Comments on: A Review of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling http://www.hundiejo.com/a-review-of-joseph-smith-rough-stone-rolling Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Henry Imler http://www.hundiejo.com/a-review-of-joseph-smith-rough-stone-rolling/comment-page-1#comment-1249 Henry Imler Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:57:29 +0000 http://unsoundargument.com/blog/?p=160#comment-1249 It is a biased book, no doubt about that. Since I am no expert on the subject, I can't really speak to the sources he left out. On the issue of the Book of Abraham, Bushman does beat around the bush some. However, his beating does fit with his hypothesis of believing Smith. Bushman counters that God could have been using the Egyptian papyri to inspire Smith to write the Book of Abraham even though he was not really translating the papyri (even though he thought he was). Granted, this is a work around and I don't buy it, but given that Smith was a inspired prophet, it fits.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1249','Henry Imler'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1249','Henry Imler','It is a biased book, no doubt about that. Since I am no expert on the subject, I can\'t really speak to the sources he left out.\n\nOn the issue of the Book of Abraham, Bushman does beat around the bush some. However, his beating does fit with his hypothesis of believing Smith. Bushman counters that God could have been using the Egyptian papyri to inspire Smith to write the Book of Abraham even though he was not really translating the papyri (even though he thought he was). Granted, this is a work around and I don\'t buy it, but given that Smith was a inspired prophet, it fits.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It is a biased book, no doubt about that. Since I am no expert on the subject, I can’t really speak to the sources he left out.

On the issue of the Book of Abraham, Bushman does beat around the bush some. However, his beating does fit with his hypothesis of believing Smith. Bushman counters that God could have been using the Egyptian papyri to inspire Smith to write the Book of Abraham even though he was not really translating the papyri (even though he thought he was). Granted, this is a work around and I don’t buy it, but given that Smith was a inspired prophet, it fits.

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]]> By: Noel http://www.hundiejo.com/a-review-of-joseph-smith-rough-stone-rolling/comment-page-1#comment-1248 Noel Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:21:37 +0000 http://unsoundargument.com/blog/?p=160#comment-1248 I have been reading Vogel's biography of Smith which sees Smith as a "pious fraud" I hope soon to read Bushman;s book. I have seen some reviews which are not as positive as yours and which point out how selectivly Bushman uses evidence to suit his purpose as a believing Mormon. Lets cut to the chase, especially the issue of the Book of Abraham, so much material shows it was Smith's imagination not some translation of some Egyptian papyri<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1248','Noel'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1248','Noel','I have been reading Vogel\'s biography of Smith which sees Smith as a \"pious fraud\" I hope soon to read Bushman;s book. I have seen some reviews which are not as positive as yours and which point out how selectivly Bushman uses evidence to suit his purpose as a believing Mormon.\nLets cut to the chase, especially the issue of the Book of Abraham, so much material shows it was Smith\'s imagination not some translation of some Egyptian papyri'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have been reading Vogel’s biography of Smith which sees Smith as a “pious fraud” I hope soon to read Bushman;s book. I have seen some reviews which are not as positive as yours and which point out how selectivly Bushman uses evidence to suit his purpose as a believing Mormon.
Lets cut to the chase, especially the issue of the Book of Abraham, so much material shows it was Smith’s imagination not some translation of some Egyptian papyri
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