I will be giving a public presentation about the original and printer's manuscripts of the Book of Mormon on Sunday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the LDS chapel on Honeycutt Ave. (across from the high school, next to the Catholic church). I have received written authorization from the LDS Church Intellectual Property Office, Community of Christ (formerly RLDS Church; owners of the printer's manuscript), and the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies (Brigham Young University) to display slides of images from the original and printer's manuscripts, as well as other material relating to the translation, transcription, and printing of the Book of Mormon. The Maricopa Stake Presidency (which presides over the six congregations in Maricopa as well as congregations in Gila Bend, Ajo, and San Tan) has approved and is sponsoring the presentation.

Part of the presentation will cover common criticisms and concerns about the Book of Mormon, and there will be a Q&A session afterward, with questions submitted anonomously by index cards (which will accompany source material packets available for all who attend).

Hope to see many of my 85239.com friends there!  It will be interesting and enlightening for anyone who has any interest in or curiosity for the Book of Mormon.

--- mm

Posted By beowulf on 02/14/2008 1:35 PM
I am the new profit follow me my children (oh and I am going to need 15% of you $$$)

Seems as plausible as others.  Where do I send my check?

They announced in 2nd ward (unless I misunderstood) that you have actual items from this time-period -- is this correct?

As with the Bible, textual or physical evidences don't have much influence without spiritual belief. They can open up people to consider the possibility of religious faith, though, leaving room for belief (or the possibility of belief).

They can also demonstrate to critics where their lines of attack are deficient.

You’re quite wrong about me not covering changes between the 1830 and subsequent editions in the presentation; this is among the more common criticisms and concerns about the Book of Mormon, and is an important part of looking at insights and evidences from the manuscripts. As I’ve discussed before on this forum, though, all but a literal handful (less than ten) of these "changes" are spelling, printing, grammatical, stylistic, transcription, etc.  They have no bearing on the authenticity of the record, just as similar (but vastly more numerous) changes and variants between extant Bible manuscripts have no bearing on the Bible's integrity.

[quoteIs there anyway you can tape this and upload it to youtube so myself and many others can watch it?

Posted By beowulf on 02/14/2008 1:35 PM
I am the new profit follow me my children (oh and I am going to need 15% of you $$$)

15%? Has inflation been that bad lately?

Posted By beowulf on 02/14/2008 1:35 PM
I am the new profit follow me my children (oh and I am going to need 15% of you $$$)

You spelled profit wrong. 

prophet---learn it.