O.K. the style is combative. But if you can get past that there are some serious factual allegations, especially about the book of Abraham.
How do you respond to these facts?
http://www.atheists.org/christianity/mormon.html
2007-06-09 15:55:17 · 7 answers · asked by Simon T 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For every piece of hard evidence one have find regarding the 'disinformation' of the BoM, mormons can find twenty "facts' that support it from Jeff Lindsay or the Maxwell institute. The former is a hobbyist, the the latter group is paid by the church to "Make the science fit".
Neither Jeff nor the Maxwell group utilizes the principle of "Occam's Razor", and continually obfuscate the facts with hundreds of minute details that have little or nothing to do with the issue. Hugh Nibley was a master at this. Nahor and the NHM carving found in southern Saudi is one of many 'scientific legends' perpetrated on the mormon masses who actually come by their 'testimony' irrationally in the first place.
DNA testing is used by the courts, but dismissed by mormons. Carbon dating is used globally for dating, but criticized by the church. Absence of nearly indestructible artifacts is conveniently countered with "Absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence." Nanner, nanner, nanner...
It's like talking to concrete.
2007-06-10 06:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What FACTS?
OK, there are a few "facts".
Yes, our church was started by Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith translated the plates from behind a sheet on a rope.
Joseph Smith did not re-translate the 116 lost pages, because of Lucy Harris.
Blacks now hold the priesthood.
Joseph Smith translated the papyri (part of it) into the Book of Abraham.
Other than that, I see a lot of anger, hatred, lies.
2007-06-09 23:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Here's a link for you. It supports the book of abraham, and I'm also including the link to the rest of the questions asked by non-LDS people about the church.
2007-06-09 16:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by odd duck 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would be interested in reading the responses of people answering the question directly. I'm not convinced people are even reading the article at this point.
2007-06-09 16:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Queenie in the vitamins 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Please answer me this, why do blacks join the church when the war in heaven story still includes blacks as being a minority, when Ham's wife is black in their bible, when Cain's Mark is black skin and the Mark of the laminities's is dark skin as well?
2007-06-10 03:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The page you reference is so full of inaccuracies and negative bias as to make it impractical and a waste of time to address. If you have a specific and more intelligent question, please ask it.
2007-06-09 16:50:09 · answer #6 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You are right, Joey is a total fraud!
2007-06-10 01:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