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Perhaps he is accurate, but the apocryphal, "I could believe stories..." are plentiful, but usually unsubstantiated. Yet these stories are the stuff of firesides. I want meat, not cotton candy.
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these fireside talks aren't usually that much more substantial than this article. However, it is an interesting topic. I'm intrigued by some stuff I've read. Origen of Alexandria, for example, who was very prominent in the church in his day had lots of ideas that seem similar to some LDS beliefs. Later the church banned his writings because his ideas about the nature of God were not compatible with what became the orthodox trinitarian view.
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If you read The American Religion by Bloom, he makes frequent mention that Mormonism, as taught by Joseph Smith (not so true today in modern Mormonism), is a reinvention of Jewish and Christian Gnosticism.
It's not that JS had access to these ideas or works, but rather it was his "religious genius" that allowed him to recreate/reveal them. I'm not sure that Bloom argues that similarities would be proof of God's revelation. But it's interesting nonetheless. |
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People speak so often in generalities, without linking the specifics.
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Read the book. I've read it twice. But I can't remember every aspect of it.
Also, reading this book would give you ammo against the Baptists on Texags. In the sense of asking them why they have abandoned their original roots. He talks a lot about the Baptists. |
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The fireside speaker quoted in the article is the modern equivalent of snake oil salesment and the risk of exposure to such charlatans is a big reason why I'd like my children not to be involved with Mormonism. This thread is not a credit to this forum and Indy knows it. He's trolling.
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