[Californiajones]

Oh, so the translation while Joseph Smith was wearing the magic glasses of the buried and never found tablets with the book of Mormon written in Egyptian hieroglyphics was actually,

somehow,

written in Hieroglyphics from Egypt but

happened to be written in King James English?

Huh?

I'd like to see the magic glasses, while you're at it. What did Smith say happened to them?

[Adam-ondi-Ahman]

Your arrogance is repulsive.

[frgoff]

You obviously don't speak a foreign language, judging from your ignorance in translation.

I happen to speak Japanese, which is actually written using Chinese, so Hebrew written in Egyptian makes perfect sense to me.

I would also translate a Japanese sentence that was heavy on honorifics into King James English because that's the closest equivalent in English to the feel of the Japanese.

I'd like to see the magic glasses, while you're at it. What did Smith say happened to them?

When I was an atheist, I might say: If Jesus is real, why hasn't he held a press conference?

[Adam-ondi-Ahman]

The "magic glasses" was called the Urim and Thummim. They are talked about in the Old Testament:

Ex. 28: 30 30 ¶ And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim• and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

[Palladin]

I made a New Year's resolution not to flame, but I have to break it, in your case.

You are a cruel, ridiculous ass!

Why don't you have some respect for the large Mormon community here at FR, and join us in sending condolences to them, instead of launching another vitriolic religious war?