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Comparing the Book of Abraham and the Gospel of Judas

By Mormon Heretic June 24, 2009 82 Comments

Ok, comparing these two books might seem a bit odd, but let me explain.  First of all, I’ve already done a few posts on Abraham.  In the first, I compared the Book of Abraham to the Koran, and wondered if Joseph might have translated an Islamic text, because the story found in the Book of […]

A Constitutional Theocracy

By Mormon Heretic May 12, 2009 6 Comments

The Faithful Dissident asked a very interesting question in my last post. Back to Joseph Smith and theocracy, there’s something that puzzles me about Quinn’s claim. If JS truly intended on establishing a theocracy in America, wouldn’t that be in complete contradiction to what his religion proclaimed (i.e. that the US Constitution was a God-inspired […]

My 2nd Scoop: A Curious Verse

By Mormon Heretic May 2, 2009 31 Comments

I recently made the acquaintance of Morgan Deane, who runs a blog called Warfare and the Book of Mormon.  Morgan is a scholar in Military History, and has used some of his expertise in analyzing some passages in the Book of Mormon as related to warfare.  Here’s what he says about himself on his website.

My First Scoop!

By Mormon Heretic April 18, 2009 32 Comments

I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the number of positive responses of the Malay Theory in my previous post.  In discussing the post with Ralph Olsen, the author of this theory, he has given me permission to post his unpublished manuscript!  Ralph is looking for a sort of “peer review”, where people give honest feedback about […]

Academic and Mormon Views of Easter

By Mormon Heretic April 12, 2009 2 Comments

So, I’ve been checking my blog stats, and with Easter upon us, it seems my post from last year about why Mormon’s don’t celebrate Easter is getting the most hits.  While last year’s post was a little negative-that I think Mormon celebrations of Easter are lacking compared to other Christians’ Easter celebrations, I hope to […]

Jewish, Muslim, and Academic Perspectives on Abraham

By Mormon Heretic April 2, 2009 46 Comments

I’ve been talking about doing a post about Abraham for a long time. People often reference Abraham when talking about things like Joshua’s Unholy War, the Priesthood Ban, or polygamy. Usually the reference is to the sacrifice of Isaac. So, this post is to serve two purposes: (1) to show some different perceptions about the […]

After Death Experience – The Message

By Mormon Heretic February 16, 2009 69 Comments

My brother died in a car accident in May 2006.  His family was badly injured as well.  His death was an emotionally painful experience for me.  As part of my coping, my mother gave me a copy of a book titled, The Message, by Lance Richardson.  It gave me some comfort, though certainly didn’t relieve […]

Sometimes God says “No”

By Mormon Heretic February 4, 2009 5 Comments

King Benjamin makes the case that God is intimately involved in our lives, even lending us breath, and supporting us from one moment to another. Mosiah 2: 21 21 I say unto you that if ye should aserve him who has created you from the beginning, and is bpreserving you from day to day, by […]

Nahom-Archeaological Evidence of Book of Mormon

By Mormon Heretic January 28, 2009 37 Comments

After Lehi’s family left Jerusalem, they traveled in the Arabian Peninsula on their way to the “promised land.”  In 1994, an archeaological discovery in Yemen has the same name as mentioned in 1 Ne. 16: 34, “And it came to pass that Ishmael died, and was buried in the place which was called Nahom. Critics […]

Be Ye Therefore perfect; What does it really mean?

By Mormon Heretic January 3, 2009 68 Comments

There was a great post over at Mormon Matters on whether God can tempt us above that which we are able.  In short, I think that it is possible for us to be tempted more than we can bear,  Does it come from God?  I’m undecided.  But if you want to weigh in on that […]