Question: Why do mopologists ignore the Bible so much?

[_Obiwan]

I would recommend that folks watch these videos to start getting an idea that real scholars and scholarship is most certainly interacting with real LDS scholars and the like.

http://LDS.org/library/display/0,4945,5 ... -1,00.html

Anti-mormonism is just that, popular bigotry "posing" as being "scholarly".

[_bcspace]

That certainly is true, however, Mormonism makes a number of very sweeping claims about being the "original" gospel of Jesus yet this viewpoint is not at all supported by the facts.

Perhaps I've missed their citations, but I find it telling that I do not see LDS academics attempting to buttress Mormon claims about the Bible in academia. One would assume that since everyone grants that Jews actually existed and that Christianity has an actual history, this would clear the way for Mormon scriptorians to blaze into New Testament and Old Testament academia.

One does not have to be an academicist to prove that we are the original Christianity.

[_Quasimodo]

That certainly is true, however, Mormonism makes a number of very sweeping claims about being the "original" gospel of Jesus yet this viewpoint is not at all supported by the facts.

Perhaps I've missed their citations, but I find it telling that I do not see LDS academics attempting to buttress Mormon claims about the Bible in academia. One would assume that since everyone grants that Jews actually existed and that Christianity has an actual history, this would clear the way for Mormon scriptorians to blaze into New Testament and Old Testament academia.

One does not have to be an academicist to prove that we are the original Christianity.

I hope this is not a serious statement. There's been more than a few before the Mormons. Maybe a few hundred. I'm sure even Joe would not claim to be the "original" Christian.

[_bcspace]

One does not have to be an academicist to prove that we are the original Christianity.

I hope this is not a serious statement.

Quite serious.

There's been more than a few before the Mormons. Maybe a few hundred.

And only LDS doctrine is consistent with the Bible.

I'm sure even Joe would not claim to be the "original" Christian.

He did just that by claiming it was the restored Church.

[_Buffalo]

And only LDS doctrine is consistent with the Bible.

Which is why Mormons teach that there will be no marriage in heaven.

[_bcspace]

And only LDS doctrine is consistent with the Bible.

Which is why Mormons teach that there will be no marriage in heaven.

Which only proves that you don't know the scenario the Sadducees were putting forth.

[_Buffalo]

Which only proves that you don't know the scenario the Sadducees were putting forth.

I know it very well. Either Jesus was wrong or Joseph was wrong. Take your pick.

[_bcspace]

Which only proves that you don't know the scenario the Sadducees were putting forth.

I know it very well. Either Jesus was wrong or Joseph was wrong. Take your pick.

Neither were wrong. The Sadducees, who were the people in question (there were with us, seven bretheren) didn't even believe in the resurrection and were not on any kind of Celestial path so Jesus' answer is technically correct in their case. Of course there is much more to it than that. When you have actually studied the issue of the Reticence of Jesus, let me know.

[_Buffalo]

Neither were wrong. When you have actually studied the issue, let me know.

Both were wrong, actually, since no one survives death. But Jesus taught that heaven is a singles-only place. Joseph taught otherwise.

[_bcspace]

But Jesus taught that heaven is a singles-only place. Joseph taught otherwise.

He did no such thing. See my above post,