Thursday, September 21, 2006
This Day in American History
On this day in 1823, the angel Moroni first appears to Joseph Smith, tells him about a book, written on golden plates, which tells of the original inhabitants of the New World (and about the breast plates, stones and bows called Urim and Thummim) and the plan God has for him to discover and translate the book and become the prophet of a new Christian sect, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose followers we call the Mormons.
Except for the literary analysis of the book Joseph Smith wrote which, to my mind, raises serious questions about the divine source of the writing, who am I to doubt Mr. Smith? I wasn't there.
Except for the literary analysis of the book Joseph Smith wrote which, to my mind, raises serious questions about the divine source of the writing, who am I to doubt Mr. Smith? I wasn't there.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:46 AM 
