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Yes. I didn't know this before but Boyd was hoping to star in Cleopatra alongside Elizabeth Taylor, but the timing did not turn out right.

And no one could play Messala like Stephen Boyd. The scene -after- the chariot race between the two is so powerful.

I concur wholeheartedly with this last statement(as a former LDS investigator & member-though from a Protestant background). Being a really private person & not a 'sharing of myself' type seemed to pose no hindrance to this.

Ghostbusters II on Crackle. One of those (along with Back To The Future) I never saw when it came out. More fun than its predecessor, better music, more Sigourney Weaver, and that 80s 'worthy' Ben Stein shows up briefly-(Cheech Marin as well).

It's been quite a while since I looked at No Man Knows My History, but leafing through it earlier, I was struck by just how vigorous the writing was. Brodie had the power, not always present in historians, to make her subject vivid and 'there' to readers. Her discussion on the Book Of Mormon itself-page 69-which Bushman refers to at least twice in his early pages, is a concise treatment of the importance of historical context and written works. She may have been fond of characters who are not afraid of slashing at the undergrowth of conformity and then challenging others to follow. She also wrote a bio of Richard Burton, the British explorer, writer, religious experimenter-(a man who grabbed life by the throat, and squeezed it until it gave him what he wanted). Anyway, perhaps there have been some who read NMKMH and thought, 'I had no idea that this 'Smith' was such an interesting figure. Maybe I should know more about him-this fellow Bushman has written a new biography-hmmm.'

It certainly bears rereading from time to time. There are chunks of Latin in it that are fun to look up as well. If the reader gets impatient, there's also 'The Key To The Name Of The Rose', Haft, White and White. U. Of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1999.

Here's one. I lost my paperback copy from the '80s, and when my hardback's binding broke apart(dropped it), I ordered another pb identical to the one I bought in 85(below)

Yes, I always thought that Young's quote "To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.” would be a great quote to print on a large mug to brandish in the staffroom.

Love it when sneers are thrown back in people's faces. 'You're not laughing now...' is gold.

Wish I'd discovered this artist a little earlier-wonderful song from a wonderful album:

Or the 'Church of What's Happenin' Now'. Thanx to Flip, this phrase has come in handy more times than I can count...

I suppose that I was trying to get at whether the Book Of Mormon could be a more authoritative text than the Bible. Or to put it another way, whether it is more inspired -or kept from error-than the Bible and especially the New Testament. I am aware that the translation conundrums are not new issues. That is why I started out with a little historical context. But it also has become more personal recently in my own reading, thinking and thrashing it out for myself. So the Book Of Mormon is seen as part of the whole package of Scripture; and not pitted against the bible in apologetics or missionary work. Okay. Thank you for the responses to my query. Edit: Edspringer, I do plan to read the 2 Nephi reference, just haven't got to it yet,...

I've been thinking a lot lately about the NT, its preservation, & modern translations, Since, well, Victorian times, bible scholars have deemed passages like John 7.53-8.11-and others- as not part of the bible text. They're not in the best, earliest, manuscripts(early being by no means the only qualifier of best in this sense).That to me means that they are not inspired. Oh sure, some will state that the story of -'go and sin no more' is in the spirit of the rest of the nt but that hardly means they're part of the canon-and thus God's word. So, something as vivid and powerful as that was a part of scripture from Augustine, through Luther, Calvin, Bunyan, Wesley, and for millions of unnamed Christian readers & hearers of the Bible up until the 1880s. Then it's not...Huh. This causes me some consternation-to understate it-, but my question is more directed to those LDS among you. Do you see this as an opening in speaking to others about the restored gospel? Is the Book Of Mormon's existence an opportunity to move beyond such a problem(& I do see it as a problem).

Had this growing up in the 1960s. At times it was a substitute for breakfast cereal + milk for us kids. Oops edit: No glass, but a bowl. I guess not the same after all. I can still recall the distinct taste of the bread and milk though.

Too Late For Love is very good-could use a little editing. Too repetitious-lopsided in that way. Now, 'Bringin' On The Heartbreak' that's one fine song. From my 'patch jacket':

Just watched 'The Spiral Staircase' on TCM. Great old spooky movie...

Excellent, especially those last 3 paragraphs.

Thank you for the post; especially the Alma 18 citation. It makes events such as this(below) easier to understand: http://www.mormonnewsroom.ca/article/multi-faith-founders-day-event-held-in-british-columbia

The tulips at the front of my house do Not like this.

Yes, a man who was not born to privilege(unlike, say, the Kennedys). BTW, even today I still listen to the 'Morning In America' ads... and smile.

Being fortunate enough to live in the US for a couple years in that^ decade, I remember the clarity. I wish I had raised my eyes a bit and appreciated more the inspirational appeal of your president back then. The world today is cluttered with 'leaders' of such small stature... On a side note, not that it matters so much, but I've thought for awhile that if one of the current candidates had won in 2008, things might have been less dire for conservatives and others these days. But the pendulum has swung, & that's another story,...

Thank you for the fascinating article. Reminds me a little of the story around the 'Secret Gospel Of Mark'.

Yes, I did. I had seen this before on vhs. It is a ghost story but has lighter moments. By no means as grim or dark as that later masterpiece 'The Innocents'.

My satellite tv receiver still hasn't got the message-it tells me that TCM's 'Sawdust And Tinsel' has just started at 1 am, among other things. I hope that this is not a company way of encouraging me to 'update' my older hardware. I was wavering on this. The latest unit may give me more hd channels, but a recent alert*(which my receiver doesn't, uh, 'receive') has alerted me to stick with my old stuff as long as I can. *more here: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/matt-gurney-we-need-a-better-robot-voice-for-amber-alerts

'The Uninvited' on dvd 40s ghost story