Disinformation and the Mary Whitmer problem
A lot of what we think is a difference in opinions is really a difference in knowledge. People think their opinions are […]
The rising generation
People wonder why so many of our LDS intellectuals disbelieve what Joseph and Oliver taught about the Urim and Thummim, the New […]
Covenant Israel and the countdown to conference
LDSLiving has a nice downloadable study guide about Covenant Israel that you should consider. https://ldsliving.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/landingpages/Covenant%20Israel.pdf The article: https://www.ldsliving.com/Countdown-to-Conference-Covenant-Israel-Let-God-Prevail-President-Russell-M-Nelson-October-2020-general-conference/s/93903 Source: Book of Mormon […]
Oliver, Joseph, and scribes and Pharisees
The question of Cumorah boils down to whether people believe what Joseph and Oliver said, or whether people believe our latter-day scribes […]
Reminder: conference tomorrow, February 20, 2021
I’m speaking at an online conference tomorrow, Saturday, February 20, 2021. Here’s the link: https://4mevents.org/ I’ll be discussing the Cumorah issue along […]
Report to the Quorum of the Twelve about the messenger taking the abridged plates to Cumorah
The references to the important event are included on the page on this blog, as well as this page on mobom.org: https://www.mobom.org/resources-fayette-trip […]
Offensive logos
Offensive logos have been in the news lately. Logos are being changed and modified to promote greater unity in the world. The […]
Simplicity again
I think it’s healthy and productive to have discussions about Church history and Book of Mormon historicity because it can promote unity […]
remove the grass and moss – Occam’s razor
By now, everyone knows we have an account of Joseph referring to Cumorah before he even got the plates, which indicates he […]
Multiple hypotheses-Cumorah
Because I keep getting requests for a succinct explanation of the issues, let’s look at more specifics about multiple working hypotheses in […]