Joseph Smiths Seer Stone Revealed-Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2015-10-23 | In this video, I will discuss how Joseph Smith got possession of this stone, how he used it, and how it came into the possession of the LDS Church._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Response to Recent Book of Abraham Apologetics - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-09-18 | In this video, I address recent apologetic arguments that defend the authenticity of the Book of Abraham presented by Hayden Carroll, William Schryver, Tim Barker, and Egyptologist Kerry Muhlestein. My comments primarily respond to “The Book of Abraham: NEW Research That Proves Critics Wrong,” Thoughtful Faith, YouTube. With Hayden Carroll.youtube.com/watch?v=_W0MmzxUXc4&lc=UgwsD4SMtc1lHI5R_fZ4AaABAg.AKLAH_m3AT2AKLBz4H42DL---------------------------------You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Schooling Jacob Hansen on the Book of Abraham - A Response by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-08-23 | Dan Vogel critiques Jacob Hansen’s explanations about the Book of Abraham in an interview with well-known atheist Alex O’Connor, highlighting Hansen’s lack of familiarity with the primary sources and reliance on secondhand apologetics. Vogel points out that evidence from the Kirtland Egyptian Papers and the recovered Hor papyrus supports the idea that Joseph Smith claimed to translate the Book of Abraham from these materials. He further addresses and challenges Hansen’s analogies and interpretations, referencing Egyptologist Robert Ritner to argue that Smith had no ability to read or translate Egyptian.Alex O'Connor, “A Mormon Explains Mormonism - Jacob Hansen,” 10 March 2025, Beyond Reason, YouTube.youtube.com/watch?v=q_E4K_6O1LY&list=PLMDve3WeC9qAidJ-sVarJXjy5blvar8qu&index=14--------------------------------------------------------You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Is the Willard Richards Copy of D&C 132 the Oldest? The Latest Polygamy Denier Theory - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-08-04 | In this video, I address a theory presented by Jeremy Hoop and others that questions the traditional narrative about the authorship and timeline of Doctrine and Covenants 132, a revelation on polygamy dictated by Joseph Smith. They claim that the Willard Richards copy of D&C 132 is older than the Joseph Kingsbury copy, which has been widely accepted as the oldest existing copy, dating to July 1843. According to Hoop and his colleagues, an analysis of about a dozen edits in the Richards copy shows not only that it is the older document but that it was undergoing revision and refinement before Kingsbury copied it, and it was presented to the church in August 1852.---------------------------------------------------------------------------You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Gwendolyn Wyne on Nancy Rigdon - Response by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-07-05 | In this response, I examine Gwendolyn Wyne’s recent criticism of John Turner’s remarks regarding the polygamy deniers, as mentioned in his interview with Jana Riess, a senior columnist for Religion News Service (“Yes, Joseph Smith Practiced Polygamy,” June 28, 2025, religionnews.com). In the YouTube video titled, “Respectfully Disagree on Joseph's Polygamy: Response to John Turner and Jana Riess Interview,” released on 25 June 2025, Wyne expressed her dissatisfaction with Turner’s new biography of Joseph Smith, titled *Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet*. She criticized it for failing to acknowledge the “new research” presented by the polygamy deniers and perceived his comments to Riess as dismissive. Wyne specifically highlighted Joseph Smith’s alleged proposal in 1842 to Nancy Rigdon, a nineteen-year-old daughter of prominent Mormon leader Sidney Rigdon. Her treatment of this evidence sheds light on why polygamy skeptics do not receive the respect they think they deserve.Jana Riess, “Yes, Joseph Smith practiced polygamy,” 28 May 2025.religionnews.com/2025/05/28/yes-joseph-smith-practiced-polygamyGwendolyn Wyne, “Respectfully Disagree on Joseph's Polygamy: Response to John Turner and Jana Riess Interview,” 25 June 2025, YouTube.youtube.com/watch?v=4I8I5yVfulY&t=224s---------------------------You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Hyrum Smith - Polygamys Convert - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-06-12 | In this video, I delve into the public denials of Joseph and Hyrum Smith regarding their private teaching and practice of polygamy. I explore their willingness to lie to protect themselves and the church. This discussion highlights Hyrum's transformation from an opponent of polygamy to a supporter and provides a detailed analysis of his last public address on the topic. While this address is often cited by polygamy skeptics, it includes statements that do not support their theory.
