Cumorah and the Three Witnesses
M2C advocates claim there are “two Cumorahs” because the “hill in New York” where Joseph found the plates cannot be either (i) […]
Who reviews Church curriculum?
For years, M2C intellectuals, their employees and their followers have told me that the views of CES, BYU and COB employees are […]
The happiness of Moroni’s America
The North American setting for the Book of Mormon, which I call Moroni’s America (hence the book of that name) is awesome […]
Moroni’s mistaken journey
The standard dogma of M2C (the Mesoamerican/two-Cumorahs theory) has Moroni hauling one set of plates, plus the breastplate and interpreters, from Mesoamerica […]
Cumorah: 2 or 3 schools of thought?
You might think that by now, everyone in the Church knows there are three major schools of thought about the Hill Cumorah […]
Accounts of the translation
Yesterday we discussed the implications of the new “seer stone in a hat” narrative as it applies to King Mosiah. Today we’ll […]
Mosiah and Joseph Smith
The Book of Mormon describes King Mosiah as “a man that can translate.” I believe Joseph Smith was also “a man that […]
Missionary discussions, old and new
The new missionary (Elder or Sister) arrives in the mission field. The Senior companion takes him/her to a meeting with friends. Experienced […]
Royal Skousen, translation and M2C
Brother Royal Skousen has a new book out about the translation of the Book of Mormon titled The King James Quotations in […]
Only an intellectual could believe them
One quotation attributed to George Orwell goes something like this: “There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe […]