Comments on Life On Gold Plates: Mormon Shout-Outs in Books I'm Reading

Clark, I miss what you're responding to

2011-06-09T21:54:03.029-06:00

Clark, I miss what you're responding to

(Or at least when I went a few times back in the 9...

2011-06-09T19:38:02.541-06:00

(Or at least when I went a few times back in the 90's there were a lot)

Why can't a practicing Jew be a Mormon? I kno...

2011-06-09T19:37:32.007-06:00

Why can't a practicing Jew be a Mormon? I know there is tension between Jews and say Messianic Jews over the Christ issue. But Messianic Jews typically consider themselves Jewish and many go to synagogue regularly. I can't think of anything within Mormonism which would keep them out of synagogue and being a practicing Jew. If there is a problem it would be Jewish prejudice against Mormonism.

Interesting the other example of Hare Krishnas is also relevant. Many HAre Krishnas take a lot of the discussion of the Gods symbolically. I've known people to simultaneously practice Mormonism and Krishna. Indeed if you go down to the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork on Sunday night you'll find a lot of active LDS BYU students.

I liked the book. I've seen a few complaints a...

2010-12-16T10:30:34.657-07:00

I liked the book. I've seen a few complaints about it in that Ehrman favors his own position (!) and doesn't give enough space for opposing views in this book. Since it's an introduction, and for the sake of brevity, I think that's fine, and his suggested sources at the ends of chapters often include books which advocate for different positions on various things (for instance he tips the cap to John Meier even though they seem to have pretty different views on Jesus's teachings regarding the Kingdom of God and apocalyptic what-not.

Ehrman's work is rather good. I have several o...

2010-12-16T10:25:24.837-07:00

Ehrman's work is rather good. I have several of his books, and while sometimes he goes a little beyond what I think the evidence says, he's usually rather accurate.