Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham

Click to enlarge: Top: Joseph Smith papyri purportedly translated into the Book of Abraham. Bottom: Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism.

I've spent spent some time listening to defenses of Mormonism (purely academic interest after listening to a Skeptoid segment[1]) and there is something very interesting at a level above the discussion on the scrolls and translations:

We cling to what we're reared to love and view others who don't share our love as unenlightened, misguided, or somehow damaged.

Just as Catholics might say Protestants would make great Catholics if they hadn't been distracted by that Luther guy.

Just as Jews might say Christians would make great Jews if they hadn't been distracted by that Jesus guy.

I'm not arguing for a relativism that embraces or reconciles all these things, only perspective.

It's all accordin' to how your boogaloo situation stands, you understand.

[2013-06-14]

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Pt 1 Some Puzzles from the Joseph Smith Papyri > (Youtube)


Pt 1 Does the Joseph Smith Papyri Disprove the Book of Abraham? >
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Papyri Found and It Doesn't Relate? Book of Abraham Challenge 1 >
(Youtube)

Wikipedia article on the Joseph Smith papyri >

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Click to enlarge: This image of the Virgin Mary in toast sold for $28,000 at auction.

apophenia: "The human tendency to seek patterns in random information," ie, faces on Mars, aliens in pyramids, or Mary in toast. Learn more > 


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[1]
Skeptoid #168: Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham > (mp3)
Skeptoid.com >

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