Posted on 07/11/2009 2:21:52 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
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1. “Posters may argue for or against beliefs of any kind. They may tear down other’s beliefs. They may ridicule.”
2. “On all threads, but particularly “open” threads, posters must never “make it personal.” “
That seems like a contradiction to me. Hw can one tear down and ridicule, but not make it personal?
Ridicule the beliefs, respect the person. There’s a difference.
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Never doubted that “the bom is a literal history...”
It is a literal history of plagarism and some added ravings of an imaginative conman’s mind and some input from his gang..
From Amazon: "Lehi in the Wilderness" is written from a Mormon perspective and with the understanding that it is a fact that Lehi was a real prophet, and that the Book of Mormon is a true history. Those outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints do not make that same assumption."
There are many problems in the text concerning the interpretation of the Book of Mormon and applying the text to the physical locations in the Arabian Peninsula. Overall, the book contains entirely too much supposition to warrant serious consideration as "evidence" for the Book of Mormon. The dialogue is bogged down with consistent terminology such as "could have been," "might have," "should be," "if this were," and various other sundry phrases which are merely prerequisites to injecting presumptions concerning the possibility that Lehi actually existed on the Arabian Peninsula. The photographs ARE remarkable, good choices in the effort to provide supports for the Book of Mormon account, and I appreciated the amount of references provided in each chapter, making it easier to research the material. It's a "must read" for apologetics.
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I'm just wondering why, since this book was published in 2003, there hasn't been major media attention to this "proof" of the BOM? Has the Smithsonian weighed in?
“Ridicule the beliefs, respect the person. There’s a difference.”
Some beliefs are very closely held by people. If a belief is ridiculed, the holder will feel ridiculed, too. The difference is easy to convey but impossible to enforce.
The Book of Morman is based on the Masonic Bible, hence the reason Mormans are barred from becoming Masons.... Nuff said.
Lehi never existed see the following
http://www.josephsmithauthorbyproxy.com/
Others at the Maxwell institute dispute this book. If the TBM at Maxwell dispute the book, then its evidence is hardly irrefutable or ironclad.
Methinks the lead admonishment was more a warning to the hearer than the speaker - as in there WILL be ridicule of the beliefs, take it gracefully.
hence the reason Mormans are barred from becoming Masons....
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WOW I didnt know that...
I did know that Joey Smith had joined the Masons and had gone up the ladder to 33rd degree in one day or jusst a couple...
One of the oaths that Masons take is to never devolge the secret info etc...
Joey Smith did...
He not only told unworthy cronies of his...
But he also incorportated the practices of the Masons into his home made religion which he was using for prifit...
Another of the oaths (as far as I know) is that the Masons swear a blood oath to agree that it is OK to kill them if they do tell..
Joey Smith knew there were Masons at the Carthage Jail...
He thought they would save him...
He thought he could bend anyone away from doing the right thing...
But they did what they had sworn to do...
Joey betrayed their trust...
so the Masons spilled his blood ...
What is a Masonic bible? And is it different than a KJV?
Let me guess: they found lots of sand.
I work with a Mormon who is also a Mason.
Nuff said.
Why...
...it's as accurate, if not MORE, than the stuff Nostradomass has written!
--MormonDupe(I believe HE was a prophet, too - just not one from GOD)
Someone once said:
"If you can't stand the heat..."
LOL
to find the mountain some people believe is the real mount Sinai.
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