More evidence for Strang than Joseph Smith

  • Thread starter Thread starter BartBurk
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
B

BartBurk

Guest
The Voree plates:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voree_Plates

"According to the website strangite.org, Derek J. Masson, a non-Mormon scholar, argued in his unpublished 1977 paper: A Comparison of the Voree Record with Some Eastern Scripts that the Voree Record was genuine, and that Strang’s translation was sound.] Furthermore, says this site, a second non-Mormon scholar, Robert Madison, allegedly concluded in his 1990 treatise: A Preliminary Linguistic Analysis of James J. Strang’s Voree Plates that the text on the plates appears to represent a genuine, albeit unknown, language, and that Strang’s translation appeared to be “a superb (if poetic) rendition of that text into English.”

And some of the Book of Mormon witnesses believed in Strang as well …

“Many prominent Latter Day Saints believed in Strang’s Letter of Appointment and accepted him as Mormonism’s second “Prophet, Seer, Revelator and Translator”–at least for the time being. These included the early church’s Presiding Patriarch and Apostle William Smith (Joseph’s only surviving brother); Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris (who left and later rejoined the LDS Church in Utah); Nauvoo Stake President William Marks; Second Bishop of the Church and church trustee-in-trust George Miller, Apostle John E. Page; former Apostle William E. M’Lellin; and many others.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints_(Strangite
 
signaturebooks.com/strang.htm

“By their fruits you shall know them” LOL Thanks, Bart. Someone said that there were more Strangites who went to Wisconsin than there were followers of BY.
I love the Strang stuff because so many of the Mormons after Joseph fell for it. Just how much credibility do the witnesses have when so many of them fell for Strang and his translation?
 
Strang’s fraud was probably more credible because boustrophedon (rt-lft lft-rt alternate lines) method was more often seen among Near Eastern writings. He probably had some education in the classics.

They were bizarre, and I have seen some evidences of their cultural heritage.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top