Founder of Mormonism: like a combination of Howard Carter, Michael Ventris, and Charles Parham?

[Boojatta]

According to various sources, Michael Ventris "deciphered the Minoan Linear B script." That is not to say that nobody else had published, before Ventris started working on that deciphering problem, any ideas that contributed Ventris' deciphering achievement. Nor is it to say that he discovered documents in the Minoan Linear B script that nobody else had ever seen. Also, Michael Ventris apparently did not establish any religious movement and certainly is not listed in encyclopaedias as a founder of any religious movement that exists today.

Did Joseph Smith ever get recognition from language scholars, such as by submitting, to an academic institution, an anonymous deciphering of a previously known and previously un-deciphered script? If he was worried about potential conspiratorial insiders, then perhaps he could have enclosed something that would not be recognized, but that could later be used to identify him as deserving credit. For example, he might have enclosed his wife's fingerprints on one page of a submitted document and written "fingerprints of the person (or a person) who is married to the author."

How's my chronology? Were fingerprints known as a means of identification at that time? I believe that Galileo used anagrams to hide information to be revealed later. Presumably anagrams could be used to provide some evidence of authorship without disclosing author information (such as an author's name) that would allow readers to prejudge a written work.

Notes:
1. Howard Carter is associated with the tomb of King Tut.
2. Charles Parham is associated with the early years of the Pentecostal movement.

[WolverineDG]

1. Dogs my cats, he "translated" the golden tablets by putting a rock in a black bag

then sticking his head in it & giving dictation of what he "read" to his wife or whoever wrote it down for him.

:eyes:

dg

[Frank Cannon]

2. More of a combination of L. Ron Hubbard, PT Barnum, and Billy Mays

There's a surprisingly well-researched episode of South Park that tells you all you need to know about the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. That's it, right there!

LRon and PT Barnum.

And yeah, the South park episode is a perfect parody of the bizarreness of the creation of Mormonism.

"dum dum dum dum dum"

:rofl:

[RandomThoughts]

3. And who was the white night many years ago that wrote his script backward?

Leonardo DaVinci

I found that interesting.

I also always liked the Girl In The Corner. From his painting. You can see the curls in many places.



I think God works through many people, and I always liked that paining and it is possible God worked through DaVinci.


Traveling Soldier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLBgmbXBOb8

Also the beutiful hair on this girl.
One of Us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4CRkpBGQzU


With no self claims of coarse, I find it all wonderful though.

[old mark]

4. Link to a site listing history and beliefs of the LDS....

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints

Saints believe they will go on to become gods and leaders of other planets.

Here in America, you are free to believe any religion you want...no matter how wacky.


mark

[Boojatta]

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