anyone interested in the origins of the Book of Mormon

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anyone interested in the origins of the Book of Mormon

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...ought to be keeping an eye out for uncle dale's latest threads on the aptly named MAD board. They're doozies. I think he's been saving them up.

That man needs to get his arse in gear and get a book published instead of spending time on MAD, frankly. I'd be the first in line to buy it.
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Sounds interesting!
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Re: anyone interested in the origins of the Book of Mormon

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beastie wrote:...ought to be keeping an eye out for uncle dale's latest threads on the aptly named MAD board. They're doozies. I think he's been saving them up.

That man needs to get his arse in gear and get a book published instead of spending time on MAD, frankly. I'd be the first in line to buy it.


I must confess I haven't been following him. Is he doing the origins/history of the writing of the Book of Mormon or the history side of the Book of Mormon?

Either way I probably should look at it, he's a very good writer.

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I haven't read all the threads yet, some are quite lengthy and packed with information. From what I've read so far, he is focusing on what is normally his main point - the Rigdon connection.

I've followed his posts on FAIR ever since I first heard of the place, and he single handedly convinced me of the Rigdon connection.
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beastie wrote:I haven't read all the threads yet, some are quite lengthy and packed with information. From what I've read so far, he is focusing on what is normally his main point - the Rigdon connection.

I've followed his posts on FAIR ever since I first heard of the place, and he single handedly convinced me of the Rigdon connection.


Mark my words, beastie, there's more coming.

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Post by _Brackite »

Hi Beastie,

To be honest here, I pretty much find Uncle Dale's Posts over there about the origins of the Book of Mormon kind of boring. in my opinion, There is not too much evidence evidence linking Sidney Rigdon with the origins of the Book of Mormon. I don't find there being hardly any evidence that Sidney Rigdon knew Joseph Smith before the Year of 1830. Here is a link to an Article that our friend Wade here, wrote a while ago: http://www.scn.org/~bp760/visit.htm
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I'll read Wade's article tomorrow.

There are a couple of points I find compelling - one is that Rigdon denied knowing a thing about the Book of Mormon before his conversion, and that is a pretty obvious lie. (I'll try to find my references on that tomorrow).

Also, it seems to me that once Smith firmly took the leadership of the new church and Rigdon's influence diminished, he began to expand into theology that is not only outside the Book of Mormon, but sometimes even contradictory to it.

While there may not be (yet) a "smoking gun" showing Rigdon and Smith working together, certainly the physical and relationship connections make it quite feasible.
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Brackite wrote:Hi Beastie,

To be honest here, I pretty much find Uncle Dale's Posts over there about the origins of the Book of Mormon kind of boring. in my opinion, There is not too much evidence evidence linking Sidney Rigdon with the origins of the Book of Mormon. I don't find there being hardly any evidence that Sidney Rigdon knew Joseph Smith before the Year of 1830. Here is a link to an Article that our friend Wade here, wrote a while ago: http://www.scn.org/~bp760/visit.htm


What do you say to those who acknowledge a fairly length of time when the whereabouts of Joseph Smith are unaccounted for? I'm just curious if you don't think that Joseph Smith and Rigdon's path's could have crossed during that time period.

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I'd also like to know why some folks think it impossible for Rigdon to have taken part in bringing forth the Book of Mormon. Wasn't he a participant in the bringing forth of the Book of Moses?

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Post by _Brackite »

Hi Jersey Girl,

There is No evidence that Sidney Rigdon was a participant in the bringing forth of the Book of Moses. Please Check out and See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Moses
http://scriptures.LDS.org/en/pgp/introduction
http://www.lightplanet.com/Mormons/basi ... moses.html
http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no78.ht ... AT%20PRICE
http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no78.ht ... R%20JOSEPH

Sidney Rigdon was though a participant in helping bringing forth a few of the Sections within the Doctrine and Covenants.
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