> The tablets were returned to the care of the angel Moroni. Several
> witnesses
> saw the tablets and some transcription was shown to an expert of
> linguistics.
> He maintained the writings were authentic.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sodom <Sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>
>
> >Where are these tablets now? Have they gone through sceintific scrutiny?
> Just
> >curious.
> >
> >Sodom
> >
> As authentic as Mohammed, no doubt. Someone ought to write the Mormon
> equivalent of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses."
> BTW, the people on this channel are merely scrutinizing you as a representative
>of a group of people infected with a particularly virulent meme.
>Their questions, objections and discussions are just so much
>scientific experimental manipulation, prodding you this way and that
>just to see how you wriggle under the microscope. Unlike a microbe,
>however, you are a human being (although a confused and misled
>one), and I consider their toying with you in this manner without
>you at least being aware that it's happening to you to be petty,
>cruel, and not in the least bit funny. I apologize for this. Joe