Re: The Artist Formerly Known As...
Posted by Syntax on .
They were quote: "solid gold rectangular plaques with unusual engravings" and yes they did. Three local farmers confessed to have carved meaningless symbols that they made up into the plaques and then buried them for the explicit reason of Joseph Smith finding them and thinking they are the words of Jesus (or whatever). They were even willing to be charged for fraud and misleading authorities and prosecuted. Should I also mention that the "holy scriptures" that Smith "translated" were later given to expert archaeologists who identified them as common Egyption burial scrolls? And should I also mention that over half of the Book of Mormon was copied from someone else's book that was published ten years earlier? Luckily for Smith, the other book wasn't popular so nobody at the time came forward about his blatant plagiarism.
In my opinion, if you're going to follow a religion, at least follow one that doesn't have FAKE written all over it. Jesus and his followers never came to North America. 'Night.
Funny considering that they weren't discs and nobody ever came forth claiming to have buried them.
Replies:
| The Gold Plates | dashagua -- 10/13/2005 12:20 pm UTC |
| Re: The Artist Formerly Known As... | Syntax -- 10/12/2005 6:27 am UTC |
| Smith the Loser | dashagua -- 10/13/2005 12:35 pm UTC |
| Changes made to Mormon Doctrine | dashagua -- 10/13/2005 12:17 pm UTC |
| Re: The Artist Formerly Known As... | HuBBsDoctor -- 10/12/2005 12:19 pm UTC |
| my grammar gets me again. | HuBBsDoctor -- 10/12/2005 2:41 pm UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | johnross -- 10/13/2005 7:51 am UTC |
| Book of Mormon original | dashagua -- 10/13/2005 12:11 pm UTC |
| Re: Book of Mormon original | Syntax -- 10/14/2005 5:21 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | HuBBsDoctor -- 10/13/2005 10:04 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | Syntax -- 10/14/2005 5:41 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | HuBBsDoctor -- 10/14/2005 10:38 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | johnross -- 10/13/2005 7:52 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | dashagua -- 10/13/2005 12:30 pm UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | Syntax -- 10/13/2005 4:24 am UTC |
| I laugh at your futile attacks. | dashagua -- 10/13/2005 12:27 pm UTC |
| Re: I laugh at your futile attacks. | Syntax -- 10/14/2005 5:49 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | HuBBsDoctor -- 10/13/2005 9:57 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | Syntax -- 10/14/2005 5:15 am UTC |
| Re: my grammar gets me again. | johnross -- 10/14/2005 8:12 am UTC |