What if the prophets were correct about Cumorah?
Questions about the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon have led a lot of people to question their faith, yet our […]
Classic Post #6 – Agree and Agree-to-disagree chart
This comparison chart compares M2C (the Mesoamerican/Two-Cumorahs theory) with 1NYC (the One New York Cumorah). Proposition M2C 1NYC 1. The most important […]
Interfaith understanding and cooperation
It’s always awesome to see members of different faiths uniting to do good in the world. Here’s an example from Dubai of […]
FAIRLDS, Cumorah, and plain and precious things
Nephi said “there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book” (1 Nephi 13:28), referring to the Bible. Readers […]
Classic Post #5 – If BYU believed Joseph and Oliver… some FAQs
In the previous post, I pointed out the difference between fantasy and real-world maps. Here I answer FAQs about what’s going on […]
Thought experiment #2: What if Joseph Smith actually translated the plates?
It’s amazing that we’ve reached the point where proposing that Joseph Smith translated the plates is merely a thought experiment, but that’s […]
Intro to JSP Volume 5 (original manuscript) is online
The notorious Introduction to Volume 5 of the Joseph Smith Papers, the Original Manuscript, is online for everyone to see. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/intro/introduction-to-revelations-and-translations-volume-5 You […]
Nationalism, M2C, critics, and other topics
Last week I did an interview on various topics on the youtube channel Mormon Book Reviews (MBR). You can see the interview […]
Thought Experiment #1: what if LDS scholars believed the prophets
Thought experiments are useful for lots of reasons, but in some cases, an imagined scenario can assume a life of its own. […]
Rejecting the witnesses
The material for my upcoming book on LDS apologists keeps accumulating. The other day, one of my favorites, Dan the Interpreter, added […]