Joseph Smiths Letter to the Nauvoo Relief Society (March 1842) - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-05-28 | This video examines a letter Joseph Smith sent the Nauvoo Relief Society on 31 March 1842 to warn them about the activities of unnamed individuals attempting to practice unauthorized polygamy. A deleted phrase from the draft letter suggested polygamy might be authorized by God's command. This video responds to polygamy skeptics who assert that the draft is really a forgery created later to plant evidence implicating Joseph Smith in polygamy. You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
King Davids Polygamy Contradiction (Michelle Stone) - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-05-21 | This video discusses the apparent contradiction between the Book of Mormon (Jacob 2) and Doctrine and Covenants 132 regarding the polygamy and concubinage of King David. The BofM condemns David's practices unequivocally, while D&C 132 states that David only sinned in the case of Uriah’s wife. Polygamy denier Michelle Stone attempts to use this contradiction to exclude Joseph Smith as the author of the revelation. However, her analysis of the texts is incomplete, which weakens her position. She claims that the revelation’s incorrect use of 2 Samuel 12:8 as a proof text is evidence that Smith was not its author. Nonetheless, Stone’s interpretation of 2 Samuel 12:8 is weak and serves as a distraction because it does not disprove Smith's authorship of D&C 132.You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Closing the Loophole in Jacob 2 - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-05-08 | In this video, I respond to efforts by polygamy deniers to close the so-called loophole in Jacob 2:30, which suggests that God might authorize polygamy at some future time. This discussion delves into the complexities and historical interpretations of the scripture, offering a nuanced perspective on its implications for modern beliefs and practices.We will explore the original context of Jacob 2:30, examining how it has been understood and misinterpreted over the years. Our analysis includes a review of scholarly opinions and evidence, shedding light on the theological and social dimensions of this controversial passage.Additionally, we will address common arguments against polygamy and provide counterpoints supported by historical documentation and doctrinal texts. This comprehensive approach aims to clarify misunderstandings and present a balanced view of the topic.Join us as we unravel the intricacies of Jacob 2:30 and its relevance to contemporary discussions on polygamy. Through rigorous research and thoughtful debate, we seek to offer insights that contribute to a deeper understanding of this issue.You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Did Clayton Lie in 1874? (Karen Hyatt) - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-04-29 | In this video, I respond to one argument in polygamy denier Karen Hyatt’s video “Woe Unto You Scribes: The Hidden History of Polygamy.” She alleges that William Clayton’s journal entry for 12 July 1843 documenting Joseph Smith’s dictation of D&C 132 is fraudulent because it mentions polygamy. I show that the entry is consistent with other sources and doesn’t contradict Clayton’s 1874 statement about the origin of the revelation.You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Slandering William Clayton (Michelle Stone) - by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-04-23 | In this video, I respond to polygamy denier Michelle Stone’s use of James Whitehead’s 1892 Temple Lot testimony to slander William Clayton and undermine the historical significance of his journals, which document Joseph Smith’s practice of polygamy in Nauvoo in the early 1840s. You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Kimberli Brown - Anomalies in Claytons Journals? Dan Vogel 2025-04-09 | In this video, I respond to Kimberli Brown’s attempt to discredit William Clayton’s journals with what she claims are anomalies and anachronisms that prove the journals were re-copied to make it appear Joseph Smith practiced polygamy. You can help me deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Rob Fotheringham - How Not to Fake a Revelation (D&C 132) Dan Vogel 2025-04-03 | In this video, I respond to Robert Fotheringham's “How Not to Fake a Revelation,” published on 4 June 2023 on YouTube, wherein he attempts to prove that the revelation dictated by Joseph Smith on 12 July 1843, regarding polygamy, known as D&C 132, was a later invention by the Brighamites in Utah.youtube.com/watch?v=-YInssMwQOE&t=2s“Ep241: The Nauvoo Expositor Affidavits: Polygamy's Smoking Gun w/ Radio Free Mormon,” Mormonish Podcast, 28 Feb. 2025. youtube.com/watch?v=GzUm1LO4x_APlease help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Jeremy Hoop - Still a polygamy denier (Clayton Journals) Dan Vogel 2025-03-21 | In this video, I respond to polygamy-denier Jeremy Hoop’s challenge to the Nauvoo journals of William Clayton, one of Joseph Smith’s scribes who made contemporary entries regarding Smith’s teaching and practice of plural marriage. According to Hoop, Clayton’s journals were copied later so that references to Joseph Smith’s polygamy could be added and make it appear Smith originated polygamy.Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Cheryl Bruno - Polygamy Affirmer (Marinda Hyde)- Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2025-03-09 | This video revisits a controversial source alleging Joseph Smith slept with Orson Hyde’s wife, Marinda. Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Michelle Stone - polygamy denier (JS journal 5 Oct 1843) Dan Vogel 2025-03-03 | This video deals with one of the major sources Joseph Smith polygamy deniers use. It is from Joseph Smith's journal for 5 October 1843.
Nahom Debunked - Has Nahom Been Found in Yemen? Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2024-12-17 | In this video, I will examine the attempts by Mormon apologists to connect the Book of Mormon’s story of Lehi’s flight from Jerusalem to the Red Sea and subsequent journey through the Arabian Desert to real geographic locations, especially their claim that the Book of Mormon’s Nahom has been found in western Yemen. I will show how the apologists have manipulated both text and terrain to produce their evidences in support of Book of Mormon historicity. I will also show how Joseph Smith created his text by simply looking at a map and making inferences, some of which turned out to be incorrect. Part 1: “Have the Valley of Lemuel and River Laman Been Found in Arabia?”youtube.com/watch?v=ZDf9CMeytOI&t=653sDonationsPlease help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today: PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Lars Nielsen - How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass - Review by Dan Vogel (Part 2) Dan Vogel 2024-09-09 | In this video, I conclude my review of Lars Nielsen’s new book “How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass.” This book makes many bold assertions, such as:Joseph Smith knew both Sidney Rigdon and Parley P. Pratt as early as 1825 or 1826; Joseph Smith accompanied Pratt to Ohio to meet Rigdon in 1826; Rigdon visited Manchester before 1830 and participated in digging for treasure; Rigdon believed Spalding’s manuscript was a real translation and recruited Smith to find the gold plates; the Book of Mormon was a continuation of Spalding’s Roman story, rather than a separate manuscript; the Book of Moses was included in Spalding’s manuscript. Can these bold claims stand up to serious scrutiny? Watch this video and find out.Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=RWkjGZ8R1gg&t=2876sPlease help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Lars Nielsen - How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass - Review by Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2024-07-31 | In this video, I review Lars Nielsen’s new book “How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass.” This may be the first formal review by a serious historian of the Book of Mormon and Mormon origins. Does Nielsen establish his new version of the old Spalding theory? Did a seventeenth-century Jesuit scholar named Athanasius Kircher contribute to the Book of Mormon? Did Dartmouth professor of linguistics John Smith write a first draft of the Book of Mormon and pass it to Solomon Spalding? Can these bold claims stand up to serious scrutiny? Watch this video and find out.Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Have the Valley of Lemuel and River Laman Been Found in Arabia? - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2024-02-24 | In this video, I will examine the attempts by Mormon apologists to connect the Book of Mormon’s story of Lehi’s flight from Jerusalem to the Red Sea and subsequent journey through the Arabian Desert to real geographic locations, especially their claim that the Book of Mormon’s Valley of Lemuel has been found in Saudi Arabia. I will show how the apologists have manipulated both text and terrain to produce their evidence in support of Book of Mormon historicity. I will also show how Joseph Smith created his text by simply looking at a map and making inferences, some of which turned out to be incorrect._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Did Lehis Ship Land in South America? - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2023-11-12 | In this video, I discuss the early church tradition of Lehi’s ship landing on the western coast of South America, focusing on two manuscript copies of a purported revelation to Joseph Smith stating that Lehi landed at thirty degrees south latitude in Chile. I also explore attempts to deny Joseph Smith’s authorship of the revelation by apologists who want to limit Book of Mormon events to North or Central America.This video is based on “‘Lehi’s