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- Thu May 02, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3446
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
The more I think of his trigger warning, the more irked I get. “Let me cook up something to make it look challenging to people’s faith, and then warn them that it inevitably will be.” He has repeated variations of that in interviews. When I heard it I thought it at best impolitic, at worst delusion...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3446
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
So, started to read the book today, and, again, I am unimpressed. Sure, it is fun, but it basically raises interesting coincidences and possibilities. There is nothing that convincingly connects Kircher, Monmaur, John Smith, and Joseph Smith. I don’t see that apologists have much to worry about her...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:53 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3446
Re: Lars Nielsen's "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass"
Don't get me wrong. The author seems like a nice, genuine, and brilliant guy. I disagree with his conclusions, but I bought the book because I thought it would make for a fun read. I am sure it will be. I would really appreciate a "return and report" on the book. I listened to the some of the podca...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:32 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Rosebud MEGATHREAD
- Replies: 835
- Views: 44939
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Ed Goble Book of Abraham Podcast now up
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6054
Re: Ed Goble Book of Abraham Podcast now up
Is Ed Goble related to Clark Goble?
Goble wasn't an apologist, but he had some very weird ideas about the philosophical aspects of Mormonism. Nice enough guy who tragically died a few years back.
Goble wasn't an apologist, but he had some very weird ideas about the philosophical aspects of Mormonism. Nice enough guy who tragically died a few years back.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: SeN on Willard Richards: "unusually bright and capable"? Or Delusional and "Obsessed"?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 569
Re: SeN on Willard Richards: "unusually bright and capable"? Or Delusional and "Obsessed"?
Why can't it be both? In fact, this seems to be a bit of a confessional of DCP. He is bright and capable AND delusional and obsessed. In fact that's kind of a good description of most Mopologetics. None of them seems dull and incapable. All of them are surely obsessed with defending the truth claims...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:38 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Rosebud MEGATHREAD
- Replies: 835
- Views: 44939
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: “How to build a truth engine”
- Replies: 5
- Views: 243
Re: “How to build a truth engine”
Touche!Moksha wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:57 pmSlightly altered.Failed Prophecy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:33 pmThere's no way, even in principle, for an apologist to judge if references support the truth values of an article or a parallel. They can make up B.S., but they can't detect it.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:33 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: “How to build a truth engine”
- Replies: 5
- Views: 243
Re: “How to build a truth engine”
You do realize that every organization distorts reality in their own way, including the CoC? Not really, it's all variations on a theme. There's very little that is new in Mormonism that requires fresh research to debunk. You seem to have a very misguided view of what A.I. can do. A.I. literally ha...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Transgender
- Replies: 16
- Views: 734
Re: Transgender
It will be interesting to see how the church deals with this in the next few decades.. I doubt you will have to wait that long. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVL5AYQ8dY I think the LDS church has already changed its policies vis-a-vis transgender people. If even Jacob Hansen can spot it, it...