Re: [TruthTalk] Mormon Classification

[Dave Hansen]

David Miller wrote: David Miller wrote: There would be a historical reason. Joseph Smith was baptized a Protestant (Baptist), ... Dave Hansen wrote: Where did you come up with that, DavidM? Don't you remember me raising this point some years ago here on TruthTalk? DAVEH:  Wait until you reach my age, and your brains turn to mush....         :-[     Thanx for digging it up again, DavidM.  I'll run it through an LDS forum to see if anybody can enlighten me more on it. I read this in, "Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon," by David Peruitte, second edition, 2000, www.mcfarlandpub.com. http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-0826-X On page 29, he writes, "Arriving at the residence of the Smith family and finding that Joseph was not there, they asked Joseph's father to tell them the story of the discovery of the plates. The elder Smith complied, and while doing so he described some early events in his son's life, including the digging of a well, that, from other sources, it is known Joseph had dug in 1822. About two years after digging the well (Lapham related the father as saying), Joseph 'became concerned as to his future state of existence, and was baptized, becoming a member of the Baptist Church.' Two years after 1822 would be 1824, the same year in which occurred the revivals started by Mr. Lane." The footnote here references the following source: Fayette Lapham, "The Mormons," Historical Magazine, Vol. 8, 2nd Series, No. 5 (May 1870), pp. 305-306. Peace be with you. David Miller. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.