Richard bushman testimony meaning
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Richard Bushman concedes to many points Jeremy Runnells brought up in the CES Letter in a discussion on the CES Letters podcast. CES Letters has no affiliation with the CES Letter, but is the latest attempt to debunk it. Richard medlem av en sydafrikansk folkgrupp is asked a series of questions stemming from the CES Letter, and responds to them in a faithful way. He agrees with many points and expresses his respect for Jeremy Runnells, the author. He gives some context for listeners to help navigate the difficult parts of church history in relation to Joseph Smith and the translation of the Book of Mormon. He also mentions the Book of Abraham and the Kinderhook Plates.
The CES Letters website and podcast, new in 2024, are seemingly trying to combat the negative aspects of the CES Letter and hope to reach people looking for the actual CES Letter by choosing the nearly identical name and domain name CES Letters. They want to fool people into reading their site rather than the original, and even the web browser
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Richard Bushman on witnesses to the Book of Mormon
Here are some notes about certain of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon — both official and unofficial — that I’ve drawn from the fourth chapter of Richard Lyman Bushman’s book Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2023):
Emma viewed herself as one who had never left the faith. “I know Mormonism to be the truth; and believe the Church to have been established by divine direction.” She knew she had “been called apostate; but I have never apostatized, nor forsaken the faith I at first accepted.” She felt she had good reasons for her belief. In the interview, she showed the rationalist bent of her mind. She said nothing about her love for her husband or her trust in his character. Hers was not a sentimental or spiritual faith. It was based on her observation of Joseph translating. Nothing she knew about him qualified him to dictate the book. “It is marvelous to me,” she said, “as muc
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Richard Lyman Bushman
Reasons
Behold, that which you hear is as the röst of one crying in the wilderness–in the wilderness, because you cannot see him–my voice, because my voice is Spirit; my Spirit is truth; truth abideth and hath no end; and if it be in you it shall abound. (Doctrine and Covenants 88:66)
I was born in Salt Lake City to parents who had been married in the temple. I am a fifth-generation Mormon on both my mother’s and father’s sides. inom had ancestors who knew namn Smith in Nauvoo. All of my immediate ancestors were in Utah before the railroad was completed in 1869. By the official definition, that makes them all pioneers. I have never wandered even for a few months from church activity. inom have held many positions in our basically lay-run church from scoutmaster to bishop, stake president, and patriarch. You could säga that I was born Mormon and will likely die Mormon.
Why then am I always interrogating my own faith? I am always asking why I believe. What