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Moroni a demon? Do you really want to go there?

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  • #31
    Originally posted by NRA-Jeff View Post
    You are almost certainly not the only person who indulges in such jejunity (I guess that's not a real word).
    Don't sell yourself short. You are certainly not the only Mormon who picks one post from the thread at which offense is taken rather than address the substance of the thread.
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    • #32
      Originally posted by NRA-Jeff View Post
      Excellent! Thanks.
      Any time!
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
        Fair enough. The greek word that it was derived from did exist before that though.
        If it had existed in Reformed Egyptian, you'd have a better case. Smith could have translated that.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by NRA-Jeff View Post
          Not right, as it turns out. :)
          Sure, my original point was not valid, but I still find it a bit funny given that while the English term moron did not exist until it was coined in the 1900's, the greek word it was derived from did exist long before that. Smith's contemporaries might not have found anything funny about the name, but I suspect Paul or Luke would have doubled over with laughter.

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          • #35
            Apparently, from a Mormon source, and dealing with the allegation that the Book of Mormon was named after a MAN (Mormon)...



            Naturally, because I believe Smith totally made up (or plagiarized the BoM), I still wonder where he got the name "Mormon", for the character in the book.
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
              Don't sell yourself short. You are certainly not the only Mormon who picks one post from the thread at which offense is taken rather than address the substance of the thread.

              Thanks for "demon"-strating that whatever spelling checker is used when I post here, is inadequate--it flagged the word as being wrong.

              As for the issue of addressing the OP: I am happy to add my comment that I agree that it's problematic to assert that the being who appeared to J. Smith was a demon.
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              • #37
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                ...Naturally, because I believe Smith totally made up (or plagiarized the BoM), I still wonder where he got the name "Mormon", for the character in the book.
                And you may be doomed to keep wondering until Judgment Day, unless/until you accept our explanation for its origin.
                "The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven...." Joseph Smith

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

                  Naturally, because I believe Smith totally made up (or plagiarized the BoM), I still wonder where he got the name "Mormon", for the character in the book.
                  It could be a mash-up of Moriah and Solomon, or Almon, or Ammon
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