by Dan Wees | Mar 30, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“[B]ehold David & Solomon truly had many wives & conubines which thing was abominable before me saith the Lord[.]” Jacob 2:24, The Handwritten Book of Mormon (West Valley City, UT: Dan Wees, August 2017), 159. “David also received many wives and concubines,...
by Dan Wees | Mar 29, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Many years ago, certain leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints favored free agency over obedience and unquestioning submission: “There have been times when progress was halted by thought control. Tolerance and truth demand that all be heard...
by Dan Wees | Mar 29, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“[W]e should be warned against coming too quickly to a conclusion, of forming a decision too hastily. We should be scientific — that is, open-minded, approaching new problems without prejudice, deferring a decision until all the facts are in.” Hugh B. Brown, see...
by Dan Wees | Mar 25, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith, Jr. appears to have fixated on the phrase “forty and two years.” He references it four times within a span of just 44 verses. Additionally, it is noted earlier in Mormon 2:9. Ether 9:24 And it came to pass that his wife died, being an hundred...
by Dan Wees | Mar 20, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“Excusing someone’s past bigotry as ‘a product of their time’ erases everyone who fought against that bigotry while also living in that time.” ~Selena...
by Dan Wees | Mar 16, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Take a look at the picture here. Study the word sequences. These five verses exemplify the repetition and the verbal delivery Joseph Smith used in orating the Book of Mormon. Verse three and four share the exact words “the half of.” Also notice how verse...
