by Dan Wees | Jun 19, 2018 | Miscellaneous
LDS history repeatedly insists that the gold plates were painstaking to engrave, requiring concise, even “shorthand-like” writing to conserve space. If so, the Book of Mormon should reflect brevity. Instead, it often indulges in redundancy. Take Mosiah 27:34:“And of...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Two bizarre concepts of dogma arise in the Book of Alma – neither of which is spoken of much… First: Obedience results in wealth; prosperity doctrine. “and thus they did prosper & become far more wealthy than those who did not belong to their Church.”...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Miracle tales are the easiest “proof” to dismiss in scripture. The more dramatic—Lazarus rising, Moses parting seas—the more gullibility required. Alma 15 gives us a dime-store version: Zeezrom, the corrupt lawyer, suddenly bedridden with what reads like flu or...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[T]here is a division of responsibility in raising a family. The brethren are to provide for the family members. They have to feed them, clothe them, shelter them, educate them, send them on missions—that is very expensive; it costs a lot of money. So young men need...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In dictating Alma 2, Joseph Smith, Jr. appears to forget his own villain, Nehor, executed just verses earlier in Alma 1. The lapse suggests an overnight pause in dictation, leaving Joseph foggy on details— The verse should plainly read: Amlici … he being after the...