Travels’: What is Its Origin?” Sunstone Theological Symposium, Salt Lake City, 27 August 1987.Historian Lyndon Cook listed “Lehi’s travels from Jerusalem to South America” in the John M. Bernhisel manuscript among the “uncanonized revelations received by Joseph Smith.” See Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants (Provo, UT: Seventy’s Mission Bookstore, 1981), 362._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smith, the Necromancer - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2023-06-05 | In this video, I discuss the magic parchments and ceremonial dagger that were handed down through Hyrum Smith’s descendants, as well as the Jupiter talisman passed down through Emma Smith’s relatives._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
The Book of Mormon and Freemasonry (Part 2) - The Apologists Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2022-11-30 | In this video, I will examine fifteen of the major arguments that the apologists have put forward in an attempt to overturn the anti-Masonic thesis. Along the way, I hope that my viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the Book of Mormon in its nineteenth-century setting.This video is based on “Echoes of Anti-Masonry: A Rejoinder to Critics of the Anti-Masonic Thesis.” In Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe, eds., American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 275–320._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
The Book of Mormon and Freemasonry (Part 1) - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2022-04-29 | In this first video, I will explore the ways in which the Book of Mormon reflects anti-Masonic rhetoric, especially how it relates to the presidential campaign of 1828._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Vogel Responds to Kerry Muhlestein Dan Vogel 2022-03-16 | In this video, I respond to Mormon Egyptologist Kerry Muhlestein’s 2020 FAIR presentation titled “Egyptian Papers and the Translation of the Book of Abraham: What Careful Applications of the Evidence Can and Cannot Tell Us.” I show point-for-point that Muhlestein’s knowledge of the Egyptian and Book of Abraham documents is superficial, and that he misinterprets and misuses the historical sources that pertain to them. His ill-conceived apologetic ultimately disproves his own reverse-translation theory.Muhlestein's presentation can be seen in its entirety at youtube.com/watch?v=r6abS_qRBTc&t=7s_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Vogel Responds to John Gee Dan Vogel 2022-01-19 | Recently, FAIR president Scott Gordon sat down with Mormon Egyptologist John Gee for what they termed a virtual fireside titled “Ask the Egyptologist,” which was posted on YouTube on 19 Dec. 2021. Gee defended many of his old apologetic arguments, including his theory that the Book of Abraham was translated from a lost portion of the papyri, but he also presented new criticisms of what he called the sequential theory proposed by those who believe the papyri that Joseph Smith pretended to translate was among the fragments the New York Metropolitan Museum returned to the LDS Church in 1967. I have dealt with many of Gee’s arguments in my videos as well as in my latest book Book of Abraham Apologetics: A Review and Critique, published by Signature Books in Salt Lake City. Since this was Gee’s latest attempt to publicly defend his lost-scroll theory, I thought it would be a favorable opportunity to provide the public with a critique of his arguments and evidence, especially as it pertains to his criticism of the sequential theory. I have only responded to the main points in Gee’s interview. The entire interview can be found atyoutube.com/watch?v=R7f0s53lTfY&t=918sI would inform my viewers that on April 12, 2022, YouTube notified me that FAIR (Faithful Answers, Informed Response) had issued a request for YouTube to take down this video response to John Gee, alleging that I had violated their copyright. The request was twice declined.My message to the FAIR leaders is--Instead of trying to suppress my video, how about producing a video or some other work responding to my criticisms. That’s what real scholars do._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 8) - Nineteenth Century Sources - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2019-04-12 | In this video, I deal with apologetic attempts to support the Book of Abraham’s antiquity by drawing parallels between unique or non-biblical aspects of its narrative and ancient Egyptian, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sources. Though these parallels are weak, misrepresented, or irrelevant, the apologists grossly overestimate the significance of their evidence and underestimate what Joseph Smith’s contemporaries knew about the non-biblical legends about Abraham._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 7) - The Lost Papyrus Theory - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-12-15 | In