Comments on: Diverse Latter Day Scripture

By: W.

W. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:53:37 +0000

I’ve come late (too late?) to this post, but this is great. Thanks, John, for posting this stuff. As it happens, I met Azrael Ondi-Ahman when I was a missionary in Pocatello, Idaho about 12 years ago. He lived in a small house just down the block from my apartment. He spent much of his day walking slowly around the neighborhood, sporting a walking stick carved with a bearded figure. In his former ward, people said he was the elders quorum president when he had his vision and left the church to form his own. Quite a few members of the ward joined him. This was many years before I came to the area, but the ward still seemed a little traumatized by the episode.

I spoke with Azreal a couple of times, and he was kindly and soft spoken.

By: DKL

DKL — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:32:23 +0000

madhousewife, so do I. Some people daydream about being friends with Brad Pitt. Not me. When I daydream like that, I’m thinking about how cool it would be to know all the people John Hamer knows.

By: madhousewife

madhousewife — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:53:53 +0000

Fascinating. I need friends with more interesting book shelves.

By: David

David — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:33:59 +0000

Hi John-

Thanks for your in depth discussion and exploration on continued revelations. I’d love to see his collection.

After doing some searching I found some interesting videos related to Azrael Ondi-Ahman. He makes some pretty valid points that resonated with me.

Here’s the list of videos:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=%22azrael%20ondi-ahman%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#

Thanks again,

David

By: John Hamer

John Hamer — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:46:45 +0000

Good to hear it, maria (#25)! I was actually checking Alton out on Google satellite earlier to make sure it was still there — it was — but I’m glad to get an on-the-ground report.

By: maria

maria — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:30:51 +0000

FWIW, my relatives in Alton all seem to be doing pretty well…and have been for generations. I’ll have to ask my cousins if they’ve heard of Dr. Glendenning, and what the back story is on the curse. If I find out anything interesting, I’ll let you know.

By: John Hamer

John Hamer — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:19:09 +0000

One thing that I like is that all these new scriptures take common Mormon concepts as their foundation and then extrapolate in different directions.

We have temple emphasis, the city of Enoch, Heavenly Mother, the Three Nephites, priesthood authority, Elohim, elect souls reserved for the last days, additional insights into Bible and Book of Mormon stories, and more.

And I just had to include the curse against Alton, Utah. Poor Alton.

By: DKL

DKL — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:59:51 +0000

Fascinating post, John. That’s a pretty amazing sampling of restoration scripture.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:58:55 +0000

JH,
Oh, I’m fully aware that any mockery of these divergent groups by LDS risks falling into the deep well of epistemological gloom.

By: John Hamer

John Hamer — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:28:27 +0000

Ronan (#17): Joseph Smith had the same problem in his day. LDS D&C 124 is a great example, as it divinely sets out prices in dollars for shares of a joint stock company commanded to build a “house for boarding”.

Meems (#18, 20): One person’s scripture is another person’s blasphemy. I know that many of these works (probably all of them) have or have had faithful believers who understand them to be divinely inspired. At the same time, there’s no shortage of people in the world who earnestly (if uncharitably) believe that the Book of Mormon itself was Satanically inspired.