by Dan Wees | Sep 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[LDS seventy, Paul H. Dunn falsely claimed he was the] sole survivor among 11 infantrymen in a 100-yard race against death, during which one burst of machine-gun fire ripped his right boot off, another tore off his ammunition and canteen belt and yet another split...
by Dan Wees | Sep 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“A man is not an honorable man if he is not above all law, and above government.” Sidney Rigdon – 6 April 1844, History of Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Volume Six (Salt Lake City, UT: Smith-Pettit...
by Dan Wees | Sep 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: “BENDING GOD TO YOUR WILL” “One day, Martin asked Joseph for permission to take the manuscript to Palmyra for a few weeks. Remembering how Lucy Harris had acted when she visited the house, Joseph was wary of the idea. Yet he wanted to please Martin, who...
by Dan Wees | Sep 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The sacred writings of many faiths make claims that might not stand up to scientific tests. But most faiths avoid conflict with scholarship either because their claims relate to events too far in the past to be tested or because they have reinterpreted their...
by Dan Wees | Sep 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“There has been little if any evidence seriously considered by the mainstream scientific community that would indicate a Middle East origin, or any other source of origin, for the majority of contemporary Native Americans.” Jeffrey Meldrum and Trent D. Stephens,...
by Dan Wees | Sep 25, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The data accumulated to date indicate that 99.6 percent of Native American genetic markers studied so far exhibit Siberian connections.” Jeffrey Meldrum and Trent D. Stephens, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies “Who are the Children of Lehi” (Provo, UT: BYU, 2003),...
