Maxel Posted August 31, 2009 Report Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) A while ago (it could have been a month or a year; I forget) someone, somewhere on this site posted an excerpt. This particular excerpt was a fictional account of Abraham's fictional servant, who recorded the decline of Sodom into its wicked and filthy state. I keep thinking about this excerpt and want to read it again, but I cannot for the life of me find it (I've been looking for it using the Advanced Search options, but no luck yet). Does this ring a bell with anyone? I want to say it was written by Elder Bednar (but I'm not sure on that detail). Anyone who helps me find it gets a digital picture of an ice cream cone! Who wouldn't like that incentive? Edited September 2, 2009 by Maxel Quote
havejoy Posted August 31, 2009 Report Posted August 31, 2009 From the title of this thread I thought you were talking about my mind. Quote
Maxel Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Posted September 2, 2009 Bump. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Anyone at all? Aaaaannyyyyooonneee??? Quote
beefche Posted September 2, 2009 Report Posted September 2, 2009 I'm going to go out on a limb and answer for the group....no, this does not sound familiar at all. Sorry...hope you can either remember more about it or find it. Quote
Vort Posted September 2, 2009 Report Posted September 2, 2009 A while ago (it could have been a month or a year; I forget) someone, somewhere on this site posted an excerpt. This particular excerpt was a fictional account of Abraham's fictional servant, who recorded the decline of Sodom into its wicked and filthy state.I keep thinking about this excerpt and want to read it again, but I cannot for the life of me find it (I've been looking for it using the Advanced Search options, but no luck yet). Does this ring a bell with anyone? I want to say it was written by Elder Bednar (but I'm not sure on that detail).I have never heard of this. Fwiw, illustrating a point by using a non-scriptural story about a fictional servant doesn't sound to me like something Elder Bednar (or any other apostle) would likely do. Quote
Maxel Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Posted September 2, 2009 Aaaaaah! I must find it... Or remember what site I read it on; if not on this one. It might not have been Bednar who wrote it; that's just my first guess. Oh well, I guess I'll let this thread die... I can't believe no one remembers what I'm talking about. It was SO COOL. Quote
Maxel Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Posted September 2, 2009 UPDATE:Found it! I wasn't going crazy (I'm relieved): This is the post I was thinking of. It's from a book called "Look Back at Sodom" by Neal A. Maxwell. (published in 1975, before Maxwell became an apostle). Case closed, mystery of the missing excerpt solved. Quote
beefche Posted September 2, 2009 Report Posted September 2, 2009 I'm glad you found it....I thought maybe ben raines wrote it...I usually ignore him.... Quote
pam Posted September 2, 2009 Report Posted September 2, 2009 I was JUST about to tell you where you could find it. Quote
Captain_Curmudgeon Posted September 2, 2009 Report Posted September 2, 2009 Well, we all know what Sodomy is. But I've long wondered what Gommorahmy is / was. Would that the faithful and well-spoken Eliezer had gone there and reported. PS. The last Bible as Lit course I took, I noticed how strange Issac's life was after his journey into the wilderness. Someone should write about that. Quote
pam Posted September 3, 2009 Report Posted September 3, 2009 Anyone who helps me find it gets a digital picture of an ice cream cone! Who wouldn't like that incentive? I knew you probably wouldn't give yourself one..but you deserve a super duper duper ice cream cone. Quote
Hemidakota Posted September 3, 2009 Report Posted September 3, 2009 I am the one who posted it here on this forum...whether it was fictional, we simple do not know unless the Savior reveals it personally to us. Quote
Hemidakota Posted September 3, 2009 Report Posted September 3, 2009 http://www.lds.net/forums/christian-beliefs-board/11142-grace-enough-22.html#post200063 Quote
Maxel Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Posted September 3, 2009 I thought it might have been you when I first started searching- but an advanced search looking for the words "Abraham" and "sodom" in your posts didn't return any results (unfortunately). I had to look for "Eliezer", the name of Abraham's servant. I could have saved a lot of effort just by asking you. Quote
Vort Posted September 3, 2009 Report Posted September 3, 2009 I am the one who posted it here on this forum...whether it was fictional, we simple do not know unless the Savior reveals it personally to us.An alternative method for determining whether it is fiction is to read the story....There are, of course, no "Sodom Scrolls" to supply such information...These fictitious scrolls and their content do take advantage of what we know about Sodom from the scriptures and from secular sources... Quote
Maxel Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Posted September 4, 2009 I tend to think Hemidakota is talking about the way that Sodom fell into wickedness and the path things took, not necessarily its presentation or method of presentation (that Eliezer copied the events down on the Sodom scrolls). Quote
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