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...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The more I’ve thought about how I wanted to say this, the simpler I’ve wanted it to be, so I’ll cut right to the chase. I want you to know that over the past year, I have gradually disaffiliated myself from the LDS church and have also come out as gay to close family...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
From the Book of Mormon: “Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything contrary to that which is right… but it is common for the lesser part ofthe people to desire that which is not right.” Changes in the civil law do not, indeedcannot,...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
I’ve always been a fan of both the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the BH Roberts Comprehensive set. It is great to have all this information, as well as the Times and Seasons and Deseret News versions of the history combined in one...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
On 8 December 2015, the LDS church released a statement claiming that it “is neutral in regard to party politics and election campaigns.” Church leaders supplied two quotes by Joseph Smith to back up their angle. Any person living in Utah understands this lie...
by Dan Wees | Jun 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The Book of Mormon often lapses into childish and petty storytelling, nowhere more so than Jacob 7. Here Jacob debates Sherem, introduced as intellectually formidable but quickly revealed as inept. Sherem’s first misstep is confessing a belief in the...
