by Dan Wees | Jan 10, 2022 | Miscellaneous
I have a moderate degree of tolerance for people who have faith in things which I find incredible. But I draw the line when their faith in the unseen transforms their lives into following these notions as “dug-in” truth. It is natural to evolve into religious...
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...
