Once again a hater that takes it out of context and twists it to meet their own narrative. That Church article on the historicity of the Book of Abraham and the papyri states: “Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint Egyptologists agree that the characters on the fragments do not match the translation given in the book of Abraham, though there is not unanimity, even among non-Latter-day Saint scholars, about the proper interpretation of the vignettes on these fragments”, meaning that those fragments are obviously not the papyri from which the Book of Abraham was translated so of course they don’t match, however, Joseph Smith had a lot more papyri than is currently in our position from which the translation was likely done: “Some have assumed that the hieroglyphs adjacent to and surrounding facsimile 1 must be a source for the text of the book of Abraham. But this claim rests on the assumption that a vignette and its adjacent text must be associated in meaning. In fact, it was not uncommon for ancient Egyptian vignettes to be placed some distance from their associated commentary”. Also: “It is likely futile to assess Joseph’s ability to translate papyri when we now have only a fraction of the papyri he had in his possession. Eyewitnesses spoke of “a long roll” or multiple “rolls” of papyrus.32 Since only fragments survive, it is likely that much of the papyri accessible to Joseph when he translated the book of Abraham is not among these fragments. The loss of a significant portion of the papyri means the relationship of the papyri to the published text cannot be settled conclusively by reference to the papyri”. Maybe next time you will get it right, but I doubt it. Doctrine and Covenants 121:33 33 How long can rolling waters remain impure? What power shall stay the heavens? As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints. You can try but you will not succeed. Many have come before you and many will follow but the work rolls forward and you and the others will waste away while the work continues to flourish unhindered.

One by the name of Paul Gregersen debunked the arrogant Egyptologist opinions against Joseph Smith.

0:29 "they do not match" They were never supposed to match. This is how Paul Gregersen debunked the arrogant Egyptologist opinions against Joseph Smith. Smith was right.

I don’t have a dog in the fight but the same bright light he shines on aspects of Mormonism...well many people do the exact same with orthodox Christianity and find it doesn’t stand up after close objective reasoning.

What is your response to the reality of Paul Gregersen debunking the arrogant Egyptologists?

"On many particulars, the book of Abraham is consistent with historical knowledge about the ancient world.3 Some of this knowledge, which is discussed later in this essay, had not yet been discovered or was not well known in 1842."

Wow! you just told volumes about yourself. You couldn't believe in Christianity unless you have evidence. So much for faith. At least Mormons will pray and get a confirmation from the Holy Spirit as to the truthfullness of scripture, and it doesn't matter what the so called "evidence" says. You don't even have any business being a Christian at that rate, since you can't rely on the Holy Spirit.

Paul Gregersen debunked the arrogant Egyptologist opinions against Joseph Smith by presenting proper interpretational understanding on translation.

Give me ten minutes of your time and you'll think the same about Christianity

Have you read the book of Abraham, it's awesome. Still lots of unknown about it, but the doctrine of the preexistence and the therapy of relatively before einstein are huge. The part in the middle where you mention that revelation isn't a thing... Really? Read the books first. The archaeologist also think Moses is made up. I didn't find out Moses's words were from God from the Archaeologist.

01:54. Evidence doesn't matter, Mike. Matthew 24:34 proves Jesus was a false prophet. But that doesn't matter. Just believe in Jesus.

Mike is wrong about the 1 pillar idea. Yes pray and seek revelation after you have studied it, and pondered it, so evidence plays a pivotal role in LDS faith at least for me. What I suspect is that he is unwilling to accept the evidence presented of which there is far more in the LDS faith than in any other denomination or religion. I couldn't be evangelical or any other denomination because of their lack of evidence and would probably be at least agnostic if not out right atheist without the evidence supporting the LDS Faith.

IMO, People don't join churches because of their doctrine. They join because of the good people they meet. Another great video!

I wonder if the actual reason Mike can't be LDS is because they wont pay him to preach and might not even choose him to be a congregational let alone general leader thus not supporting his ego. I have listened to his rants about many different people who claim to believe and do the work of God and his arguments often seem flimsy and self serving to me.