The gnat-strainer prize.

[_Drifting]

In order for this to be equitable with the conditions for Joseph Smith, Darth J needs to be given:
Six years preparation time in which to think about it, and the services of...

Among these scribes were his wife, Emma; Martin Harris, a prosperous farmer; and Oliver Cowdery, a schoolteacher

*Ensign Oct 2011*

[_Drifting]

Is it gnat-straining to suggest that (with the backing of a prosperous farmer) a reknowned, profficient, well practiced, engaging story teller and a well eductaed schoolteacher could produce the Book of Mormon in three months without divine intervention?

[_Yoda]

I'm willing to pay you exactly what God paid Joseph Smith to translate the book. You're still weaseling out of the proposal. Joseph Smith didn't pose any conditions to translating the book; he just got to work and did it. To make an equal document, I would expect the same from you. Martin Harris didn't pay Joseph any wages; he just paid for publication of the book. By the way: if you truly want to shut me up, you mentioned in a previous post that you'd already written a 3,000 word story, which, if extrapolated over a year's time, would equal the Book of Mormon. Know what? I think you're lying. I don't think you wrote a 3,000 word story. If you did, post it here within 24 hours, and I will, truly, offer my apologies and drop this issue. Until I see that story, I still accuse you of neither putting up nor shutting up re: The Book of Mormon. 24 hours, from my clock, 12:25 PM, Thursday. Let's see your story. (And I expect it to be as detailed, verifiable, and fast-paced as the first 3,000 words of 1 Nephi.) And, yes, verifiiable; ever read Nibley's "Lehi in the Desert"?

Oh, look: when the bluff has been called, more and more conditions are added---conditions that the Book of Mormon itself doesn't have.

Yes, I have read the crank, ad hoc theories that Hugh Nibley prattles on about. Like the rest of Mormon apologetics, he shoots an arrow and then paints a target around where the arrow landed.

Since you now claim that the Book of Mormon is verifiable, that suggests that you are taking my alternative counter-challenge. What's the Nephite artifact that you will be showing us?

Hey, now I'm curious! Darth, I would love to read your story! Would you seriously consider posting it in Off Topic? Or, if you are in some kind of publishing deal and can't do that, would you consider PM'ing it to me?

[_SteelHead]

Where did the rest of this thread go?

Ok I am confused. I seem to be mixing this thread with the "What honest act" thread.

[_Darth J]

Hey, now I'm curious! Darth, I would love to read your story! Would you seriously consider posting it in Off Topic? Or, if you are in some kind of publishing deal and can't do that, would you consider PM'ing it to me?

I already linked to it in this thread. It's in another thread: http://www.mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3 ... =1&t=16995

[_schreech]

Hey, now I'm curious! Darth, I would love to read your story! Would you seriously consider posting it in Off Topic? Or, if you are in some kind of publishing deal and can't do that, would you consider PM'ing it to me?

I already linked to it in this thread. It's in another thread: http://www.mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3 ... =1&t=16995

Darth, start a church...I would attend (as long as its online) and your posts are far more believable than anything said by LDS "prophets"...I think I could even convince my family that you are a "prophet" as long as you don't try to incorporate polygamy into your religion. We can publish your posts in a D&C type book. Just finish your book of virgil and we have the foundations of a modern day religion. I want to be the Oliver Cowdery of the CODJOLDS...You may even be able to convince me you fund part of the "translation" and publication....