Taking the Book of Mormon seriously

Notes on the Book of Mormon by one attempting to read it on its own terms, on the working hypothesis that it is basically true

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Hollow pillars of light or fire

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Ritchie Valens put this in my mind. When you don't speak Spanish, even a common Spanish word has relatively few mental associations, so ...
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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Who concealed the Gadiantons' secret plans?

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In the 75th or 76th year of the judges, Nephi son of Helaman says in a prayer that the band of Gadianton has been eradicated. I have added i...
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Thursday, April 3, 2025

The end of the endless

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In D&C Section 19, the Lord explains that when the punishment of the damned is described as "endless" or "eternal," ...
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Monday, February 10, 2025

Dancing for decapitation -- stop me if you've heard this one

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Gustave Moreau, La fille de Jared dansant devant Akish (1876) 1. The dancing daughter of Jared Here's a tale of Jaredite devilry from t...
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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Did Mormon have the New Testament?

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The Book of Mormon contains several lengthy quotations from the New Testament. For example, Moroni 7 quotes extensively from 1 Corinthians 1...
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The parallelism in Mosiah 9-10

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Mosiah 10 repeats a large number of elements from Mosiah 9, mostly in the same order and often in nearly the same language. This was discove...
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Monday, December 30, 2024

"I say unto you" in the Bible and the Book of Mormon

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It may not be as notorious as " it came to pass ," but "I say unto you" is nearly as distinctive a feature of Book of Mo...
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