by Dan Wees | Apr 27, 2019 | Miscellaneous
BOOK OF MORMON TRIVIA (1981 edition)… I. The shortest verse is Mosiah 13:21 (4 words). II. The longest verse is 3 Nephi 12:1 (142 words). III. “And it came to pass that” occurs 1,039 times. IV. There are 8,109 duplicated 6-word strings. V. There are 3,132 duplicated...
by Dan Wees | Apr 25, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[N]o man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith … every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ...
by Dan Wees | Apr 25, 2019 | Miscellaneous
According to the Book of Mormon, when Lehi left the old world (1 Nephi 18:8) his group consisted of less than twenty people. Yet, nineteen years later this small band had so prospered in the land that they built a temple which “manner of the construction was like unto...
by Dan Wees | Apr 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous
PETER INGERSOLL: 1833 SWORN [full] STATEMENT ABOUT JOSEPH SMITH Palmyaa [sic], Wayne Co. N.Y. Dec 2d, 1833. “I, Peter Ingersoll, first became acquainted with the family of Jopesh Smith, Sen. in the year of our Lord, 1822. – I lived in the neighborhood of said...
by Dan Wees | Apr 23, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Thus the issue for those who signed the New York affidavits was the trustworthiness of Joseph Smith. Since Rodger Anderson argues so intensely for respecting Hurlbut and his signers [see Ehat/Cook, The Words of Joseph Smith (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University...
by Dan Wees | Apr 21, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“No man holds divine authority equal to or above the president of the Church. In his position he is pre-eminent! “Let us understand fully the clear identity of the president of the Church. He is the mouthpiece of God on earth for us today.” Church News, “The Certain...