Yes, a dictionary is a good source for the definitions of words. Too bad the author did not quote from a good dictionary.
Your rambling posts give me no reason to revise my previous statement: Mormons do not practice necromancy. We do not "summon up" the dead for any purpose.
Since we cannot seem to agree on such a simple point, there is little reason to continue this conversation. Good night.
Then HOW do they find out that the MORMONs have done such a special work for them in the baptistry?
BTW, if you go to this thread,The "Familiar Spirit" in 2 Nephi 26:16 you'll find linkages of "familiar spirits" to:
* The Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 26:16)
* The Bible, which 100% of the time links "familiar spirits" and its underlying Hebrew word with mediums and witchcraft.
* An 1833 Rochester newspaper article which links the "Mormonites" with "familiar spirits"
* And this interesting 1828 Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language entry for "familiar spirit" that was included as part of an editor's note:
Note (by Rich Troll): The 2nd definition of familiar in Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) is given as a noun: "A demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at a call. But in a general way we say, a familiar spirit." (emphasis in original) This term was associated with necromancy and had mostly negative connotations. It is significant to observe Abner Cole reinforces his connection of familiar spirits with Mormonism, with the first example being in "The Book Of Pukei," as found in the June 12th 1830 edition of The Reflector.
Source: editor's note at Fortune Telling found at end of Jan. 12, 1833 Rochester,NY newspaper article
So, Logo, the entire context I am using includes how "familiar spirits" have been so closely linked to mediums and witchcraft, and are part of the Book of Mormon and early reputation of Joseph Smith and Mormons. (Surely Smith knew the 1828 definition of "familiar spirit" per Noah Webster? And yet, he still used it?)
I think this perhaps was more of God's insistence that a bit of "Truth in Advertising" clause needed some insertion somewhere in this counterfeit document called "The Book of Mormon."
Then HOW do they find out that the MORMONs have done such a special work for them in the baptistry?