "Famous charlatans" on the Wikipedia.com entry for Charlatan.
I doubt it'll last long, so for the sake of posterity:
I doubt it'll last long, so for the sake of posterity:
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
So was Joseph Smith's name really ever on this list or was it a spoof?
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
Brinkley the goat gland guy! Read about him in History of Radio class once upon a time. Classic. Someone once asked "What happened to the goat gland if it didn't heal impotence?"
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
Here is the text of the entry, without the links:
[quote] Joseph Smith, whose translations of Egyptian funerary texts as the Book of Abraham were later proven to be fraudulent by Egyptologistsafter the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. [quote]
I thought this was great, and would like to see it go back up. As charlatans go, Smith surpassed Madoff long ago in terms of total dollar cost to society.
Among the relatively few things that religion does well, producing and sustaining charlatans is near the top of the list.
[quote] Joseph Smith, whose translations of Egyptian funerary texts as the Book of Abraham were later proven to be fraudulent by Egyptologistsafter the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. [quote]
I thought this was great, and would like to see it go back up. As charlatans go, Smith surpassed Madoff long ago in terms of total dollar cost to society.
Among the relatively few things that religion does well, producing and sustaining charlatans is near the top of the list.
David Hume: "---Mistakes in philosophy are merely ridiculous, those in religion are dangerous."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
Joseph Smith, whose translations of Egyptian funerary texts as the Book of Abraham were
later proven to be fraudulent by Egyptologists after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Placing the discovery of the Rosetta Stone AFTER the translation of the Book of Abraham throws an interesting light on the typical intelligence of those in the anti Mormon movement. Kinda like (If I recall correctly) lead plates under twenty years of bat guano and ON TOP of a 50 year old concrete pad.
Who's the charlatan now?
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Satan's Plan Deconstructed.
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The Degeneracy Of Progressivism.
Satan's Plan Deconstructed.
Your Best Resource On Joseph Smith's Polygamy.
Conservatism is the Gospel of Christ and the Plan of Salvation in Action.
The Degeneracy Of Progressivism.
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
Wait. So, does this mean goat glands don't work. 
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
It's monkey glands that work, justme. These in particular.
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Re: Ponzi, Madoff... Joseph Smith? | Wiki entry for "charlat
bcspace wrote:Joseph Smith, whose translations of Egyptian funerary texts as the Book of Abraham were
later proven to be fraudulent by Egyptologists after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Placing the discovery of the Rosetta Stone AFTER the translation of the Book of Abraham throws an interesting light on the typical intelligence of those in the anti Mormon movement. Kinda like (If I recall correctly) lead plates under twenty years of bat guano and ON TOP of a 50 year old concrete pad.
Who's the charlatan now?
Why do you think it's an important distinction?
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