In this epic interview I bring on Jim Bennett, who is a faithful member of the church and author of a faithful response to the CES Letter. Jim Bennett takes on the CES Letter which is a compilation of Jeremy Runnels top issues and concerns with regards to church history, doctrine and truth claims. It is one of the top critical documents causing people to lose their faith and leave the church. Jim Bennett writes a response which can be found here. https://canonizer.com/files/reply.pdf
In this interview we discuss all of the tough questions and controversies Jeremy and other critics point too and have a discussion.
In part 2 we discuss anachronisms in the Book of Mormon, the rock in a hat translation, Joseph's First Vision and the Book of Abraham!
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Timecodes
00:00 Opening remakrs
02:00 Addressing BOM anachronisms & archaelogical evidence
11:57 Textual anachronisms - new testament passages
15:00 Expansionist theory of the BOM
18:27 19th century parallels- protestant sermons in the bom
24:50 Prophecies in the BOM- Nephi or Joseph?
27:10 Too many explanations for how the BOM was composed
28:00 The view of the Hebrews, Late War & Book of Napoleon
36:00 Is there a persuasive secular explanation for the BOM?
43:55 BOM miraculous production, why 531 pages?
46:50 BOM translation with the rock in a hat
50:03 Seer stones and treasure digging
56:20 Bruce R Mckonkie & Joseph F Smith deny seer stone accounts
59:45 Feeling betrayed about the BOM translation method
1:02:30 The First Vision not mentioned until 12 years after
1:10:05 The Father not clearly mentioned in 1832 account
1:13:00 Purpose for praying: forgiveness of sins vs which church is right
1:16:20 We can't disprove Joseph Smith's First Vision
1:20:19 The Book of Abraham & Brian Howglid
1:23:20 What is the Book of Abraham?
1:25:00 The grammar and alphabet of the Egyptian language
1:27:30 Papyrus discovered to be common funerary documents
1:30:20 Problems with the long scroll theory
1:32:50 Catalyst theory and the Book of Moses
1:35:40 Did Joseph believed he was translating egyptian?
1:36:50 Jim's theory about the Book of Abraham
1:42:45 CES Letter quoting egyptologists?
1:46:30 Closing remarks
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