davidprisco

Any time!  Well... any time I'm online, checking the forum, have time to respond, and know at least something about what you're asking about.

Hello All,
Since you were so friendly last week, I thought I should update you all and let you know I started reading the Book of Mormon on my way into work today. Don't worry, I take the train so I wasn't reading and driving! Ha. 
Again, thank you all for taking the time to answer and respond to my post; I do greatly appreciate it. 

Hello All,
Since you were so friendly last week, I thought I should update you all and let you know I started reading the Book of Mormon on my way into work today. Don't worry, I take the train so I wasn't reading and driving! Ha. 
Again, thank you all for taking the time to answer and respond to my post; I do greatly appreciate it. 

Hello All,
Since you were so friendly last week, I thought I should update you all and let you know I started reading the Book of Mormon on my way into work today. Don't worry, I take the train so I wasn't reading and driving! Ha. 
Again, thank you all for taking the time to answer and respond to my post; I do greatly appreciate it. 

Finished the episode. My response about the 116 pages was accurate. No 2nd set of plates. They were all part of the same plates.
 
Another falsehood: The Book of Mormon does not say that Adam and Eve lived in Jackson County Missouri. That comes from direct revelation to Joseph Smith. 
 
Beyond that there's all sorts of half truths. Sort of true, but not entirely accurate.
 
I always forgot how offensive South Park is. Not just to Mormons (though, explicitly to them). It's just offensive.

I decided to watch through the South Park episode again so as to be informed. One falsehood: No one else ever saw the plates. That's not true. At least 10 others saw them.

I don't think the South Park story introduced the idea of the kinderhook plates hoax.

I was thinking about it and I think the answer is the following:
 
Joseph only got one set of plates. However, those plates were combined writings of different authors (mostly abridged by the prophet Mormon, but some directly from the original authors.) Joseph translated 116 pages from the writings of Lehi. These pages were then lost and the Lord told him not to re-translate that portion again, but to instead move on and translated the rest. so that is probably what is being alluded to. There were no other plates found however.

Read the story directly from Joseph Smith here (specifically starts vs. 27).
 
Not sure what 2nd set of plates you mean.

Like Folk Prophet said most of the south park stuff that I have seen is true. They poke fun at it of course and in that light it looks weird but the same can be said of any religion. 
 
If you can point to any specifics I'm sure it will lead toward a spirited discussion.

Hi David,
 
Good for you for being willing to explore what we believe legitimately. That's awesome.
 
You will find that many of the South Park claims are somewhat true, but that they are twisted with agenda in order to make fun and marginalize. They are simplified and distorted. Of course, there are other things that are just false. (And, of course, decried as "dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb".)
 
So ask away. We'll happily explain.

Hey everyone,
Encase you missed my introduction, my name is David Prisco and I'm a life insurance agent in Philadelphia, Pa. I found this board after a friend of mine were out one night talking about the old South Park episode that poked fun at Scientology and the one about LDS. We were trying to figure out what was true and what was created for comic appeal. I felt it best to ask you all rather than assume what I find on a google search to be accurate or what I watch in a TV show to be true.
A little bit of my background, I was born and raised Catholic and went to a Catholic H.S. as well as University. Even with that up bringing, I never studied the spirituality of Catholicism or any other religion. So I'm hoping that I'm posting the the correct board to gain some insight on LDS and clear up any misconceptions that South Park/the media have thrown out there. Sorry for not having a more general question and this is more of open ended start to a thread. Hopefully it will gain some positive traction!