Month: May 2016

Continuing my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:1.  James Strang and the Voree Plates Witnesses:This should be good for a laugh.James Strang and his claims are absolutely fascinating.If you’re fascinated by pale imitations and weak retreads.He was basically Joseph Smith 2.0 ... Read more

David Whitmer:David claimed in early June 1829 before their group declaration that he, Cowdery, and Joseph Smith observed “one of the Nephites” carrying the records in a knapsack on his way to Cumorah.  Several days later this trio perceived “that the Same Person was under the shed” at the Whitmer farm. – An Insider’s ... Read more

Pickingup where I left off with my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:3. Witnesses:We are told that the witnesses never disavowed their testimonies,Which is both true and not unimportant. At different points in their lives, all of the Three Witnesses were bitterly opposed ... Read more

Continuing my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:Priesthood Restoration Concerns & Questions:“The late appearance of these accounts raises the possibility of later fabrication.”LDS Historian Richard Bushman, Rough Stone Rolling, p. 75 –Are you saying that Richard Bushman believes that these accounts were fabricated? ... Read more

Continuing my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:

6. Paul H. Dunn:  Dunn was a General Authority of the Church for many years. Indeed! I adored Paul H. Dunn. Still do. Marvelous speaker – funny, engaging, and perceptive.He was a very popular speaker who ... Read more

I apologize for the pause in posting here - lots going on at the moment. Picking up where I left off with my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:Testimony/Spiritual Witness Concerns & Questions:Every major religion has members who claim the same thing: God or ... Read more

Continuing my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:Kinderhook Plates and Translator/Seer Claims Concerns & Questions:

Kinderhook Plates:

Awesome! Who doesn’t like Kinderhook Plates?What’s with all the MormonInfographics cribbing? Do you owe those guys money?The quote from the History of the Church is actually a ... Read more

IfI'm enjoying anything about Donald Trump's conquest and pillaging of what's left of the Republican Party, it's watching Glenn Beck be humiliated and, of course, seeing Ted Cruz implode. Tonight, I'm drunk on anti-Cruz schadenfreude. I'm really dreading the inevitable Trump hangover tomorrow morning.Although, really, it probably won't be all that bad. After all, I went ... Read more

Continuing my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:If Brigham Young was really a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, would it not be unreasonable to expect that God would give him a hint that racism is not okay, sexism is not okay, blood atonement is not okay ... Read more

Continuing my reply to Jeremy Runnell’s “Letter to a CES Director,” with Jeremy’s original words in green:Mark Hofmann:Cool! Dig the groovy haircut on the murderer guy!In the early to mid-1980s, the Church shelled out close to $900,000 in antiquities and cash to Mark Hofmann – a conman and soon-to-be serial killer – ... Read more