Captain_Curmudgeon Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yes, but on which calendar?Noah's ... and mine.(Topic: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAngelPalmoni Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Book of Mormon Dates and the Time of Christ...Palmoni Scrolls Appendix C Parts 1 &2http://www.angelpalmoni.com/AngelPalmoni/View_The_Scrolls/Pages/PRINT_VERSIONS_files/Media/BOM%20DATES%201%20of%202/BOM%20DATES%201%20of%202.jpg?disposition=downloadhttp://www.angelpalmoni.com/AngelPalmoni/View_The_Scrolls/Pages/PRINT_VERSIONS_files/Media/BOM%20DATES%202%20of%202_2/BOM%20DATES%202%20of%202_2.jpg?disposition=downloadThese will show Proofs on the Time of the Birth of Christ... and Many other Book of Mormon Dates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 So it would be okay in your opinion if this teaching (even though is not doctrinal) is taught in Institute or Seminary manuals? (the quote about April 6th as the birth of Christ is in Institute manuals I believe).It is in the Institute manual, which was published in 1981. That is 30 years ago. We didn't have the Joseph Smith Papers back then or the evidence of archaeology as we do today. We only had James Talmage and BH Roberts putting forth their best guess, and everyone else falling in line behind them.In teaching this in Institute, I would note that this is just one interpretation of the scripture, but there are many who would disagree with it, including many General Authorities (Elder McConkie at the end of his life changed his mind on it, and decided it was December 5 BC, for example).So, it can be taught, but should be taught not as a hard doctrine, but as one possible reading of the verse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Sufficient? We're going in circles. We're way beyond sufficient.Oh, by the way, Noah's flood started on my birthday. (Gen 7:11) so I hope Pam will make note of that this year.Well, maybe. It depends on whether Moses used the Gregorian calendar in figuring this all out. :)It is more likely that it followed the ancient Hebrew calendar. Nisan, the first month, was in the spring, around March/April. And it could change from year to year, because it was based on lunar cycles. They would actually add an extra month every 3-4 years to keep Passover in the spring (the major holiday in Nisan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Curmudgeon Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Nisan, the first month, was in the spring, around March/April.... They would actually add an extra month every 3-4 years to keep Passover in the spring....That's because The Flood, The Crossing of the Red Sea, Passover and the day Jesus walked on the water are the EXACT SAME DATE in the calendar of Moe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Woo hoo! I have my own calendar! I hereby declare every day on the MOEgorian calendar my birthday! Bring me presents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 You may own the calendar, but we Moderators decide how the rules are applied. Every time MOE has a birthday, the Moderators get two presents each from MOE and his friends. If we get bored with the presents, then we take away MOE's birthday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Curmudgeon Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Woo hoo! I have my own calendar! I hereby declare every day on the MOEgorian calendar my birthday! Bring me presents!Whoa! Did I ever walk into that one. I was waiting for rameupmtom to ask for a reference so I could say "Curly told me." Sorry, MoE.And I forgot that that whole string also includes my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRudick Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Whoa! Did I ever walk into that one. I was waiting for rameupmtom to ask for a reference so I could say "Curly told me." Sorry, MoE.And I forgot that that whole string also includes my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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