I often reiterate that I'm fine with people believing whatever they want. But there's a caveat. I assume people want to make informed, not arbitrary or manipulated decisions.
Of all people, Latter-day Saints should be trusted to make good informed decisions. As President Nelson has taught, "Good inspiration is based upon good information."
But the management and staff of Scripture Central disagree.
We can all see that Latter-day Saints are highly confused about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon. It's no wonder that this confusion causes so many people, both Latter-day Saints and otherwise, to question the "keystone of our religion."
Why does this confusion persist?
Because of one thing.
What Joseph and Oliver (along with their contemporaries and successors) once made perfectly clear--that (i) Joseph translated the plates by means of the Urim and Thummim that came with the plates, and (ii) the hill Cumorah/Ramah is in western New York--has been obliterated by an onslaught of brainwashing by LDS intellectuals who should know better.
It's not easy to persuade Latter-day Saints to reject the teachings of the prophets about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon. That's why Scripture Central resorts to brainwashing.
One useful definition of brainwashing explains the process: "to make someone believe something by repeatedly telling them that it is true and preventing other information from reaching them."
When Scripture Central presents this image of Mormon and Moroni, we can all see it is outright brainwashing:
Mormon and Moroni, according to Scripture Central (click to enlarge) |
Yet this is the image that John W. (Jack) Welch presented to hundreds of BYU-Hawaii students. It will be the message of Scripture Central's "Moroni Day Gala."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2WPqJbtB8
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It's ironic that even on Moroni Day, Scripture Central will not inform its audience, readers, viewers and listeners of some of the basic information we have about Moroni. https://www.mobom.org/moroni-day
Instead, we have Tyler Griffin brainwashing his students and thousands of YouTube viewers by depicting Christ appearing at a pagan Mayan temple.
Tyler Griffin depicting Christ appearing at a Mayan temple (click to enlarge) |
https://scripturecentral.org/video/trending-video-en-9642
This seems incredible, but this is the reality we're dealing with.
Scripture Central doesn't want people to make informed decisions by enabling people to (i) know what Joseph and Oliver taught and (ii) compare different interpretations of evidence regarding the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon.
Instead, Scripture Central relies on brainwashing and indoctrinating people to accept M2C.
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BTW, the image of Mormon and Moroni is the image that Scripture Central presents to thousands of users of its "ScripturePlus" software, which was designed to brainwash users into accepting M2C by enticing them away from the Church's own far more credible, objective and reliable Gospel Library app.
https://www.scriptureplus.org/
Scripture Plus even has a "Dark Mode," which is a fitting term for its M2C indoctrination.
Dark Mode - Scripture Plus |
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