[Saundra Duffy]

“wasn’t this written by a guy here in US of A not long ago?”

No, the Book of Mormon was not written by Joseph Smith; he interpreted it.

Got a question for you: Whatever happened to the Mayans? No one knows. To this day, it’s a mystery. If you read the Book of Mormon, you might get a clue.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Mayans are still there.

[Cronos]

Whatever happened to the Mayans? No one knows. To this day, it’s a mystery.

Actually, it's not. The Mayans are still alive, in the regions of Mexico like Chiapas. Many still live as per ancient ways but many are Catholics.

The Maya never disappeared, they just abandoned their big cities. The downfall of a few are known (war, famine etc), the downfall of the other cities seem to be due to diseases or changes in climate.

the Mayan language survives.

It's no mystery...

[ejonesie22]

Dude!

Ya gotta see this one!

[C19fan]

Got a question for you: Whatever happened to the Mayans? No one knows. To this day, it’s a mystery. If you read the Book of Mormon, you might get a clue.

**Sarcasm On***Who are those people I ran into in the central Highlands of Guatemala?***Sarcasm Off***

[Elsie]

 

 

If you read the Book of Mormon, you might get a clue.

I read it, and was CLUELESS as to the RESTORED GOSPEL® that is supposedly in there.

Why is that?

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No, the Book of Mormon was not written by Joseph Smith; he interpreted it.

                                                        (Which picture is a more ACCURATE illustration on fact?)

 

 

 

“Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine. A piece of something resembling parchment would appear, and on that appeared the writing. One character at a time would appear, and under it was the interpretation in English. Brother Joseph would read off the English to Oliver Cowdery, who was his principal scribe, and when it was written down and repeated to Brother Joseph to see if it was correct, then it would disappear, and another character with the interpretation would appear. Thus the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, and not by any power of man.”

David Whitmer, An Address to All Believers in Christ, Richmond, Mo.: n.p., 1887, p. 12

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Funny that this isn't discussed more in the church...

[AmericanArchConservative]

Actually,

it was neither written nor interpreted by Joey “Big liar/convicted glass-looker” Smith but by one of Cowdery’s acquaintances/uncles.

I forget the guy’s name right off the top (a little help here, friends!?), but extensive and exhaustive stylistic analysis of the bom writing style was conducted and compared to a good depth of the other fellow’s known writings and there is next to no chance that it was written by Smith or Cowardly - oops my bad - I mean Cowdery.

It is as indelibly and incontrovertible connectable to its all-too-human author as the poems of John Donne, or Samuel Taylor Coleridge are to their respective authors.

That is to say - other than the parts which were outright plagiarised (like happened often in the D & C and pogp)from the original Bible.

Colloquial phrases unique to the Palmyra area were incorporated into passages of the text - one which occurs frequently is, “is/was/were a-going” as in: “Joey Smith and Oliver Cowdery were a-going to the library to return their dog-eared copy of the book, “A View of the Hebrews”...when they spied the bloody ghost of a pirate dressed like a Spaniard...

Oh wait - it was the SON..no, no it was the father AND the son...

Dad-gummit, when there are seven different known stories of record, it’s a little tough to keep stories straight.

Gotta go consult that copy of “Feeding the Flock while Fleecing the Flock” again...or mebbe jes’ get the flock outta here before I git martyred like a lamb with wine in its belly and a smokin’ pistol in its hand...

A.A.C.

[Mr. K]

Then who wrote it?

[Elsie]

Saundra Duffy:

people are asking you questions over in this thread...