this video, I will discuss the claims of Hugh Nibley in the 1970s and John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein more recently that the Book of Abraham did not come from the Breathing Permit of Hôr but actually came from a now-lost portion of the papyrus. Once again, we find that their handling of the sources is seriously flawed and colored by apologetic necessity._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 6) - Joseph Smith As a Student of Hebrew - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-11-08 | In this video, I look at the last phase of Joseph Smith’s creation of the Book of Abraham in Nauvoo in 1842 and explore how his lessons in Hebrew in early 1836 influenced some of the text. I also discuss the apologists’ attempt to escape the evidence that destroys their wild and far-fetched theories.In a recent Facebook response, Brian Hauglid, one of the BYU “apologists” featured in my Book of Abraham videos, clarified his current position and now wishes to disassociate himself from the views of John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein. As an endorsement of these videos and a service to Hauglid, I post a portion of his statement here:“For the record, I no longer hold the views that have been quoted from my 2010 book in these videos. ... In fact, I'm no longer interested or involved in apologetics in any way. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan’s excellent assessment of the Abraham/Egyptian documents in these videos. ... One can find that I've changed my mind in my recent and forthcoming publications. The most recent JSP Revelations and Translation vol. 4, The Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (now on the shelves) is much more open to Dan’s thinking on the origin of the Book of Abraham.” (Brian Hauglid, Facebook, 8 Nov. 2018)_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 5) - Egyptian Grammar & the Cosmos - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-09-22 | In this video, I will show that the so-called “system of astronomy” in the bound Grammar and Book of Abraham is unique but best understood in the context of early nineteenth-century cosmology. I will also continue my response to the apologetic attempts to assign authorship of the bound Grammar to W. W. Phelps instead of Joseph Smith.In a recent Facebook response, Brian Hauglid, one of the BYU “apologists” featured in my Book of Abraham videos, clarified his current position and now wishes to disassociate himself from the views of John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein. As an endorsement of these videos and a service to Hauglid, I post a portion of his statement here:“For the record, I no longer hold the views that have been quoted from my 2010 book in these videos. ... In fact, I'm no longer interested or involved in apologetics in any way. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan’s excellent assessment of the Abraham/Egyptian documents in these videos. ... One can find that I've changed my mind in my recent and forthcoming publications. The most recent JSP Revelations and Translation vol. 4, The Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (now on the shelves) is much more open to Dan’s thinking on the origin of the Book of Abraham.” (Brian Hauglid, Facebook, 8 Nov. 2018)_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 4) - Egyptian Grammar & Race - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-09-06 | In this video I discuss Joseph Smith’s imaginative bound Grammar of the Egyptian language. The first part of the Grammar deals with the Katumin royal lineage and becomes more explicitly racial pertaining to the descendants of Ham. I also respond to apologetic attempts to assign authorship of the bound Grammar to W. W. Phelps instead of Joseph Smith.In a recent Facebook response, Brian Hauglid, one of the BYU “apologists” featured in my Book of Abraham videos, clarified his current position and now wishes to disassociate himself from the views of John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein. As an endorsement of these videos and a service to Hauglid, I post a portion of his statement here:“For the record, I no longer hold the views that have been quoted from my 2010 book in these videos. ... In fact, I'm no longer interested or involved in apologetics in any way. