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* So, let's get this clear: if I misremember the date on which I got married, I can't be trusted to remember whether or not ''I actually got married''? If you mistake the date, you must be lying about the whole experience? Really? | * So, let's get this clear: if I misremember the date on which I got married, I can't be trusted to remember whether or not ''I actually got married''? If you mistake the date, you must be lying about the whole experience? Really? | ||
* Quick, what date were you baptized? What date were you ordained, say, a priest in the Aaronic priesthood? If you can't remember exactly, does that mean these things didn't happen? Or that they weren't important to you? | * Quick, what date were you baptized? What date were you ordained, say, a priest in the Aaronic priesthood? If you can't remember exactly, does that mean these things didn't happen? Or that they weren't important to you? | ||
− | * The Church's current scriptures date D&C 10 to "summer of 1828". But, it | + | * The Church's current scriptures date D&C 10 to "summer of 1828". But, scholars now date it to "around" April 1829. Why the difference? Because the earliest source for this revelation that we now have is the "Revelation Book 1". This book contained copies of Joseph's revelations that were copied in from original documents that no longer exist, in the early 1830s. But, there's a problem: |
− | ** The book goes from page 2 to page 11. Page 2 is the beginning of D&C 4; by page 11, we're already at D&C 20:7. (Pages 3-10, 15-22, and 25-26 are missing.) | + | ** The book goes from page 2 to page 11. Page 2 is the beginning of D&C 4; by page 11, we're already at D&C 20:7. (Pages 3-10, 15-22, and 25-26 are missing.) So, there's no date information on the earliest available copy of D&C 10. |
− | ** It gets even more tricky: the original date on p. 2 was February 1828. An unknown hand later changed it to 1829. So, the dating is not clear from the original manuscript.{{ref|rev.book.1}} | + | ** It gets even more tricky: the original date on p. 2 was February 1828. An unknown hand later changed it to 1829. So, the dating is not clear from the original manuscript. |
− | * If this is all such a dastardly secret, why did the Church publish all the above in extreme detail in the Joseph Smith Papers project? (See footnote.) | + | ** Remember too, Joseph Smith wasn't much of a scribe. He relied on others to write for him. So, this copying--and any errors or slips of the pen--were due to other writers working on his behalf.{{ref|rev.book.1}} |
− | * If this is "one of the biggest problems you have with the church," then that's pretty sad: if the command for Joseph to return to translating comes ''later'' (April 1829 rather than summer 1828), then Joseph has even ''less' time to produce the Book of Mormon. | + | * If this is all such a dastardly secret, why did the Church publish all the above in extreme detail in the Joseph Smith Papers project? (See footnote above.) |
+ | * If this is "one of the biggest problems [you] have with the church," then that's pretty sad: if the command for Joseph to return to translating comes ''later'' (April 1829 rather than summer 1828), then Joseph has even ''less' time to produce the 500+ page Book of Mormon. | ||
* The error made Joseph look less capable, rather than more. | * The error made Joseph look less capable, rather than more. | ||
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