https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... idity.htmlDCP wrote:Unless there are strong reasons to oppose consensus, it’s generally safest in intellectual and other regards to be guided by it.
Vaccination is almost certainly useful against COVID-19 and almost certainly does’t(sic) cause autism. Petroleum jelly probably doesn’t cure blindness. It’s very unlikely that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built by aliens. A program of repeated enemas most likely won’t cure cancer. Earth almost certainly isn’t flat. You probably shouldn’t take arsenic as a remedy for leukemia or malaria. The Biden administration probably isn’t run by a secret cabal of cannibalistic pedophiles. The white race very likely wasn’t created by a black scientist named Yakub in a laboratory on the Isle of Patmos 6600 years ago. Dr. Pepper isn’t a brain tonic. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root almost certainly won’t cure “internal slime fever,” which almost certainly doesn’t exist. Hitler isn’t living in Brazil. And Bubba Ho-Tep may not be entirely based on fact.
I would love to see Daniel Peterson's strong reason to oppose the consensus that the Book of Mormon is an ahistorical fiction. And since we're making a list of conspiracy theories with no strong evidence to oppose consensus:
You and I almost certainly are not descendants of a literal Adam and Eve who lived in Garden of Eden, Missouri. Mormon leaders probably don't have any more power to discern truth than you or I. Priesthood blessings almost certainly don't provide any health benefit beyond placebo. Mormon prophets can't see around corners. The three Nephites are not actual people traveling around Utah helping lost motorists. Baptism isn't a magic spell that requires complete submersion in water to be effective. Neither is the extra-virgin olive oil around a Mormon's neck a cure-all.
Daniel C Peterson rejects all conspiracy theories except his own.