Philo Sofee wrote: It is just staggering how silly this apologetic is. Does Gee think anything through anymore?!
Oh, I think he has thought it through very carefully to the calculated conclusion which Themis has already pointed out: It's all about his ties to employment with the LDS church and in order to keep that secure he must toe the line and put on a show. Gee knows he hasn't a prayer getting a job in the real world. He's stuck with BYU and he depends on the paychecks that LDS Inc. gives him to speak flattering things about the Book of Abraham.
Philo Sofee wrote: It is just staggering how silly this apologetic is. Does Gee think anything through anymore?!
Oh, I think he has thought it through very carefully to the calculated conclusion which Themis has already pointed out: It's all about his ties to employment with the LDS church and in order to keep that secure he must toe the line and put on a show. Gee knows he hasn't a prayer getting a job in the real world. He's stuck with BYU and he depends on the paychecks that LDS Inc. gives him to speak flattering things about the Book of Abraham.
I may be wrong, but it's my understanding the church wanted an LDS Egyptologist and that Gee had promises of employment before he started his schooling in Egyptology.
You'll note that Anubis only has a single ear and the head is less canine and somewhat human although if you look close at the front of the face it almost seems like Anubis' nose was broken or deformed within the woodwork.
But, nonetheless, look what I just found at the Louvre museum! It's our Late Period Anubis right out of Facsimile No. 3! A single ear!
I'm looking at the woodcut on my computer at home now on high definition and it appears that the snout was originally carved into the wood but was afterward chiseled out to make the face look more human, no doubt. I'm wondering if Joseph Smith disapproved of the original carving of Anubis thinking it looked too doglike and ordered it chiseled to make it look more human.
This may be a major discovery on my part. What do you think? Can you see how the snout has been chiseled out?