Richard Criddle, active LDS, retired professor of biochemistry and biophysics says, "Faithful Should Relish Findings." Logan Utah Herald Journal - October 10, 2004 "All in all, Southerton should probably be thanked for a book which, though overtly anti-Mormon, brings to the attention of many Church members for the first time some topics that have been a focus of interest among scientists, including LDS scientists for decades."	Leveling the Playing Field With Mormon Apologists - "Faith versus Facts" by Randy Jordan - Presented to the 8th Annual Ex-Mormon Conference October 5, 2002 Salt Lake City, UT	The Book of Zelph Another Testament of The Book of Mormon - translated by Josh Anderson - 2005
A Glimpse into the Mormon Apologetic Mind by Bob McCue - Nobody who has invested much time down a blind alley likes the messenger who shines a light at the brick wall up ahead.	Mormonism's Believe It Or Not by James Juris. Also, click here for a "Parody on the Reasoning of LDS Apologists" by James Juris.	This Is Not the Place by Hampton Sides - Double Take Spring 1999: For the last fifty years, Mormons have searched for proof of their church's mysterious origins but is it there?

Thomas Murphy, Ph.D. University of Washington, has a new article entitled "Simply Implausible: DNA and a Mesoamerican Setting for the Book of Mormon" that will appearg in the Winter 2003 issue of Dialogue. Those who are not current subscribers may subscribe to Dialogue.

Preview pages from Dr. Murphy's dissertation, Imagining Lamanites: Native Americans and the Book of Mormon, are now available. Copies in digital or print formats can be purchased from UMI at the same website.

Dr. Murphy's speaking schedule and PDF copies of most of his publications are available at his home page.

The Mormons need new and creative revelations for the faith to grow

If I were interested in working within the Mormon myth making business, "The Religion Making Business," in the Mormon Paradigm. I would petition to have the Book of Mormon altered to reflect its present-day relevance. I would petition to have all 1381 entries of "And it came to pass" altered to "Once upon a time."

A petition for clarity in the Scared BOM would focus the mind and, hopefully, create more myth for the Mormon Church Myth Makers. Like the King James Version Of the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon could stand a makeover.

A Mormon Scholar can choose precious phrases in the Book of Mormon and extract and insert "Once upon a time" where needed and demonstrated the effect. A Petition for Change could be taken to the Mormon Quorum for consideration. After all it's merely a slight modification to the text, the content remains intact. It seems a group of dedicated Ex-Mormons could masterfully insert a Protestant infusion of new blood and help create more traction and more Mormon Religious Tradition. We know the conference of Nicea did not take place in a vacuum. More religious tradition is more better in the religious making business.

The Mormons need new and creative revelations for the faith to grow, why not help out, focus the mind and reveal the Mormon Coda for all to see.

1- The Bible is the word of God

2- Everything it says is true

3- The Bible says Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a city in Palestine/Israel

4- so Jesus really was born in Palestine/Israel

5- The Book of Mormon(tm) is an another word of God

6- Everything it says is true

7- The Book of Mormon(tm) says Jesus was born in Jerusalem, a city in Palestine/Israel

8- so Jesus really was born in Palestine/Israel

9- There are no conflict between the Bible and the Book of Mormon(tm)

10- The copyright of the book of mormon is owned by LDS church

11- Therefore, the Church is true...

Yes, I admit it - I am a geek. I love to read science fiction. I am finishing the second part of a 2 part series entitled "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons. He is an excellent writer. The first part had an interesting read regarding apologetics. The priest (a major player in this novel) who is quoted below, was exiled to another planet due to his work. I could not stop thinking how this related to FARMS and other apologists.

From the book Hyperion by Dan Simmons:

“It is growing dark. I am getting old. I feel something… not yet remorse… at my sin of falsifying the evidence at the Armaghast dig. But, Eduard, Your Excellency, if the artifacts ‘had’ indicated the presence of a Christ-oriented culture there, six hundred light-years from Old Earth, almost three thousand years before man left the surface of the home world…

Was it so dark of a sin to interpret such ambiguous data in a way which could have meant the resurgence of Christianity in our lifetime?

Yes, it was. But not, I think, because of the sin of tampering with the data, but the deeper sin of thinking that Christianity could be saved.”

Mormonism and apologetics never seems to get out of my life, even in escapist literature. sigh...