Grant Palmer update?

[_harmony]

From Meridian magazine:

Instead the Book of Mormon is breezily dismissed by Grant Palmer, an excommunicant, who calls it a piece right out of the 19th century and an archaeologist who says there is no evidence for it in Central America. Discussion ended.

source: http://www.ldsmag.com/arts/070504pbs2.html

Was Palmer ex'ed? I thought he was just disfellowshipped. Or is this author incorrect?

[_Seven]

From Meridian magazine:

Instead the Book of Mormon is breezily dismissed by Grant Palmer, an excommunicant, who calls it a piece right out of the 19th century and an archaeologist who says there is no evidence for it in Central America. Discussion ended.

source: http://www.ldsmag.com/arts/070504pbs2.html

Was Palmer ex'ed? I thought he was just disfellowshipped. Or is this author incorrect?

Going off RFM threads about him a year ago, he was never exd according to the people who knew of him. It was stated that he was disfellowshipped but I have no posts saved on it. Unless something changed recently, I am unsure why Meridian refers to him that way.

[_moksha]

Going off RFM threads about him a year ago, he was never exd according to the people who knew of him. It was stated that he was disfellowshipped but I have no posts saved on it. Unless something changed recently, I am unsure why Meridian refers to him that way.

I suspect Meridian likes to take a more faith-promoting approach to history. In our reality however, Brother Palmer was disfellowshiped for a certain period of time.

[_truth dancer]

I have spoken with Grant on several occasions, and have discussed this topic. Unless something happened recently, he was "just" disfellowshipped.

~dancer~

[_harmony]

Maybe one of our more TBM posters could follow up with Meridian, and tell them they're publishing false information.

[_Runtu]

Maybe one of our more TBM posters could follow up with Meridian, and tell them they're publishing false information.

To quote George Costanza: "It isn't a lie if you believe it."

[_harmony]

Maybe one of our more TBM posters could follow up with Meridian, and tell them they're publishing false information.

To quote George Costanza: "It isn't a lie if you believe it."

In publishing, that philosophy will get you sued. I'd want that cleared up, if I was Palmer.

[_Sethbag]

There's a lot of mileage to be gotten out of this little "mistake". To someone interested in defending the church, defusing the arguments of someone who criticizes it can be helped immensely if you can point to that person's having been excommunicated. Everyone on this board knows that a lot of not most chapel Mormons will nearly automatically reject anything said by an excommunicant or apostate about the church, assuming, as they do, that it must be just a malicious lie by someone who can leave the church, but who can't leave it alone.