The bible and ancient history.

[dyresand]

One thing though i have the golden tablets i can only read them no one else can. <- pretty much Mormonism.

I've found a more accurate (funny usage for that word here, I realize) description of how the gold plates, the magic hat, and the Thummim and Urim worked, er,um, uh, that word doesn't seem to fit in very well either, but you get the jist;

* the gold plates did not need to be in the magic hat at the time of the, um, er, translation, damn, another word that seems ludicrous has crept into my post.

* the words would appear in luminous letters upon (one?) of the stones when Old Horny Joe would put his face over the opening

* Joe would read the words, and another individual would write them down

*the words on the stone would persist until they were written down 100% correctly, however many attempts it would make

*this is why the first edition of the Book of Mormon was described at the time as the most perfect book ever written



And then, Joseph Smith and the church hierarchies from then on, have changed the Book of Mormon nearly 4000 TIMES !!!


You can't make up shit like this . . . .



Oh, wait, Joseph Smith did !!!!!


so, is it any wonder the Book of Mormon sucks at being a guide for Middle Eastern (and US) archeology siting ??

The best con man that ever lived. Created his own religion based on ideas he borrowed (stole) from an unpublished novel and the mason sect. Established a devoted flock of religious followers while remarkably continuing his snake oil ways until the day he was killed. The man is now a saint and founder of the Mormon church.
Ken Delay is a loser. He made lots of money, but got busted in his own lifetime and will always be a loser. Joseph Smith, however, created his own reality making the rules and then changing the rules to suit his mood. Joseph Smith is a saint.