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan’s excellent assessment of the Abraham/Egyptian documents in these videos. ... One can find that I've changed my mind in my recent and forthcoming publications. The most recent JSP Revelations and Translation vol. 4, The Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (now on the shelves) is much more open to Dan’s thinking on the origin of the Book of Abraham.” (Brian Hauglid, Facebook, 8 Nov. 2018)_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 3) - Egyptian Alphabets & Pure Language - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-07-11 | In this video I explore how part two of the Egyptian Alphabets incorporates Joseph Smith’s teachings about the pure Adamic language dating to 1832 and how it influenced material in the Book of Abraham.In a recent Facebook response, Brian Hauglid, one of the BYU “apologists” featured in my Book of Abraham videos, clarified his current position and now wishes to disassociate himself from the views of John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein. As an endorsement of these videos and a service to Hauglid, I post a portion of his statement here:“For the record, I no longer hold the views that have been quoted from my 2010 book in these videos. ... In fact, I'm no longer interested or involved in apologetics in any way. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan’s excellent assessment of the Abraham/Egyptian documents in these videos. ... One can find that I've changed my mind in my recent and forthcoming publications. The most recent JSP Revelations and Translation vol. 4, The Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (now on the shelves) is much more open to Dan’s thinking on the origin of the Book of Abraham.” (Brian Hauglid, Facebook, 8 Nov. 2018)_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 2) - Egyptian Alphabets & Princess Katumin - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-06-03 | In this video I will look closely at the first phase of Joseph Smith’s working with the Egyptian papyri in July 1835 and show that a more complete understanding of the content of the Alphabets and bound Grammar renders the reverse-translation theory of the apologists even less feasible. More importantly, we will get a view of the inner-workings of Joseph Smith’s elaborate scheme to secure the confidence of his followers.In a recent Facebook response, Brian Hauglid, one of the BYU “apologists” featured in my Book of Abraham videos, clarified his current position and now wishes to disassociate himself from the views of John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein. As an endorsement of these videos and a service to Hauglid, I post a portion of his statement here:“For the record, I no longer hold the views that have been quoted from my 2010 book in these videos. ... In fact, I'm no longer interested or involved in apologetics in any way. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan’s excellent assessment of the Abraham/Egyptian documents in these videos. ... One can find that I've changed my mind in my recent and forthcoming publications. The most recent JSP Revelations and Translation vol. 4, The Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (now on the shelves) is much more open to Dan’s thinking on the origin of the Book of Abraham.” (Brian Hauglid, Facebook, 8 Nov. 2018)_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Truth of the Book of Abraham (Part 1) Documents & Timeline - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2018-04-28 | In this video I discuss Joseph Smith’s procurement of Egyptian papyri and mummies in July 1835 and explore the documents he produced while “translating” what he called the Book of Abraham. I also deal with the attempts of Mormon apologists to extricate Joseph Smith from clear evidence that he could not translate Egyptian.In a recent Facebook response, Brian Hauglid, one of the BYU “apologists” featured in my Book of Abraham videos, clarified his current position and now wishes to disassociate himself from the views of John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein. As an endorsement of these videos and a service to Hauglid, I post a portion of his statement here:“For the record, I no longer hold the views that have been quoted from my 2010 book in these videos. ... In fact, I'm no longer interested or involved in apologetics in any way. I wholeheartedly agree with Dan’s excellent assessment of the Abraham/Egyptian documents in these videos. ... One can find that I've changed my mind in my recent and forthcoming publications. The most recent JSP Revelations and Translation vol. 4, The Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (now on the shelves) is much more open to Dan’s thinking on the origin of the Book of Abraham.” (Brian Hauglid, Facebook, 8 Nov. 2018)_________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smiths First Vision (Pt 3) - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2017-10-26 | In the previous two videos, I discussed some of the anachronisms in Joseph Smith’s 1838 account of his First Vision. In this video, I try to uncover the core story and explore some of the reasons he embellished his accounts._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smiths First Vision (Pt 2)-Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2017-10-06 | Since 1967, when the Reverend Wesley P. Walters announced that he could find no evidence of a revival in Palmyra in 1820, no aspect of Joseph Smith’s First Vision has generated more debate. In this video, I will