How often "plates" are discussed here.

[Marcus]

Ogopogo gets no respect. Even from Canucks.

Ogopogo suffers from being a nouveau venu in a non-Francophone province.

Those three nephites really got around, but still, it takes time to lock in those miraculous sightings with the locals. Not everyone sees a tapir.

[Philo Sofee]

I notice that about all religious subjects from the church as well. It is interesting. It's like its stuck in a groove with no forward understanding and knowledge. It was one reason I went elsewhere looking for more light and knowledge that Father promised.

You and Denver Snuffer have something in common.

Regards,
MG

We all have the far more important something in common of humanity as well.......

[MG 2.0]

You and Denver Snuffer have something in common.

Regards,
MG

We all have the far more important something in common of humanity as well.......

Well said. And if each one of us can remember that and then try to treat each other accordingly, that is the greatest gift humans can give each other.

We all can always improve in that respect.

Regards,
MG

[I Have Questions]

We all have the far more important something in common of humanity as well.......

Well said. And if each one of us can remember that and then try to treat each other accordingly, that is the greatest gift humans can give each other.

We all can always improve in that respect.

Regards,
MG

How are you going to keep that in mind MG, how will that remembrance change how you talk about the posters on this board - who you recently referred to as “folks” who participate in “circle jerks”?

[Kishkumen]

Potentially. Lots of things are interesting and even worth looking at out of interest. Some investigations involve those things which may or may not be of eternal veracity and worth. I would place those investigations in a different category than, say, Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster.

Now UAP's, that's another thing.

Regards,
MG

Well, yes, of course you do! But why would it be obvious to others that the Book of Mormon is in a different category from Big Foot? Joseph Smith chose to publicize what he did, and his narrative is obviously sensational in nature. It was at the time he first told it. Whether you want to accept the negative with the positive attention or not, the narrative itself guarantees to attract all kinds of skeptical interest.

[MG 2.0]

Potentially. Lots of things are interesting and even worth looking at out of interest. Some investigations involve those things which may or may not be of eternal veracity and worth. I would place those investigations in a different category than, say, Bigfoot or Loch Ness Monster.

Now UAP's, that's another thing.

Regards,
MG

Well, yes, of course you do! But why would it be obvious to others that the Book of Mormon is in a different category from Big Foot? Joseph Smith chose to publicize what he did, and his narrative is obviously sensational in nature. It was at the time he first told it. Whether you want to accept the negative with the positive attention or not, the narrative itself guarantees to attract all kinds of skeptical interest.

No argument there. Been there, done that. Still do here and there.

It's not a slam dunk with the Book of Mormon is it?

I don't put the Book of Mormon in the same category as the other things you've listed. It seems to me that it deserves a bit more investigative work.

Cost/benefit.

Regards,
MG

[I Have Questions]

Well, yes, of course you do! But why would it be obvious to others that the Book of Mormon is in a different category from Big Foot? Joseph Smith chose to publicize what he did, and his narrative is obviously sensational in nature. It was at the time he first told it. Whether you want to accept the negative with the positive attention or not, the narrative itself guarantees to attract all kinds of skeptical interest.

No argument there. Been there, done that. Still do here and there.

It's not a slam dunk with the Book of Mormon is it?

I don't put the Book of Mormon in the same category as the other things you've listed. It seems to me that it deserves a bit more investigative work.

Cost/benefit.

Regards,
MG

It’s been investigated. KJV Bible content has been found in it. So it’s not what it claims to be. End of. Slam dunk.

[bill4long]

No argument there. Been there, done that. Still do here and there.

It's not a slam dunk with the Book of Mormon is it?

I don't put the Book of Mormon in the same category as the other things you've listed. It seems to me that it deserves a bit more investigative work.

Cost/benefit.

Regards,
MG

It’s been investigated. KJV Bible content has been found in it. So it’s not what it claims to be. End of. Slam dunk.

One irony for me is that the Brighamite Mormons don't even faithfully follow the Book of Mormon.

3 Nephi 1:40 And whoso shall declare more or less than this [sermon], and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them. --The Book of Mormon Jesus.

[I Have Questions]

It’s been investigated. KJV Bible content has been found in it. So it’s not what it claims to be. End of. Slam dunk.

One irony for me is that the Brighamite Mormons don't even faithfully follow the Book of Mormon.

3 Nephi 1:40 And whoso shall declare more or less than this [sermon], and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them. --The Book of Mormon Jesus.

Yes. Mormon doctrine has a convenient relationship with scripture.

[Limnor]

Less discussed is the “angel” they claim to have seen:

"In regards to my testimony to the visitation of the angel, who declared to us three witnesses that the Book of Mormon is true, I have this to say: Of course we were in the spirit when we had the view, for no man can behold the face of an angel, except in a spiritual view, but we were in the body also, and everything was as natural to us, as it is at any time. Martin Harris, you say, called it "being in vision." We read in the Scriptures, Cornelius saw, in a vision, an angel of God, Daniel saw an angel in a vision, also in other places it states they saw an angel in the spirit. A bright light enveloped us where we were, that filled at noon day, and there in a vision, or in the spirit, we saw and heard just as it is stated in my testimony in the Book of Mormon. I am now passed eighty-two years old, and I have a brother J. J. Snyder, to do my writing for me, at my dictation.”