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CRITIC JS and the magic seer stone RESPONSE Moses built his ministry using a magic staff == changed to a serpent, changed the Nile to blood red, parted the Red Sea, etc The staff was also use by Pharaoh's magicians to do magic, including changing to a serpent. Check out the Bible, pleeze, before trash talking the church and Joseph Smith.

CRITIC No BOM artifacts RESPONSE There are hundreds of BOM artifacts. Let me explain. Let us suppose you were excavating an authentic Nephite city, and you find a jade necklace. Please tell us how we would identify it as "Nephite" instead of Mayan, or something else. How would you identify a Nephite city?? The BOM tells us that they did not use Hebrew as the vernacular, but a language unknown to any other nation. What physical evidence uniquely identifies that Jade necklace, or even the city itself? All of the written records were destroyed by the Spanish. The artifacts are there but it is an issue of identification. Please help us solve that problem.. There are hundreds of BOM artifacts. Let me explain. Let us suppose you were excavating an authentic Nephite city, and you find a jade necklace. Please tell us how we would identify it as "Nephite" instead of Mayan, or something else. How would you identify a Nephite city?? The BOM tells us that they did not use Hebrew as the vernacular, but a language unknown to any other nation. What physical evidence uniquely identifies that Jade necklace, or even the city itself? All of the written records were destroyed by the Spanish. The artifacts are there but it is an issue of identification. Please help us solve that problem.. Anyway, here is a "hole" of 15 million people undiscovered until now. There may other such holes as well https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/02/03/mayan-civilization-was-much-vaster-than-known-thousands-of-newly-discovered-structures-reveal/?utm_term=.f48a8d54d137

The video was removed from youtube today.

Your cousin is NewnameNoah? The individual who posts temple endowment videos on youtube, a certified SOP who devotes his life to destroy the church?

Let's see, one teaspoon of vanilla at 2% alcohol is just under the legal limit for a temple recommend.. even if you drank the entire teaspoon. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO............ Did you put it in hot water??

Actually, Nibley points out the possibility that they did not retain the Adamic language, but simply had a common language among themselves and friends. They would understand each other in this new language.

And......??? Do you understand the difference between a "proper name" ( Mahonri Moriancumer) and a "nickname" (The Brother of Jared)?

A question was recently asked on Quora, why wasn't the name of the brother of Jared given in the Book of Mormon. There are the usual explanations, but I thought you may find this response interesting. I would like to add another possibility. Jared was the leader of he group, so that Mahonri was actually called by the people “the brother of Jared”. It was his common name == something like Big Charles and Little Charles, and, in this case, Jared and The Brother of Jared. Thus, “the” should have been capitalized as part of his common name (nickname). So his name was actually given to us.

CRITIC Two sticks prophecy in Ezekiel RESPONSE All Christians that I have met agree that many Old Testament revelations have double meanings, that is, they speak of an issue in their day but those revelations also symbolize/prophecy of some event to happen in the future. For example, many revelations that speak of the kingship and election of David (ex. many is Psalms) are generally accepted by Christians as ALSO being prophecies of the Messiah to come etc. Also, accounts of the fall of Babylon are often accepted as being prophecies of the future downfall of Satan and the wicked etc. I have always understood that this was the case with this Ezek. passage, and, as seen above, such an understanding aligns with the pattern of God's pattern of prophecy as seen in the Bible.

Someone is spamming the Music and Spoken Word videos to prevent viewers from finding their latest videos. https://www.youtube.com/results?q=music+spoken+word+2017&sp=CAI%3D I suggest clicking on one of the videos and report it as spam to youtube.

I have an idea. Get their phone number and call them. After the call, just forget the number!!!!!!! Shred anything that has their number on it. Use a throw away phone to make the call and then shred it.

JS used this scripture to tell us the nature of the Father, that He fulfilled the same role as Christ.

