(February 21, 2015 at 5:29 pm)ether-ore Wrote:(February 21, 2015 at 12:30 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Tell us the main gist of why you think that smith's public wild translation of the Egyptian funeral papyri is not a big fanciful lie.
Ok... There are two issues here. One is the Book of Abraham itself and The other is facsimile 1.
First let me state that what I'm about to say absolutely will not satisfy. The issue concerning the Book of Abraham requires faith which is something you guys will reject out of hand. Anyway, the Book of Abraham was translated in much the same way as the Book of Mormon. It was translated by the gift and power of God through the use of the Urim and Thummim. This instrument is mentioned in the Old Testament and was used by many prophets, including Abraham. The method used to accomplish the translation is relatively unimportant to members of the church. What is important is the substance of the message of the book and whether it is true. The papyri from which the Book of Abraham was taken is according to FAIR, "The Book of Abraham manuscript was attached to the Book of Breathings manuscript and was lost." There is no doubt but that the response to this will be "how convenient?" Nevertheless, there it is.
It's not convenient and it's not even true. the original funeral papyri was found and in a Chicago museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Papyri
So your excuses are wrong. Your sources lied, knowingly lied.
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