I'm pro truth.
I just read that statement in the Ex-Mormon Forums archives, and it resonated with me.
So many of the things I once believed "with every fibre of my being" I've since learned are, plain and simply, untrue. If I were to point my finger at just one thing, I'd select the Book of Abraham. It's not what Joseph Smith claimed it to be. The drawn-in completion of the figures in the facsimiles are pure fiction. The papyrus is from The Book of Breathings, an Egyptian funerary text. It has nothing to do with Abraham. And the figure they claim to be God has an erection. Don't believe me? Look for yourself.
I'm pro truth, and will continue to seek out truth wherever I find it. No more will I base my truths on warm fuzzies and circular logic.
Peace out.
I just read that statement in the Ex-Mormon Forums archives, and it resonated with me.
So many of the things I once believed "with every fibre of my being" I've since learned are, plain and simply, untrue. If I were to point my finger at just one thing, I'd select the Book of Abraham. It's not what Joseph Smith claimed it to be. The drawn-in completion of the figures in the facsimiles are pure fiction. The papyrus is from The Book of Breathings, an Egyptian funerary text. It has nothing to do with Abraham. And the figure they claim to be God has an erection. Don't believe me? Look for yourself.
I'm pro truth, and will continue to seek out truth wherever I find it. No more will I base my truths on warm fuzzies and circular logic.
Peace out.
Cheers to your end to circular reasoning!
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's an image of Atum, masturbating the world into existence? (No, I'm actually not making this up. There really is a myth like that.)
ReplyDeleteHa. I just read the stuff on the PoGP. It is laughable how wrong J.S. was with the translation (there was one sheet where he was trying to translate the characters into the Book of Abraham, and he made it into whole paragraphs but each character is really a word). If he couldn't translate that little bit of the PoGP, how could he do a whole book, like the BOM full of hieroglyphics? Doesn't sound like it quite works out in the Mormon's favor.
ReplyDeleteI agree - TRUTH is what it's all about. And by the same token, I'm not Anti-Mormon, I'm Anti-Mormonism. I don't dislike the people, but I very much dislike the religion in which so many good people are trapped.
ReplyDeleteThat was quite a revelation to learn that "anti-Mormon" was Mo code for "truth."
ReplyDelete*Sigh* another "disaffected" member signs up for a free blog with the intent of singlehandedly taking down the Church. THAT'S original!
ReplyDeleteHow dare us former mormons discuss points of theology and historical facts that we don't agree with. And I had no idea you were so powerful, Aintnomonomo ;-)
ReplyDeletespamlds, thanks so much for assuming you know what I'm thinking and intending to do. If you don't like the content here, you are more than free to go away and not come back. However, if you want to keep making silly comments, feel free, and I will feel free to mock them.
ReplyDelete:: hoots ::
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the reality-based community!