Tue 20 Oct 98 12:45
I thought it best to move this particular reply into the HOLYSMOKE echo,
out of EVOLUTION.
>>KK> I have no idea what the "Mormon terrorists" were saying,
>DR> The harassers insisted that elephants roamed North America
Marty Leipzig:
David Rice:
Joseph Smith seems like a L. Ron Hubbard twin.
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DAVID RICE
>DR> with the Egyptians that lived here used them as draft animals.
ML> Egads. And I only tackled the "elephants" part.
Herr Joseph Smith had a nasty habit of manufacturing ancient Egyptian
artifacts for sale. At the time no one could read the real ones, so he felt
free to scribble nonsense images on his product. He did, though, purchase
a real Egyptian artifact and presented it as being found in North America.
He "translated" it and revealed that it was a history of some
king or something (in North America). When it was finally properly
translated it was found to be a sales receipt for some property in Egypt.
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