Jamie Loftus

He would instead put a special stone in a hat, then bury his face in said hat. But if you're a prophet, he explained, the stone lights up within the hat, and then you just dictate from there. This whole mystical plates thing also comes up in modern Scientology, where members in Florida are engraving the words of L. Ron Hubbard onto titanium plates as we speak.

He would instead put a special stone in a hat, then bury his face in said hat. But if you're a prophet, he explained, the stone lights up within the hat, and then you just dictate from there. This whole mystical plates thing also comes up in modern Scientology, where members in Florida are engraving the words of L. Ron Hubbard onto titanium plates as we speak.

He would instead put a special stone in a hat, then bury his face in said hat. But if you're a prophet, he explained, the stone lights up within the hat, and then you just dictate from there. This whole mystical plates thing also comes up in modern Scientology, where members in Florida are engraving the words of L. Ron Hubbard onto titanium plates as we speak.

It also harkens back to Helena Blavatsky's notion of the Akashic Records of the late 19th century, which were said to be indestructible tablets of the astral light. So there's that. A lot of this reminds me of spiritualism, which in its early days was composed of a lot of practical magic. Great movie.

It also harkens back to Helena Blavatsky's notion of the Akashic Records of the late 19th century, which were said to be indestructible tablets of the astral light. So there's that. A lot of this reminds me of spiritualism, which in its early days was composed of a lot of practical magic. Great movie.

It also harkens back to Helena Blavatsky's notion of the Akashic Records of the late 19th century, which were said to be indestructible tablets of the astral light. So there's that. A lot of this reminds me of spiritualism, which in its early days was composed of a lot of practical magic. Great movie.

And if you're not familiar with the origins of the Book of Mormon, to be fair, most religious origin stories are not significantly wilder than this. Spiritualism has a similarly mystical origin story. As for its contents, the Book of Mormon details the plight of a group of Jewish people in Jerusalem who escaped the city before it's destroyed in 600 BC.

And if you're not familiar with the origins of the Book of Mormon, to be fair, most religious origin stories are not significantly wilder than this. Spiritualism has a similarly mystical origin story. As for its contents, the Book of Mormon details the plight of a group of Jewish people in Jerusalem who escaped the city before it's destroyed in 600 BC.

And if you're not familiar with the origins of the Book of Mormon, to be fair, most religious origin stories are not significantly wilder than this. Spiritualism has a similarly mystical origin story. As for its contents, the Book of Mormon details the plight of a group of Jewish people in Jerusalem who escaped the city before it's destroyed in 600 BC.

They built a boat, sail it to the Americas, and soon become embroiled in a conflict within the group between two groups called the Neophytes and the Lamanites. One of the big changes made to the Book of Mormon later on is that the Lamanites were ancestors of all indigenous Americans. This language would later be softened to say that they were among the ancestors of some indigenous people.

They built a boat, sail it to the Americas, and soon become embroiled in a conflict within the group between two groups called the Neophytes and the Lamanites. One of the big changes made to the Book of Mormon later on is that the Lamanites were ancestors of all indigenous Americans. This language would later be softened to say that they were among the ancestors of some indigenous people.

They built a boat, sail it to the Americas, and soon become embroiled in a conflict within the group between two groups called the Neophytes and the Lamanites. One of the big changes made to the Book of Mormon later on is that the Lamanites were ancestors of all indigenous Americans. This language would later be softened to say that they were among the ancestors of some indigenous people.

So a group of Jewish people migrate to the Americas and become Lamanites. indigenous Americans. Okay, Jesus is a huge part of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon details that after Jesus is resurrected in 33 AD, he goes to visit the Americas where he is hailed as the pale prophet because yes, Mormon Jesus is white.

So a group of Jewish people migrate to the Americas and become Lamanites. indigenous Americans. Okay, Jesus is a huge part of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon details that after Jesus is resurrected in 33 AD, he goes to visit the Americas where he is hailed as the pale prophet because yes, Mormon Jesus is white.

So a group of Jewish people migrate to the Americas and become Lamanites. indigenous Americans. Okay, Jesus is a huge part of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon details that after Jesus is resurrected in 33 AD, he goes to visit the Americas where he is hailed as the pale prophet because yes, Mormon Jesus is white.

Some of their other beliefs as expressed through Joseph Smith are that God is a flesh and blood being who has a flesh and blood wife, his wife. who lives far away near a distant star. And God tells Joseph Smith that we earthlings were brought into being to create these nuclear families, to be closer to God so that one day we can live with God out of town on the star where he lives.

Some of their other beliefs as expressed through Joseph Smith are that God is a flesh and blood being who has a flesh and blood wife, his wife. who lives far away near a distant star. And God tells Joseph Smith that we earthlings were brought into being to create these nuclear families, to be closer to God so that one day we can live with God out of town on the star where he lives.

Some of their other beliefs as expressed through Joseph Smith are that God is a flesh and blood being who has a flesh and blood wife, his wife. who lives far away near a distant star. And God tells Joseph Smith that we earthlings were brought into being to create these nuclear families, to be closer to God so that one day we can live with God out of town on the star where he lives.

And to create these families, you hear a lot of the classic signifiers of fundamentalist religions. There is an emphasis on sacrifice, discipline, and suffering. There are rigid gender roles. There's canonical homophobia. There's absurd racism that was later scaled back in order to accommodate growth and membership.

And to create these families, you hear a lot of the classic signifiers of fundamentalist religions. There is an emphasis on sacrifice, discipline, and suffering. There are rigid gender roles. There's canonical homophobia. There's absurd racism that was later scaled back in order to accommodate growth and membership.