Most people familiar with the story of the translation of the Book of Mormon know about the lost first 116 pages of the Book of Mormon manuscript. Martin Harris served as scribe for the first 116 pages, and his skeptical wife … Continue reading →
A scene from “The Prophet Puzzle”, a short graphic novel. I originally created this short graphic novel for a Sunstone Magazine contest. Unfortunately they told me they didn’t get enough submissions, so they cancelled the contest. My story was inspired … Continue reading →
“The Prophet Puzzle” contains two of the three essays I discuss in this post. (Here’s a short graphic novel inspired by the information in this post.) If you go to the front page of Indie Mormon, you can see a word … Continue reading →
An LDS apologist says the gold plates are a fly in the critics’ potato salad. There was a bit of a kerfuffle this week as Michael Ash, an LDS apologist, published a brochure named “Bamboozled by the CES Letter”. There … Continue reading →
William Hamblin is a professor of history at BYU. He recently wrote this blog post: “How BYU Destroyed Ancient Book of Mormon Studies”. Hamblin has spent many years trying to prove the Book of Mormon is a historically accurate book, … Continue reading →
The seer stone used to translate the Book of Mormon, as published by the LDS church This week the LDS church produced photos of the seer stone that Joseph Smith used to translate the Book of Mormon. I’ve seen a … Continue reading →
I know of three theories on how the Book of Mormon was written: Theory 1: The LDS View Ancient prophets on the American continent kept records over many centuries, and then the prophet-historian Mormon compiled the records onto gold plates. … Continue reading →
Is the Book of Mormon an actual historical account of ancient civilizations who once existed on the American continent? I don’t doubt that many have had spiritual experiences with the Book of Mormon. But people have had spiritual experiences in countless … Continue reading →
“Studies of the Book of Mormon” by B. H. Roberts, Second Edition 1992 (4.5 out of 5 tapirs) Brigham Henry Roberts (March 13, 1857 – September 27, 1933) was a leader and historian of the LDS church. He served as … Continue reading →
The first time I ever heard that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by looking at a rock in a hat was in a South Park episode. That was years before my disaffection, and it seemed strange, but I … Continue reading →
