pam

What a kind gesture.

Careful, @Carborendum - you may end up in the river!

I threw him in the river.

I threw him in the river.

I threw him in the river.

The way I see it....any dent is a good dent.

Thank you @zil2for doing this.  I really appreciate you taking the lead on this.  

Thank you @zil2for doing this.  I really appreciate you taking the lead on this.  

Please see the Book of Mormon Reading Group thread for details (and discussion of 1 Nephi 1 - 5).  This is the thread for the first full week.  Our goal is to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year.  I'll make a new post before each Monday so that it's ready to go - weeks go from Monday to Sunday for our purposes.  Each thread will be discussions on that week's readings.  Just to make it easier on everyone, I'm going to ping all those who have expressed a desire to participate.  This is the only thread where I'll do that.
@Jamie123, @Vort, @laronius, @askandanswer, @JohnsonJones, @pam, @Carborendum, @Just_A_Guy
Index to all threads:
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 11 Sep - 17 Sep 2023 (1 Nephi 6 - 1 Nephi 18)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 18 Sep - 24 Sep 2023 (1 Nephi 19 - 2 Nephi 9)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 25 Sep - 01 Oct 2023 (2 Nephi 10 - 2 Nephi 28)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 02 Oct - 08 Oct 2023 (2 Nephi 29 - Omni 1)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 09 Oct - 15 Oct 2023 (Words of Mormon 1 - Mosiah 13)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 16 Oct - 22 Oct 2023 (Mosiah 14 - Mosiah 29)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 23 Oct - 29 Oct 2023 (Alma 1 - Alma 12)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 30 Oct - 05 Nov 2023 (Alma 13 - Alma 25)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 06 Nov - 12 Nov 2023 (Alma 26 - Alma 37)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 13 Nov - 19 Nov 2023 (Alma 38 - Alma 51)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 20 Nov - 26 Nov 2023 (Alma 52 - Helaman 1)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 27 Nov - 03 Dec 2023 (Helaman 2 - Helaman14)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 04 Dec - 10 Dec 2023 (Helaman 15 - 3 Nephi 13)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 11 Dec - 17 Dec 2023 (3 Nephi 14 - 4 Nephi 1)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 18 Dec - 24 Dec 2023 (Mormon 1 - Ether 7)
Book of Mormon Reading Group: 25 Dec - 31 Dec 2023 (Ether 8 - Moroni 10)
Repeat of the full schedule:
X Date Read Through   Sep 9 1 Nephi 3   Sep 10 1 Nephi 5   Sep 11 1 Nephi 8   Sep 12 1 Nephi 11   Sep 13 1 Nephi 13   Sep 14 1 Nephi 14   Sep 15 1 Nephi 16   Sep 16 1 Nephi 17   Sep 17 1 Nephi 18   Sep 18 1 Nephi 20   Sep 19 1 Nephi 22   Sep 20 2 Nephi 2   Sep 21 2 Nephi 3   Sep 22 2 Nephi 5   Sep 23 2 Nephi 8   Sep 24 2 Nephi 9   Sep 25 2 Nephi 11   Sep 26 2 Nephi 15   Sep 27 2 Nephi 19   Sep 28 2 Nephi 23   Sep 29 2 Nephi 25   Sep 30 2 Nephi 26   Oct 1 2 Nephi 28   Oct 2 2 Nephi 31   Oct 3 Jacob 1   Oct 4 Jacob 3   Oct 5 Jacob 5   Oct 6 Jacob 5   Oct 7 Enos 1   Oct 8 Omni 1   Oct 9 Mosiah 1   Oct 10 Mosiah 2   Oct 11 Mosiah 4   Oct 12 Mosiah 7   Oct 13 Mosiah 9   Oct 14 Mosiah 11   Oct 15 Mosiah 13   Oct 16 Mosiah 15   Oct 17 Mosiah 18   Oct 18 Mosiah 21   Oct 19 Mosiah 23   Oct 20 Mosiah 26   Oct 21 Mosiah 27   Oct 22 Mosiah 29   Oct 23 Alma 2   Oct 24 Alma 4   Oct 25 Alma 5   Oct 26 Alma 7   Oct 27 Alma 9   Oct 28 Alma 10   Oct 29 Alma 12   Oct 30 Alma 14   Oct 31 Alma 15   Nov 1 Alma 17   Nov 2 Alma 19   Nov 3 Alma 21   Nov 4 Alma 23   Nov 5 Alma 25   Nov 6 Alma 27   Nov 7 Alma 30   Nov 8 Alma 31   Nov 9 Alma 32   Nov 10 Alma 34   Nov 11 Alma 36   Nov 12 Alma 37   Nov 13 Alma 40   Nov 14 Alma 43   Nov 15 Alma 43   Nov 16 Alma 46   Nov 17 Alma 47   Nov 18 Alma 49   Nov 19 Alma 51   Nov 20 Alma 52   Nov 21 Alma 55   Nov 22 Alma 56   Nov 23 Alma 58   Nov 24 Alma 60   Nov 25 Alma 62   Nov 26 Helaman 1   Nov 27 Helaman 3   Nov 28 Helaman 5   Nov 29 Helaman 6   Nov 30 Helaman 8   Dec 1 Helaman 11   Dec 2 Helaman 12   Dec 3 Helaman 14   Dec 4 3 Nephi 1   Dec 5 3 Nephi 3   Dec 6 3 Nephi 4   Dec 7 3 Nephi 7   Dec 8 3 Nephi 9   Dec 9 3 Nephi 11   Dec 10 3 Nephi 13   Dec 11 3 Nephi 16   Dec 12 3 Nephi 18   Dec 13 3 Nephi 20   Dec 14 3 Nephi 22   Dec 15 3 Nephi 26   Dec 16 3 Nephi 28   Dec 17 4 Nephi 1   Dec 18 Mormon 2   Dec 19 Mormon 5   Dec 20 Mormon 7   Dec 21 Mormon 9   Dec 22 Ether 2   Dec 23 Ether 4   Dec 24 Ether 7   Dec 25 Ether 10   Dec 26 Ether 12   Dec 27 Ether 13   Dec 28 Moroni 2   Dec 29 Moroni 7   Dec 30 Moroni 9   Dec 31 Moroni 10 Enjoy!

