long ago ideas

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago." - Friedrich Nietzsche. Long ago, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery conquered false claims that the Book of Mormon was fiction or that it came through a stone in a hat. But these old claims have resurfaced in recent years. To conquer them again, we have to return to what Joseph and Oliver taught.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

"worth of the perusal of the Saints"

Many differences of opinion arise from a mismatch of knowledge. When people start a conversation by setting out the factual basis of a topic, they can usually reach a clear understanding of one another, pursuant to the FAITH model. 

They can pursue clarity, charity and understanding together in harmony, whether or not they end up with the same opinions.

Among Latter-day Saints, I find a wide gap in basic knowledge about Church history. Some of this is attributable to the efforts of certain scholars to "guide" Latter-day Saints by keeping them unaware of authentic, legitimate sources of Church history that contradict the popular modern narratives of SITH and M2C.

I posted an example here:

https://www.ldshistoricalnarratives.com/2024/08/joseph-smith-papers-1831-conference.html  

1829: Joseph and Oliver discuss the Restoration
while on their way to meet David Whitmer


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