Comments on: Historicity Redux http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/ A weekly podcast exploring Mormon culture and current events. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kari http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116752 Kari Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:28:48 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116752 I am certain that if it has the proof he say's it has he'll have no problem finding a reputable publisher like Oxford University Press, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Blackwell Science, or even Knopf (if it's of a more "popular" style). I am certain that if it has the proof he say’s it has he’ll have no problem finding a reputable publisher like Oxford University Press, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Blackwell Science, or even Knopf (if it’s of a more “popular” style).

]]> By: Jeff Needle http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116561 Jeff Needle Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:07 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116561 I like the comments and appreciate the good thoughts. Neal Maxwell Institute/FARMS would be the logical place for him to go. I guess we'll know in good time. I like the comments and appreciate the good thoughts.

Neal Maxwell Institute/FARMS would be the logical place for him to go. I guess we’ll know in good time.

]]> By: Thomas http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116434 Thomas Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:54:53 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116434 Has there ever been an apologetic book that includes a rigorous discussion of probability and coincidence, and properly controls for them? Has there ever been an apologetic book that includes a rigorous discussion of probability and coincidence, and properly controls for them?

]]> By: SmallAxe http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116326 SmallAxe Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:04:27 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116326 <i> He said there was no publisher for the book yet, but hoped to find one soon. </i> This doesn't necessarily mean that no one will publish it. Just that he hasn't finalized anything yet. He said there was no publisher for the book yet, but hoped to find one soon.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that no one will publish it. Just that he hasn’t finalized anything yet.

]]> By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116322 Stephen M (Ethesis) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:42:18 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116322 I think he had not started looking for a publisher at that point. I think he had not started looking for a publisher at that point.

]]> By: Mormon Heretic http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116278 Mormon Heretic Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:17:32 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116278 Are you sure Deseret Book has rejected it? It sounds like it is unfinished, so I don't think we can jump to the conclusion that Des Book doesn't want to publish it. Are you sure Deseret Book has rejected it? It sounds like it is unfinished, so I don’t think we can jump to the conclusion that Des Book doesn’t want to publish it.

]]> By: jmb275 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116271 jmb275 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:32:20 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2009/11/12/historicity-redux/#comment-116271 Good questions. Not sure. My thoughts on him in general are simply that he seems to be the source of choice for much of the apologetics at both FARMS and FAIRlds. I remember when I first started my questioning process and was reading lots of FARMS material, as an engineer it really bothered me that nearly ever article seemed to reference the same Sorenson papers/books. Hadn't any of this stuff been confirmed by others? Why was the only research verifying the historicity of the Book of Mormon being done by FARMS scientists? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it raised little red skeptical flags in my mind. I hope he does find a publisher. I will read the book. If it as convincing as he makes it sound then I am prepared to stand completely corrected about my previous conclusions. Good questions. Not sure. My thoughts on him in general are simply that he seems to be the source of choice for much of the apologetics at both FARMS and FAIRlds. I remember when I first started my questioning process and was reading lots of FARMS material, as an engineer it really bothered me that nearly ever article seemed to reference the same Sorenson papers/books. Hadn’t any of this stuff been confirmed by others? Why was the only research verifying the historicity of the Book of Mormon being done by FARMS scientists? Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it raised little red skeptical flags in my mind.

I hope he does find a publisher. I will read the book. If it as convincing as he makes it sound then I am prepared to stand completely corrected about my previous conclusions.

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