challenge the apologists and argue that their triumphal declarations about the Reverend Walters are premature._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smiths First Vision (Pt 1)-Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2017-09-26 | In recent decades, Joseph Smith’s First Vision has been hotly debated by students of early Mormon history, with critics on one side pointing to contradictions and anachronisms as evidence that the vision was a later invention, and apologists on the other side constructing clever arguments designed to explain away the problemsIn this three-part video, I will discuss these debates, and while I will side with the critics, I want to push beyond simply identifying contradictions and anachronisms and explore the historical implications of that evidence with the view of uncovering the core story and the possible event in Joseph Smith’s life upon which the First Vision story may have been based._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smith and Other Mens Wives (Pt 3) - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2016-12-22 | In this video, I continue my analysis of Brian C. Hales’ evidence for eternity-only marriage. I will also discuss the specific circumstances of most of Joseph Smith’s polyandrous wives, focusing especially on evidence of sexuality._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smith and Other Mens Wives (Pt 2) - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2016-12-08 | In this video, I continue to discuss evidence for sexual polyandry among Joseph Smith’s polyandrous wives and examine some of the arguments the apologists use to escape this evidence._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smith and Other Mens Wives (Pt 1)-Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2016-10-16 | Of the 33+ women Mormon founder Joseph Smith married, about 14 were already married to other men. This created polyandrous situations in which these women had two husbands. Some Mormon apologists have tried to defend Joseph Smith by arguing that most of the polyandrous marriages were merely ceremonial and intended only for the next life. In this first of a two-part video, I will discuss the case of Sylvia Sessions Lyon, who believed that her daughter Josephine was the biological daughter of Joseph Smith, but through DNA was recently disproved. This has turned out to be the best evidence for sexual polyandry. In a second video, I will discuss the other polyandrous wives of Joseph Smith._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Anti Universalist Rhetoric and the Book of Mormon-Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2016-08-20 | This video will discuss how the Book of Mormon reflects anti-Universalist rhetoric and in what ways it participated in the debate Joseph Smith’s contemporaries were having on the subject._________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:PayPal: paypal.me/DVogel2024
Book of Mormon and Mound Builder Myth - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2015-05-09 | In this video, I will explore in detail the once popular Mound Builder Myth and show why the Book of Mormon’s version of ancient American history was both familiar and credible to the first readers of the book. This video is based on chapter 4 of Dan Vogel, Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon: Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986).online at archive.org/details/IndianOriginsSee also the two previous videos dealing with the same topicyoutube.com/watch?v=qG0xgHx8ZxYyoutube.com/watch?v=WJ7Pbn4pTlE“Carefully worked out, thoroughly researched, and convincingly reasoned. ... The sources used here and the opinions they contain are representative of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ideas. This is not a study of fringe materials. The ideas discussed here are at the heart of an ongoing debate. The author does not misrepresent the climate of opinion at the time. ... A solid, well-researched book.”— Richard White, professor of History, University of Utah________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Ancient Ruins and the Book of Mormon - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2015-02-28 | The purpose of this video is to explore what was known about the ruins and antiquities of the New World before Joseph Smith dictated the Book of Mormon in 1829, and how that information compares with what is claimed in the Book of Mormon. In other words, does the Book of Mormon’s content demand an extensive knowledge of New World antiquities beyond what was known by Joseph Smith’s contemporaries? This video is based on chapter 2 of Dan Vogel, Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon: Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986).online at http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=3402“A wide range of sources used intelligently and fairly. ... A sound scholarly job”— Francis Jennings, director emeritus, D’Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, the Newberry Library
Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2014-11-26 | The purpose of this video is to explore the intellectual and theological discourse about Indian origins in the New World that preceded Joseph Smith’s dictation of the Book of Mormon in 1829 and how the Book of Mormon may have participated in that discussion.This video is based on chapter 3 of Dan Vogel, Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon: Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986).online at archive.org/details/IndianOrigins"A wide range of sources used intelligently and fairly. ... A sound scholarly job."--Francis Jennings, director emeritus, D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, the Newberry Library________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Book of Mormon Witnesses - Pt 2 - The Eight - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2014-10-22 | In this video, I discuss how relying on the published Testimony of Eight Witnesses has led many to incorrectly assume the experience of the eight men was completely natural and physical. I present evidence that the eight witnesses saw the plates in vision and offer four possible scenarios for how that occurred. I also discuss the apologetic resistance to new evidence regarding the experiences of the eight witnesses.________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Book of Mormon Witnesses - Pt 1 - The Three - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2014-09-27 | Since its publication in 1830, the Book of Mormon has been accompanied by two affidavits: the Testimony of Three Witnesses, who claimed to have seen an angel with the plates, and the Testimony of Eight Witnesses, who claimed that Joseph Smith showed them the plates and allowed them to handle them. However, subsequent statements by members of both groups of witnesses indicate that the published Testimonies can be misleading and that using them to recreate the historical events behind them is a mistake. In fact, there is significant evidence that the experiences of the three witnesses were more subjective than their published Testimony implies and that the eight witnesses’ examination of the plates was not completely natural and physical.________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smiths Magic Spectacles - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2014-06-03 | Eyewitness testimony confirms that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon in the same manner that he once hunted for buried treasure: that is, with his brown-colored seer stone placed in the crown of his white top hat and his face snug to its brim. Rather than seeing treasures in the bowels of the earth, Smith claimed he saw luminous words on the stone, which he read to a scribe. In this manner, the entire Book of Mormon as we have it came into existence. This fact conflicts with Joseph Smith's official history, which claims that he used magic spectacles—which he euphemistically called Urim and Thummim—attached to a breastplate. This video examines the historical sources and responds to recent apologetic attempts to reconcile this problem.________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
Joseph Smiths Motives - The Prophet Puzzle - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2014-03-21 | This video is based on a paper delivered at the Mormon History Association in Snowbird, Utah, 18 May 1996. It explores the theory that Joseph Smith was a "pious deceiver" or "sincere fraud"—a person who deceives for holy or religious purposes and may believe that it is according to God's will.________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
How Joseph Smith Invented Reformed Egyptian - Dan Vogel Dan Vogel 2014-02-20 | This is the last of my three-part presentation on the Book of Mormon characters. In this video, I will discuss what I think is the probable method Joseph Smith used to create the characters on the Whitmer document. My thesis is that he invented the characters on the spot and that while he was no doubt influenced externally by his culture, he was also inspired internally by previous invented characters. I will show that not only did Joseph Smith distort or alter the English alphabet and numbers, but he modified and revised his own invented characters, which is not what one expects of a real language. Indeed, the characters on the Whitmer document have a contrived or invented quality, which (as we have seen in the previous video) was consistent with magic tradition. Part 1: Joseph Smith Makes a Sample of Charactershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xgckv-uLPw&list=UUE7-EZ_ANHRkYHv7wCUTt0Q&feature=c4-overviewPart 2: Book of Mormon Characters Examinedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPFKZ2E4MM________________________Please help me continue to deliver quality content by DONATING today:paypal.me/DVogel2024
