DCP's Joseph Smith?????s Doctrines and Early Christianity

[_dartagnan]

Hostile!

Trinity, were you throwing doughnuts at him or something?

[_Polygamy Porter]

Hostile!

Trinity, were you throwing doughnuts at him or something?

No, it sounds like Trinity was eating them and not sharing with Dan.

[_Trinity]

I guess that spitwad really did end up hitting him in the ear!

;)

[_Scottie]

Just curious, but has the mustache been shaved to be more bishoplike?

[_Ray A]

It’s not. In the 54 minutes that he spoke, DCP referred to critic/exmormon/antimormon a whopping 22 times. I didn’t intend on counting, but it became obvious from the very first few minutes that DCP intended on bolstering his comments by inviting the power of the us vs them "we're right and they are dead wrong" mentality to fall over the audience. So this is my critic beware speech.

And of course the critics don't have an "us vs them", "right vs wrong" attitude. Only Mormons do. Your whole post stinks of the arrogance you attribute to DCP.

[_Polygamy Porter]

Just curious, but has the mustache been shaved to be more bishoplike?

ROFL!

And no more of this!

[_harmony]

Interesting to see how the presentation came across to a reasonably bright but also rather hostile member of the audience.

Thanks!

That's it? That's your entire comment?

[_Daniel Peterson]

That's it. That's my entire comment.

Trinity got some things right. Trinity got some things wrong. Trinity misheard some things. Trinity misunderstood my intention at some points. Trinity plainly doesn't know the background to what I said. Trinity seems disposed to try to dispute what I said, but isn't really equipped to do so (and probably nobody here is).

I don't care enough to wade into what I know would be an interminable discussion, and most likely a fruitless one.

[_Doctor Steuss]

*How the JST translation is now being taken seriously by biblical scholars because Joseph's modifications tapped into seams that the scholars are just now beginning to realize exist in the traditional texts.

I was unaware of this. Does anyone (Dr. Peterson?) have a source/names? Or at this stage, is this mostly anecdotal?

[_Calculus Crusader]

*Any terminology related to temple work: washings/anointings, priest/priestess, gods and goddesses. Any and all deification comments referring to the fact man can become a god, and fundamental aspects about the Creation, baptism for the dead. (As a sidenote, DCP surprised me by commenting that modern biblical scholars are now saying that Cor 15:29 is accurately reflecting baptism for the dead)

Nobody disputes that I Cor 15:29 reflects baptism for the dead. The issue is whether that was a practice of the Christians or their pagan neighbors.

I think baptism for the dead was an ancient Christian practice, but Joe did not reintroduce it to the world--the Ephrata Cloister did.