From: Michael B. Parker
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 5:04 PM
To: Buff Scott, Jr.
Subject: RE: Your "Joseph Smith and Mormonism" web page

Buff Scott, Jr. wrote:

>That's the "Mormon spirit!" Anyone who disagrees with Mormon doctrine is
>all wet, uneducated, and uninformed.

It's not your disagreement with our doctrine that I'm questioning, it's your stupidity, Mr. Scott. You criticize Book of Mormon passages that are quotations from the Bible you profess to read and believe. I'm amazed at how dense one would have to be to make such an error.

>Jehovah's Witnesses respond in the
>same manner when they're disagreed with. Peas in a pod, right?

Are you saying you believe Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses are doctrinally and historically related? If so, then you ARE uneducated and uninformed. Our doctrine, organizational structure, and foundations cannot be more dissimilar. In fact, Latter-day Saints have far more in common with evangelical Christianity that we do with JWs. But this is a topic for another time.

>Your first scripture bears no similarity to Smith's statement. Your
>second passage shows a little resemblance, but not much.

Allow me to assist you here:

Book of Mormon
  3 Nephi 22:1

  And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

KVJ Bible
Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Book of Mormon
3 Nephi 20:37

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

KVJ Bible
Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Your asinine complaints about the phrase "married wife" and the instructions to Jerusalem are found in the Bible, and quoted by Jesus to the Nephites in Book of Mormon.

Surely you cannot be so dense as to not see this? Surely you are not so blind as to continue criticizing your own scriptures? Surely you cannot help but feel foolish and embarrassed to have this gross error pointed out to you?

Hope springs eternal.

>Smith was good at writing the Mormon Bible at the expense of the true
>one. Wasn't he?

Since the "Mormon Bible" is the King James (1611) Bible, and since Joseph Smith was not alive in 1611 to write it, your statement is a non sequitur.

>I suggest you re-visit my Site and read more.

Thank you, but I'm fresh out of Dramamine.

>In the meantime, don't continue making an ass of yourself by
>supporting a false prophet. Okay? Take care.~~Buff.

I hereby condescend to your level and reply, "Stupid is as stupid does, sir."

Mike Parker


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