Silly new apologetics site - Show Your Shelf
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:07 pm
https://www.showyourshelf.com/
The premise is that this is a place where believing Mormons post their difficult to answer questions about Moromonism , but it's really just a reformatting of FAIR style apologetics. These questions aren't difficult to answer because they challenge your faith, they're difficult to answer because faith-promoting answers are just so dang overwhelming. Don't bother with silly questions like why did Joseph mistranslate the identities of ALL of the characters in Facsimile 3 and completely misinterpret an Egyptian Osiris resurrection scene as a "Chaldean" sacrifice, go for the really tough stuff like, "How would Joseph Smith guess an association between a pharaoh contemporary to Abraham and a “crocodile” god?"
Or:
"Why would Joseph Smith claim to have been visited by so many angels? Such as God the Father and Jesus in the grove, Moroni’s first visit at Joseph’s home, Moroni’s second visit at Joseph’s home, Moroni’s third visit at Joseph’s home, Moroni’s fourth visit outside in the field, yearly visits from Moroni, Adam, Abraham, Seth, Enoch, Isaac, Jacob, Raphael, Gabriel (Noah), Nephi, Mormon, Alma, the Three Nephites, John the Beloved, and a heavenly messenger. Isn’t every claim just one more opportunity to expose him as a fraud?"
Short answer: yup.
The premise is that this is a place where believing Mormons post their difficult to answer questions about Moromonism , but it's really just a reformatting of FAIR style apologetics. These questions aren't difficult to answer because they challenge your faith, they're difficult to answer because faith-promoting answers are just so dang overwhelming. Don't bother with silly questions like why did Joseph mistranslate the identities of ALL of the characters in Facsimile 3 and completely misinterpret an Egyptian Osiris resurrection scene as a "Chaldean" sacrifice, go for the really tough stuff like, "How would Joseph Smith guess an association between a pharaoh contemporary to Abraham and a “crocodile” god?"
Or:
"Why would Joseph Smith claim to have been visited by so many angels? Such as God the Father and Jesus in the grove, Moroni’s first visit at Joseph’s home, Moroni’s second visit at Joseph’s home, Moroni’s third visit at Joseph’s home, Moroni’s fourth visit outside in the field, yearly visits from Moroni, Adam, Abraham, Seth, Enoch, Isaac, Jacob, Raphael, Gabriel (Noah), Nephi, Mormon, Alma, the Three Nephites, John the Beloved, and a heavenly messenger. Isn’t every claim just one more opportunity to expose him as a fraud?"
Short answer: yup.