What I find significant is the fact that no Christian worth his salt here seems to want to comment on the author's assertion that Christian doctrines were lost.
Nobody's going to touch that with a ten-foot pole.
We accept the Bible as the infallible word of God..the other stuff is interesting but it is not for doctrine.
God chose the books that would be in the Bible. Theses books were written under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost..they were and are preserved by God ..
Someone tells you I saw golden plates and here is what was on them..no proof at all..and you accept to allow your eternity to hang on that
That is a fine thread..