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Already, some of the usual commentators have begun to show up, astutely pointing out that today\u2019s roughly 735-word column doesn\u2019t address every possible criticism that might be directed at Joseph Smith and\u00a0the Book of Mormon and that, particularly when taken in complete isolation, it doesn\u2019t actually, absolutely, prove the Book of Mormon true.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 This week\u2019s installment of my weekly column in the Deseret News, a column series that\u2019s now something on the order of five years old and (to the irritation of some) still running: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865621147\/Book-of-Mormon-and-other-hidden-ancient-documents.html \u00a0 Already, some of the usual commentators have begun to show up, astutely pointing out that today\u2019s roughly 735-word […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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