Church News Downplays Significance of Book of Abraham

[Solon]

I'm talking about the linked Church News article.

Me too: http://www.ldschurchnews.com/article...ger-issue.html

I spent about 2 seconds on the 'Save Kolob' page. Too much text squished together.

[Fiyero]

IOW, the papyrus is a prop.

The papyrus gives us a glimpse of what may have happened had the golden plates ended up in a museum, with experts spending decades disagreeing on what the various markings represented.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

[JohnnyLingo]

You do realize you're adding weight to my assertion.

Nope, just pointing out your own hypocrisy.

[Solon]

with experts spending decades disagreeing on what the various markings represented.

Or just translating them.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Nope, just pointing out your own hypocrisy.

LOL.

Way to stay in character, JL.

[All-American]

The topic's a good one. The spoof just gives it pizazz.

I thought the spoof was a little flat, myself, but that's just a matter of taste.

At any rate, the title is misleading. The "Church" did not "downplay the significance of the Book of Abraham." A lecturer at a FAIR conference at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute (formerly FARMS) did.

[Sleeping in EQ]

I thought the spoof was a little flat, myself, but that's just a matter of taste.

At any rate, the title is misleading. The "Church" did not "downplay the significance of the Book of Abraham." A lecturer at a FAIR conference at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute (formerly FARMS) did.

Agreed, except that the Church does downplay the significance of the BoA (just not in this spoof, and Gee is giving his own views).

[Indy Coug]

Is the Church News downplaying it or are they simply reporting what "John Gee, an associate research professor of Egyptology at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU" said about the topic?

Wake me up when it's President Monson weighing in on the issue.

[Solon]

Is the Church News downplaying it or are they simply reporting what "John Gee, an associate research professor of Egyptology at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU" said about the topic.

Wake me up when it's President Monson or a Church News editorial weighing in on the issue.

That might be Gee's point - Pres. Monson might not think the Book of Abraham issues important enough to comment upon.

[Fiyero]

That might be Gee's point - Pres. Monson might not think the Book of Abraham issues important enough to comment upon.

Glad that someone attempts to comment on it. During the past two general conferences I hoped that President Monson or one of the Q12 would comment on why the church chose to go the route that they did with Prop 8, but nary a word. Instead we heard about a widow walking across a frozen country and digging graves with a tablespoon.

[TripletDaddy]

And nobody's bothered by the fact that it was an admitted spoof?

I'm confused by your point. Are you suggesting that the Church News article is a spoof?

[All-American]

I'm confused by your point. Are you suggesting that the Church News article is a spoof?

The first article in this thread is a spoof.

[TripletDaddy]

Is the Church News downplaying it or are they simply reporting what "John Gee, an associate research professor of Egyptology at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU" said about the topic?

Wake me up when it's President Monson weighing in on the issue.

Is Church News known for reporting news just for the sake of reporting. In your opinion, would that article be there if the Church did not endorse the viewpoint? I am not familiar with many/any articles in the Church news that represent POVs contrary to the teachings of the Church. Admittedly, there very well may be some.

[Indy Coug]

Glad that someone attempts to comment on it. During the past two general conferences I hoped that President Monson or one of the Q12 would comment on why the church chose to go the route that they did with Prop 8, but nary a word. Instead we heard about a widow walking across a frozen country and digging graves with a tablespoon.

Did Joseph Smith ever get a very good explanation why he was in the Liberty Jail?

[TripletDaddy]

The first article in this thread is a spoof.

Yes, but is anyone commenting on that? I thought it was given that everyone clicked on the link to Gee's commentary.