Posted on 08/05/2015 8:22:12 AM PDT by PROCON
SALT LAKE CITY The Mormon churchs push toward transparency about its roots and beliefs took another step forward Tuesday with the first published pictures of a small sacred stone it believes founder Joseph Smith used to help translate a story that became the basis of the religion.
The new photos peel back another layer of secrecy for a relatively young world religion that has come under scrutiny as its numbers swelled in the Internet age.
(Excerpt) Read more at yakimaherald.com ...
Hmmm, I'll stick with the Cross of Christ for my truth.
What say you Pingy.
Muzzies have a magic rock too...
We have an article that says there are “published pictures” with no pictures???
It was only 185 years ago, where are the gold plates? Not like they have had 3000-4000 or so years to lose them.
They should build a really cool vault to keep it in...
That way Jospeh Snith can get to REALLY be the second Muhammed, like he dreamed about....
Actually, if you look at the Islamic ‘black rock’ legend....long before Muhammad came around, it was a local attraction for a all-inconclusive-religious fest held in the local area. The locals found that traders would get into this and the market activity would boom during the yearly fest which was open to hundreds of religions. Muhammad decided after he invented Islam....to make it a Islam-only-rock.
Mormons are rock-worshipers. Sheesh. Is there any more nonsensical crap that these poor mind-controlled people could do to make themselves a laughingstock? Moon worship? Reading tea leaves? Cat swinging?
Stop it. You’ll make Glen Beck cry.
I can clearly see the face of Mitt Romney on that stone...
The pic at the source is an AP photo which can’t be reproduced here.
LOL, hey, and there’s Glenn Beck too!
I don’t see any picture at the source, which is why I made my comment!
Paging the loverly Elsie..
Elsie dear, youre an expert in this area..
:)
Muslims,Mormans,Scientologists.And some others.
People are fully prepared to believe anything but the truth.
I have one of those. I used it to translate Faulkner’s Sound And The Fury
Problem on your end then.
The world is ready for the occult.
You leave that cat alone!!!
Are you running NoScript?
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