>>This 'official history' of the early LDS Church is edited from the Utah church's
>>viewpoint. Although the church hasn’t officially denounced this history as being
>>written by someone other than Joseph Smith, the fact is that much of it was not written
>>by him and most of it was put together after he was dead.
Is there a source for this, or do you have personal knowledge (NY Times journalism standards?)
>>The early church historians did many creative things with this history including adding
>>prophecies attributable to Joseph Smith that had been “fulfilled” after his death.
>>(Hmmmm... seems like the early Christians did the same thing). The early historians
>>also censored much of the material to make it more “faith promoting”.
There are two kinds of lies, lies and damnable lies, this falls into the second category. To state propaganda from an obvious anti site well, I had thought better of you CC.
>>I'm still searching for an "official" Church issued statement that this book is accurate.
>>Logophile Do you know?
You will search in vain.
Give ma a minute, I am writing your ‘Official History’, and will have it posted shortly. /Sarc
"Give ma a minute, I am writing your ‘Official History’, and will have it posted shortly. /Sarc"
Ok.....you made me snort coffee!! :)
The book I was refering to is The History of the Church by Joseph Smith. Not the other book mentioned by the other two guys Queer and Win or whatever it was. I am smart enough to know the Church didn't condone a book written by a homosexual. < smile - that was fun!>
I put a link with my source but I know if you visit it you will melt. :-)
Gosh it is nice to have a little funnin' on these threads.