M2C and SITH continue to be cited as among the top reasons why people lose their faith in the Restoration. This is obvious when leading LDS scholars teach that Joseph and Oliver deliberately misled everyone about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon.
Few if any people join the Church and remain active because of the theories of scholars, but when the scholars repudiate the teachings of the prophets, they cause people to question their faith.
People often ask how and why so many LDS scholars and their followers continue to promote M2C and SITH.
It's an easy answer: just follow the money.
It's basically the same reason why Americans spend more on health care than any other country, with the worst medical outcomes of any developed country, as we'll see below. The solution for the health care outcomes is relatively easy, except that the solution impinges on big corporate interests who fund the politicians.
Likewise, the tragedy is that Scripture Central could easily solve this problem by simply
(i) acknowledging the teachings of the prophets and
(ii) acknowledging the evidence that corroborates those teachings and
(iii) encouraging Latter-day Saints and their friends to make informed decisions.
But so far, Scripture Central continues to refuse to do these three things.
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Scripture Central raises and spends millions of dollars annually. No other LDS academic organization comes close.
To participate with Scripture Central as management, as an employee, as a volunteer, as a content creator, or in any other way, you must comply with the Scripture Central's position on the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon.
This means you must agree to repudiate the teachings of the prophets about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon; i.e., you must believe, or at least promote,
(i) the Mesoamerican/two-Cumorahs theory (M2C) of the setting of the Book of Mormon, and
(ii) the stone-in-the-hat (SITH) explanation for the origin of the Book of Mormon.
In fact, to participate with Scripture Central, you can't even teach what the prophets have taught about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon because both M2C and SITH expressly and explicitly repudiate the teachings of the prophets about Cumorah/Ramah and the Urim and Thummim.
We've documented numerous examples of this from Tyler Griffin and others, but in coming days we'll document even more.
Because Scripture Central controls the money, if you want to be an LDS scholar in the present world, you have to comply with--and promote--SITH and M2C.
Scripture Central hosts and coordinates and promotes specific social media influencers, on the condition that they in turn promote M2C and SITH.
Scripture Central funds independent researchers, on the condition that they in turn promote M2C and SITH.
Although much of their content is published anonymously, this list of their "content creators" consists exclusively of people who promote M2C and SITH.
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Think about this: for all of 2024, when Come Follow Me focused on the Book of Mormon, these "content creators" generated numerous articles, podcasts, videos, and other content, but not one of them ever once quoted what Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery taught about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon.
Instead, they promoted their own theories and quoted and cited one another. It's amazing, but not surprising if you follow the money.
(In case I missed an example, let me know so I can correct this post. Email me at lostzarahemla@gmail.com).
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Now, here's the analogy to the US health care system:
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RFK Jr. explaining the US health care system |
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