Stargazer Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 I'm just posting this in order to create an instructional video for new board members. 1
Stargazer Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude dated by the text to the unspecified time of the Tower of Babel. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. The Book of Mormon is one of the standard works of the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the movement's earliest unique writings. The denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement typically regard the text primarily as scripture, and secondarily as a record of God's dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas. The majority of Latter Day Saints believe the book to be a record of real-world history, and many Mormon academics and apologetic organizations strive to affirm the book as historically authentic through their scholarship and research, but mainstream archaeological, historical and scientific communities do not consider the Book of Mormon to be a record of historical events.
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Robert F. Smith Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 13 hours ago, Stargazer said: The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude dated by the text to the unspecified time of the Tower of Babel. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. The Book of Mormon is one of the standard works of the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the movement's earliest unique writings. The denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement typically regard the text primarily as scripture, and secondarily as a record of God's dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas. The majority of Latter Day Saints believe the book to be a record of real-world history, and many Mormon academics and apologetic organizations strive to affirm the book as historically authentic through their scholarship and research, but mainstream archaeological, historical and scientific communities do not consider the Book of Mormon to be a record of historical events. There is a "great tower" event mentioned in the Book of Mormon, but no Tower of Babel -- "Babel" is a late anachronism in the Bible. 1
Stargazer Posted March 31, 2022 Author Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/30/2022 at 4:49 AM, Robert F. Smith said: There is a "great tower" event mentioned in the Book of Mormon, but no Tower of Babel -- "Babel" is a late anachronism in the Bible. OK, but I was quoting Wikipedia for the purpose of getting some vaguely board-subject-matter text to use to create my video. Go argue with Wiki! See where it gets you... 😄 2
Robert F. Smith Posted April 1, 2022 Posted April 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Stargazer said: OK, but I was quoting Wikipedia for the purpose of getting some vaguely board-subject-matter text to use to create my video. Go argue with Wiki! See where it gets you... 😄 I have written Wikipedia articles. However, Wiki is often very unreliable.
Stargazer Posted April 1, 2022 Author Posted April 1, 2022 15 hours ago, Robert F. Smith said: I have written Wikipedia articles. However, Wiki is often very unreliable. Same here. It can be unreliable, yes, but it can be reliable. It's not consistent. I find it enormously useful, however. The most unreliable articles are the ones for which there is controversy and dedicated fanbois of one opposing persuasion or another. Just for the fun of it (and to garner admiration all around!), here's an incomplete list of the articles I've created: Robert C. Oaks - a retired U.S. Air Force general who was also a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2000 to 2009 John R. Lasater - a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General who served as a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1987 to 1992. Ferdinand Maria von Senger und Etterlin - a Bundeswehr general - I served under his command from 1980-1983 while a part of AFCENT in the US Army Bruce D. Porter - A personal acquaintance, and a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1995 until his death in 2016. Konkow language - The language of my Native American ancestors Victor Lundin - Portrayed the first Klingon seen on-screen in the Star Trek television franchise, in the first season episode, "Errand of Mercy" Comet Ikeya-Murakami My efforts there have been rather random, as you can see! 4
Robert F. Smith Posted April 1, 2022 Posted April 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Stargazer said: Same here. It can be unreliable, yes, but it can be reliable. It's not consistent. I find it enormously useful, however. The most unreliable articles are the ones for which there is controversy and dedicated fanbois of one opposing persuasion or another. Just for the fun of it (and to garner admiration all around!), here's an incomplete list of the articles I've created: Robert C. Oaks - a retired U.S. Air Force general who was also a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2000 to 2009 John R. Lasater - a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General who served as a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1987 to 1992. Ferdinand Maria von Senger und Etterlin - a Bundeswehr general - I served under his command from 1980-1983 while a part of AFCENT in the US Army Bruce D. Porter - A personal acquaintance, and a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1995 until his death in 2016. Konkow language - The language of my Native American ancestors Victor Lundin - Portrayed the first Klingon seen on-screen in the Star Trek television franchise, in the first season episode, "Errand of Mercy" Comet Ikeya-Murakami My efforts there have been rather random, as you can see! Very impressive. I have never done a BLP, but I'll let you know when the one I am doing now is finished. Could use an inspection. I followed one of your examples. 1
Stargazer Posted April 1, 2022 Author Posted April 1, 2022 8 minutes ago, Robert F. Smith said: Very impressive. I have never done a BLP, but I'll let you know when the one I am doing now is finished. Could use an inspection. I followed one of your examples. I'm going to seem clueless asking this, but I can't help it: what is a BLP?
Calm Posted April 2, 2022 Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stargazer said: I'm going to seem clueless asking this, but I can't help it: what is a BLP? I had to look it up… but had guessed right, so proud… biography of living person Edited April 2, 2022 by Calm 1
Robert F. Smith Posted April 2, 2022 Posted April 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Stargazer said: I'm going to seem clueless asking this, but I can't help it: what is a BLP? That's wiki-talk for biography of living person. 1
The Nehor Posted April 2, 2022 Posted April 2, 2022 I felt I had to pay attention to this thread because I was told not to. Will continue to follow with great interest. 2
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