The way I see it....any dent is a good dent.

I might wait to see how many chime in - e.g., for today's reading, only three of us actually commented on the reading.  Perhaps it will make sense to make a thread per book or per week or something.  Let's leave this one at least for the first several chapters of 1 Nephi, and go from there.
@Jamie123 - please chime in on whether / how you'd like it broken out.  Pam is right that one thread will likely get unwieldy.  I'm thinking one per week or so would work out better.  E.g. this one can hold up through the 15th (1 Nephi 1-16) or we can start a new one tomorrow and go Sunday through Saturday.  Whatever works for you.  (One per book probably isn't a good idea as some books are a single chapter and Alma has a zillion chapters.)  And one per day seems like too many - also, some discussions will likely carry over...

I wonder if we should break this down under the scriptures section by day on the schedule.  This is going to get so long and hard for anyone to read after awhile.  @zil2 would you want to start that?  I would but I've got so much going on getting ready to go on vacation Monday.  

Well we love having you on the forums as well.  Thanks for suggesting this.  It is a great suggestion.
 

Well we love having you on the forums as well.  Thanks for suggesting this.  It is a great suggestion.
 

You're right. I just checked my profile and I first joined in Feb 2009. That's fourteen and a half years!
P.S. correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the only other nonmember who's been here as long as I have is prisonchaplain.
P.P.S. And possibly Godless too.

If by "investigating" you mean meeting with missionaries and attending LDS services, then no. I have gone through all of that, but about 30 years ago. For a long time I've thought I had good reasons to think the Church is not true, but my interactions with LDS have (nearly) always been so positive that its not easy to walk away completely.
Its come home to me recently that there's a lot I still don't really understand, and even if I'm going to stay a nonmember, it wouldn't hurt to read the entire BoM. Also this past year has been so horrible and i think a new project like this will help me focus again. I love everyone here on this forum, which is why I've been in-and-out of it for so long. And I'm really thankful to everyone who's joining me for this exercise.
 

I'm in.  
I'll ask the question.  Jaime are you now actually investigating the Church or just want to read the Book of Mormon for some understanding?  I'm just curious.  I know you've been with the forum for quite a long time now.  
 

@pam leaving the country is a violation of numerous international laws. Interpol would be called. 

There was a police officer there.  It was more difficult.  

Same, but my expectations are low this time. 

They have both lost a great deal of money.

It has sure done a number on Budweiser.  

In just 2 weeks one of our forum members gets the extreme pleasure of meeting me in person.  🤣🤣🤣
 

I guess mine weren't low enough.     

I guess mine weren't low enough.