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I don't have an explanation but I am certainly more interested in the mystery with the claims you've laid out.

• VaedaStrike 13y ago
  http://www.pbs.org/mormons/interviews/coe.html http://www.pbs.org/mormons/interviews/coe.html Just take a read through what an outsider, non-believer scholar thinks about it. One who's actually gotten into it. His take may surprise you. Additionally, not all of his points are accurate, and I obviously don't agree with his conclusion. But I think his take may give you pause in your 'Cookery' refrain.
  • goldenkey 13y ago
    Ah wow. Quite amazing irregardless of the truth value. I would consider Christ's crucifixion to be one of the most enigmatic and polarizing sacrifices. But memorization is still a bit aweing I suppose
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• VaedaStrike 13y ago
  "He convinced a small number of people at the beginning, the witnesses -- not all of them, but he did. This man had an incredible memory. He made it up and dictated it nonstop. It's very long, the Book of Mormon. I mean, it's an incredible feat of the mind. Even if it is all made up, to do something like that is really extraordinary. And how literate was he? He knew the Bible very well, because it comes out in the language of the King James Bible, which I was raised on. But to be able to carry this through to its logical end, that's amazing. Really, it is. I mean, if it's a work of fiction, nobody has ever done anything like this before. And I think it is fiction, but he really carried it through, and my respect for him is unbounded."
  • goldenkey 13y ago
    Interesting take. Thank you for sharing your perspective.