Possible Modern Source for the Book of Mormon

[_mackay11]

Cdowis at MDDB just conceded defeat on the Hebraisms:

There are also multiple examples of "Hebraisms" in The Late War which have been long used as evidence for the Book of Mormon's tight translation of an ancient Hebrew book (written in reformed Egyptian). I'd say many of those evidences have been challenged by these finds.

Reply:

I remember the name "Alma" for a male was touted as Book of Mormon evidence, until it was pointed out that this name was also found for males in the NY 1830 Census.
 
New research gives us new information.

http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/620 ... 1209311831

[_Shulem]

Will this new information cause the cancer of disenchantment continue to kill tithe paying testimonies? Oh hell yeah.

And that's the bottom line. Bleed the church of its much needed funds. Operating costs to run the temples costs the church a fortune and as tithing dollars drop so does the ability to keep up with operating the temples. They won't be able to announce new ones and continue with zealous plans to dot the earth with expensive temples. Yes, a major crack in Mormon membership may well be on the horizon and this is simply a wonderful thought to say the least.

The church encourages it's members to seek out the best books. Perhaps the members now need to read Late War. I think we will see that title floating around the Internet for years to come. It's a marvelous work and a wonder! Thus we see LDS apologetic turds have been flushed with a single plunge.

Paul O

[_Joe Geisner]

The Johnsons posted the presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAGasQ7j ... e=youtu.be

edit: I am sorry, the exMormon Foundation posted

[Guest]

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[_Kishkumen]

An interesting quote is

19 And he marched with his army through the wilderness more than an hundred miles, to a town built upon a place called by the savages the Holy-Ground, where three of the Indian prophets dwelt.

Three Nephites anyone?

Thanks,

Hasa Diga Eebowai

That is cool.

[_Mary]

The Johnsons posted the presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAGasQ7j ... e=youtu.be

edit: I am sorry, the exMormon Foundation posted

Thanks Joe. Watching it now.

[_Ceeboo]

I just received my copy of The Late War and I noticed something very interesting.

The very first page of the book is page 117!

Hmmmmmmmm???????????

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_Always Changing]

Ceeboo, that is just chance. It was a part of a larger book.

[_Equality]

I just received my copy of The Late War and I noticed something very interesting.

The very first page of the book is page 117!

Hmmmmmmmm???????????

Peace,
Ceeboo

The first 116 pages will be sent a few months after Mark Hofmann gets out of prison.

[Guest]

The Johnsons posted the presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAGasQ7j ... e=youtu.be

edit: I am sorry, the exMormon Foundation posted

Just finished watching the Johnson presentation video from the Ex-Mormon Conference. The presenter could have used a few more dry runs before he went public, but - what a job.

These two have spent a lot of time and effort developing this overall hypothesis and have a lot of quantitative data to back it up. Their approach was multi-pronged and sophisticated and they were thorough. Content was excellent.

Chris not only had the data to defend his hypothesis against TBMs like Elder Holland (who came off looking pretty silly, by the way), he was also able to make at least a plausible defense against the Craig Criddle multiple author hypothesis - you know, the one I really liked yesterday.

With the element of Stylistic Drift, I would agree, having seen all of it, that his hypothesis meets all of the criteria for parsimony.

Anyway, well done. Very well done.

This is an important contribution.