by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I haven’t changed my views about the Book of Mormon since my 1973 article. I have seen no archaeological evidence before or since that date which would convince me that it is anything but a fanciful creation by an unusually gifted individual living in upstate New...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In refuting the Book of Mormon notion that Native Americans are of middle-eastern descent, prior to DNA evidence: “The American Indians are physically Mongoloids and thus must have originated in Eastern Asia. The differences in appearance of the various New World...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
This scene from First Nephi chapter 4 describes God commanding Nephi to behead Laban (v.18). Disguised in Laban’s clothes, Nephi —oddly unstained by blood (v.19)—deceives the plate-keeper and steals the brass plates. Initially called the servant of Laban (v.20, 30,...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The LDS Church has explicitly stated in General Conference that the living prophet takes precedence over the Bible—a belief many Christians find blasphemous and others see as absurd. Critics argue this allows the Church to erase past teachings and present new...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[I]f you are told by your leader to do a thing, do it. None of your business whether it is right or wrong.” Heber C. Kimball – 8 November 1857, Journal of Discourses – Volume 6 (Liverpool, England: Asa Calkin, 1859),...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Now, whatever I might have obtained in the shape of learning, by searching and study respecting the arts and sciences of men,—whatever principles I may have imbibed during my scientific researches, yet, if the Prophet of God should tell me that a certain principle or...
