Lehi’s Fakebook status update

Via Doves & Serpents.

For those who don’t get Joseph Smith, Sr.’s comment: Lucy Mack Smith wrote that, in 1811, her husband had a dream about a tree that bore delicious white fruit (symbolizing the love of God). Those who partook of the fruit were scorned by “finely dressed” people in a “spacious building” (symbolizing Babylon). Mormons will notice that this dream is nearly identical to Lehi’s Tree of Life vision. Lucy Mack Smith wrote her account after the publication of the Book of Mormon, however, and so her recollection of Joseph Smith, Sr.’s dream might have been influenced by the verbiage of Lehi’s story, thus exaggerating the similarities.

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I have my bachelors in sociology and political science, having recently graduated from Utah State University. I co-founded SHAFT, but have also been active in the College Democrats and the Religious Studies Club. I was born in Utah to a loving LDS family. I left Mormonism in high school after discovering some disconcerting facts about its history. Like many ex-Mormons, I am now an agnostic atheist. I am amenable to being wrong, however. So should you disagree with me about religion (or anything, really), please challenge me. I welcome and enjoy a respectful debate. I love life, and am thankful for those things and people that make life worth loving: my family, my friends, my dogs, German rock, etc. Contact: jon.earl.adams@gmail.com

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