by Dan Wees | Jan 7, 2022 | Miscellaneous
Though there are countless great and horrible stories in the Bible, there is one tale in Matthew I find justifying inequity and giving undue credit to the boss (Jesus), at the expense of fairness. This parable essentially gives employers carte blanche to abuse. “For...
by Dan Wees | Jan 5, 2022 | Miscellaneous
“But I’ve always admired and loved President McKay. That’s why I’ve never told anyone about it. But he [President McKay] said that, ‘Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon.'” ~BYU professor and apologist Hugh Nibley in 1995 interview...
by Dan Wees | Dec 22, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“Alma 10:51 [actually Alma 10:5] // Context: Amulek speaking to the people of Ammonihah “Amulek: ‘I never have known much of the ways of the Lord, and his mysteries and marvelous power. I said I never had known much of these things; but behold, I mistake,...
by Dan Wees | Dec 22, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“Here is an example of an oral correction [Alma 52:6]. It’s not the kind of alteration that occurs in a revised, written work (such mistakes in a draft would be clarified or removed in the final form). Rather, it reveals a moment when the writer/translator...
by Dan Wees | Dec 21, 2021 | Miscellaneous
During his revision of the New Testament, Joseph Smith, Jr. appended a grammatically awkward ending to a verse in Matthew … The original passage reads: “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your...
by Dan Wees | Dec 20, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith, Jr. occasionally alters fluid sentences in the New Testament, sometimes transforming them into the peculiar. An example of this can be seen in Matthew, where he replaces the clear term servants with the alternate choice of serpents. “Behold, I send...
