I didn't really care for Holland's talk. Maybe it is my hard heart or my native dislike for people who are so strident and black and white, and almost antagonistic. Of course, the flip side is that he is just being passionate. But sometimes passion is a cover for insecurity.
Anyway, I'm sure it was very useful and touching to many.
The news about Joseph Smith and the BoM seems to have generally been "bad" for many years now, i.e. little has come forward that supports the historicity of the BoM, and a very significant thing has come forward that suggests most Native Americans are not of Hebrew descent. Chiasma seems like a very flimsy basket to hold our eggs in. Of course, the proper argument is that "I don't need to prove the Book of Mormon to you or anyone. It is God's book, and He will prove it, in His way, in His time--to you. If you will seek it. The end."
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