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  • #2506
    Originally posted by Applejack View Post
    Yeah, I'm with HuskyNorthwest on this one. It's hard to justify a church paying $35 million bucks for a stack of paper.
    Not cool bro. Not cool at all.
    Get confident, stupid
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    • #2507
      Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
      Not cool bro. Not cool at all.
      Lol

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      • #2508
        Originally posted by Applejack View Post
        Yeah, I'm with HuskyNorthwest on this one. It's hard to justify a church paying $35 million bucks for a stack of paper.
        Meh. Some donors came up with the money. In other words they donated money specifically to buy the manuscript. Had the manuscript not been for sale the money would not have been donated. Not sure what the big deal is.
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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        • #2509
          Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
          I assume it's the amount, right?
          The printer's manuscript is the closest thing the church has to a 'divine' relic. It's got to be pretty faith-promoting, and I'm sure it will be a hit at the church museum. So I can totally see why the church would spend a lot to get it.

          35 million is a lot though...
          Really? Wouldn't the original manuscript be more significant/valuable?
          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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          • #2510
            Mormons in the News

            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
            Meh. Some donors came up with the money. In other words they donated money specifically to buy the manuscript. Had the manuscript not been for sale the money would not have been donated. Not sure what the big deal is.
            That's money that could have gone to a receivers coach.

            EDIT: ... as three there have already said. Dang, no wonder I'm a CS bench warmer.
            Last edited by All-American; 09-21-2017, 09:50 PM.
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            • #2511
              Originally posted by Sullyute View Post
              Dude, we have the stone that old Joe used to translate the BoM. Doesn't get more divine than that!


              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
              Really? Wouldn't the original manuscript be more significant/valuable?
              Wait, does the church have that? I thought it was destroyed by water in the Nauvoo temple cornerstone?
              "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
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              • #2512
                Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post




                Wait, does the church have that? I thought it was destroyed by water in the Nauvoo temple cornerstone?
                No, 25% of it survives and is owned by the church.

                http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Book_of_Mormon_Manuscripts
                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                • #2513
                  Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                  No, 25% of it survives and is owned by the church.

                  http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Book_of_Mormon_Manuscripts
                  I didn't know that.
                  Well now 35 million seems really excessive!
                  "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                  "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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                  • #2514
                    Originally posted by Applejack View Post
                    Yeah, I'm with HuskyNorthwest on this one. It's hard to justify a church paying $35 million bucks for a stack of paper.
                    Really, the Church is just trading one stack of paper for another. I guess which type of paper you care about, there will your heart be also.
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                    • #2515
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      Meh. Some donors came up with the money. In other words they donated money specifically to buy the manuscript. Had the manuscript not been for sale the money would not have been donated. Not sure what the big deal is.
                      It makes me wonder if the donors count the $35 million as a tithing in kind donation. Meaning the church would have gotten $35 million in cash but instead ended up (happily) with the manuscript.


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                      • #2516
                        On the wikipedia list of most expensive books, they're listed by what the sale/auction price was, this is now the most expensive book in the world. It supplanted a manuscript from Leonardo Davinci and an original copy of the Magna Carta.

                        Personally, I believe the guy who said the church got an amazing deal on this book. Clearly if Leonardo DaVinci's manuscript is worth $30 million, this BoM is easily worth $100 million.
                        Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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                        • #2517
                          Originally posted by Lost Student View Post
                          Really, the Church is just trading one stack of paper for another. I guess which type of paper you care about, there will your heart be also.
                          "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                          "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                          - SeattleUte

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                          • #2518
                            Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                            On the wikipedia list of most expensive books, they're listed by what the sale/auction price was, this is now the most expensive book in the world. It supplanted a manuscript from Leonardo Davinci and an original copy of the Magna Carta.

                            Personally, I believe the guy who said the church got an amazing deal on this book. Clearly if Leonardo DaVinci's manuscript is worth $30 million, this BoM is easily worth $100 million.
                            Leonardo Davinci & Magna Carter Book of Mormon
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                            • #2519
                              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                              Meh. Some donors came up with the money. In other words they donated money specifically to buy the manuscript. Had the manuscript not been for sale the money would not have been donated. Not sure what the big deal is.
                              The quote I saw didn't say that the donors had specified the purchase of the manuscript, only that the cash for the purchase was acquired from generous donors.
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                              • #2520
                                Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                                The quote I saw didn't say that the donors had specified the purchase of the manuscript, only that the cash for the purchase was acquired from generous donors.
                                Does that really make a difference?
                                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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