I missed that one, you are correct based on good evidence. For example, DC 138 56 Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men. 57 I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption, through the sacrifice of the Only Begotten Son of God, among those who are in darkness and under the bondage of sin in the great world of the spirits of the dead.

I had a dream that I was in Paradise. We had to perform tasks to help us develop our character and I had been assigned class in humility. (true story) "You have twenty tasks to complete in our very basic class in humility." He then took me to a world that was still in the fifth day of creation, and pointed out a large area near the seacoast. "You will observe everything that goes on in this area (several hundred square miles) and every day (thousand years) you will give a complete report on your area. This is your stewardship until you are ready for the next assignment." I had the feeling that, in my case, this may take one hundred thousand years or so to complete. and this was only the first of twenty. I thought how I should have learned this while I was still in mortality. And what else was I going to have to lean.

I am aware of two activities: 1. Missionary work to prepare spirits for the temple ordinances. 2. While the temple work is primarily done on earth, there certain tasks in the spirit word as well, such as making a record of the ordinances. A sealer told us that, while he was performing sealings, he viewed a recorder on the other side --the recorder whispered to the sealer, "Please slow down," There are also accounts of participants on the other side observing their ordinances being performed.

I offered my expertise in the fireside but he said that he would handle it.

Bishops deal withe teenagers who have questions. Sometimes they have a fireside to answer those questions. I offered to help == "No thanks." The point of the example is to show they have a very different approach because of their audience.

CRITIC Mormons are polytheistic == many gods RESPONSE Let's see what Isa 43:10 actually says ..."before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me." What does He mean by a "formed god"? It is an idol -- there were no god "formed" before me, no gods "formed" after me. He is condemning their worship of idols. Let’s see what the Bible tells us John 17 [22] And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, EVEN AS we are one: [23] I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made **perfect in one** ... Rev 3 [21] To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, EVEN AS I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Rom 8 [17] And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also **glorified together** This is not polytheism, but we become joint-heirs with Christ.

I see this as similar to the scientist and the engineer. One has all the time to figure things out while the other has to get things done. APOLOGIST BISHOP https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a75f8cce745ba478d9ae4979c058abb3.webp

CRITIC (copied from a post on youtube) And history tells that JS had a talisman in his pocket when he died. RESPONSE No, it does not. No one knew a thing about any talisman until 58 years after Emma's death. Then her illegitimate bastard step son Charles Bidamon, came forward with this talisman, saying that it was a precious possession of Joseph Smith, and he had it on him at all times, including when he was killed. But there were two lists of items on the person of Joseph Smith when he died; one by the coroner and one by Joseph Smith's lawyer, and neither list had any talisman listed on it. Third, Charles Bidamon claimed that Emma mentioned the talisman many times in interviews, but no such interview has ever been published or found, where she mentions such a talisman.

What happens when you enter google.com in the address bar? Tell us exactly how you do your google search.

For me, I think that I miss the music especially while the sacrament is being blessed and passed.

I want to see what insights you may have. I will share my ideas later.

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CRITIC Racism in the Book of Mormon RESPONSE Let me quote it for you [23] And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had **dwindled in unbelief** they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, **full of idleness and all manner of abominations** Now lets look at other passages about the Lamanites: [6] And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save **they shall be a pure and delightsome people** To the Nephites Jacob declared [8] O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that **their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God** [23] For behold, thus saith the Lord: I will not show unto the wicked of my strength, to one more than the other, save it be unto those that repent of their sins, and hearken unto my words. Now therefore, I would that **ye should behold, my brethren, that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you except ye shall repent**. Each us bears a curse -- the curse of Adam which is death, the curse of wealth, the curse of poverty, etc. The Lord tells us [3] And there was a strict command throughout all the churches that there should be *no persecutions among them, that there should be an equality among all men*; [4] That they should let no pride nor haughtiness disturb their peace; *that every man should esteem his neighbor as himself* laboring with their own hands for their support.