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Originally Posted by Listener
I'm currently working my way through Richard Lyman Bushman's biography of Joseph Smith.
Personally, I have found it to be sound, and it has helped me understand the story of the emerging church much better. In particular, the chapter on the Book of Mormon was one of the best expositions of the beauty and strength of the BOM I've read.
Anyone else have some thoughts here?
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I let my dad borrow my copy a while back. Since then, he has borrowed two more books of mine by Bushman. RSR has a way of creating Bushman groopies... kind of how By The Hand of Mormon caused me to have a man-crush on Terryl Givens.
I just hope that his biography isn't the "final word," and is instead a stepping stone for future historians to draw upon to help us continually gain a greater understanding of our heritage.
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"You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I have found saintliness in avowed atheists." -Rabbi Harold Kushner
"A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it." -Brigham Young
"It does not prove that a man is not a good man because he errs in doctrine" -Joseph Smith
Last edited by Doctor Steuss; 07-09-2008 at 10:53 AM.
Reason: Because I'm dumb.
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