by Dan Wees | Sep 10, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[S]ome very officious person complained of him [Joseph Smith] as a disorderly person, and brought him before the authorities of the county; but there being no cause for action he was honorably acquit[t]ed.” Oliver Cowdery, Latter-Day Saints’ Messenger &...
by Dan Wees | Sep 9, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: THE FIRST VISION… EGREGIOUS AFTERTHOUGHT… Saints: The Standard of Truth 1815-1846, 1:2:14-19. The account of the ‘First Vision’ in “Saints” is a complete re-hashing of the same experience we’ve been used to reading as humans in the 20th and 21st...
by Dan Wees | Sep 9, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Mormonism, as it is called, must stand or fall on the story of Joseph Smith. He was either a prophet of God, divinely called, properly appointed and commissioned, or he was one of the biggest frauds this world has ever seen. There is no middle ground. “If...
by Dan Wees | Sep 8, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: ROOT problems (part 2)… “…Lucy and the daughters made and sold pies, root beer, and decorative cloths…” Saints: The Standard of Truth 1815-1846, 1:1:8 “Root Beer” as we know it, was not commercially available until 1869; some 50 years after...
by Dan Wees | Sep 8, 2018 | Miscellaneous
S A I N T S: ROOT problems (part 1)… “Bad luck and unsuccessful investments [by Joseph Smith, Sr.] had kept the family poor and rootless.” Saints: The Standard of Truth 1815-1846, 1:1:6 Sometime between late 1802 and mid-1803… “Joseph Smith, Sr. learned that...
by Dan Wees | Sep 8, 2018 | Miscellaneous
David Ransom: “But more than that, because you’re leader of the Church. Do you have a special connection?” Gordon B. Hinckley: “I have a special relationship in terms of the Church as an institution. Yes.” DR: “And you...
