by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Christopher Hitchens made it clear that “you need look no further” than Joseph Smith’s 1826 conviction…...
by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“If the ‘keystone’ of Mormonism [The Book of Mormon] was delivered wrapped in fabrications, regarding it as nevertheless somehow ‘true’ becomes—to put it mildly—much more difficult.” Daniel Peterson, Literally hard facts at the beginning of Mormonism (Salt Lake...
by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The Deseret News published an article about the Book of Mormon being true because it was tangible. http://deseretnews.com/article/865642903/Literally-hard-facts-at-the-beginning-of-Mormonism.html?s_cid=Email-4 Unfortunately, for all of us (as well as Daniel...
by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
It has now been more than three decades since major changes were made in overhauling the LDS temple ceremony. Two of the most significant changes had to do with the portrayal of Christianity & the penalties associated with the name and sign. In its 21st century...
by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In 2 Nephi 5:16, Joseph Smith has Nephi claim he built a temple “after the manner of Solomon’s,” though less ornate since “precious things … were not to be found upon the land.” Yet the verse immediately before (5:15) boasts of “wood, iron, copper, brass, steel, gold,...