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Handel’s Messiah Comes to Shanghai: A Majestic Evening
Tonight was one of my most memorable evenings in China with a sold-out performance of Handel’s Messiah in Shanghai’s premier concert hall at the majestic Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in…
Don’t Get Too Excited About the New DNA Evidence Linking Native Americans and the Middle East
Some Latter-day Saints might be getting overly excited about a valuable new finding regarding the DNA of Native Americans. For an overview, see “‘Great Surprise’—Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins”…
Taxed With a Tax?
Taxes, the bane of the common people and the key to wealth and power for the ruling class, are mentioned in the Book of Mormon with puzzling language that most…
Bogus Parallels Versus Christianity: Don’t Be the Next Naive Victim
Recent posts here have explored how parallels between the Book of Mormon and a modern book have led to some foolishly proclaiming to have exposed the Book of Mormon as…
Shulem in the Book of Abraham: Possible Plausibility?
In my LDSFAQ page on the Book of Abraham, Part 2, I have previously acknowledged that one of the weakest aspects of the Book of Abraham is the part where, in…
Parallels with The Leaves of Grass: More Insights
Many thanks to Ben McGuire not only for his painstaking rebuttal of the “Late Great War Against the Book of Mormon,” but also for responding to my inquiries about statistics…
Parallels for the 2,000 Stripling Warriors in the Book of Alma: More Smoke from the Smoking Gun?
This is a follow-up to my length post on “Curious Parallels” between the Book of Mormon and The Late War Against the United States. While it’s hard not to yawn…
On Parallels and Plagiarism: Shouldn’t Plagiarism Make Life Easier for the Plagiarist?
A favorite tactic for attacking the Book of Mormon today is to find parallels in other modern texts from Joseph Smith’s day or before, and then argue that they are…
Curious Parallels Between the Book of Mormon and The Late War Against the United States
As a follow up to my previous post about “The Late Great War Against the Book of Mormon,” there are some interesting parallels between The Late War and the Book…
Another Fun Statistical Squabble Over Book of Mormon Origins
Hot dog! An intriguing statistical squabble is underway in Mormondom. You can dig into the details in Benjamin L. McGuire’s excellent article, “The Late War Against the Book of Mormon”…
