Welcome everybody to a new episode of Mormonism Live, Radio Free Mormon, and Bill Real here.

To do an episode, we're going to talk about the Book of Abraham tonight.

And we've done the Book of Abraham a couple of times in recent weeks, but we're going to keep plugging away at it.

And there's two primary reasons why.

One is that the Book of Abraham, the translation of it, the evidence that the apologists proposed for it, is one of

the most complex issues in Mormonism. At least the apologists make it that way. And it shouldn't

have to be that way. But the other thing, too, is that it's one of the primary issues that people

lose faith over.

And so we're going to jump right into it tonight.

We've got a really great episode for you.

RFM and I have worked really hard on this slideshow.

And we hope that each of you will enjoy the show and that you can make more sense out of the book of Abraham.

It's translation, the evidence for and against,

and that tonight will be helpful in you better understanding that problem within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

RFM, how are you doing tonight?

I'm doing great, and I wanted to say that you had 40 fantastic slides already set up for the show.

And then yesterday I looked at them, and I went crazy, and I added 40 more slides over the up for the show. And then yesterday I looked at them and I went crazy

and I added 40 more slides over the course of the day. And so when and if this show goes long,

I'm the responsible party. And I apologize in advance. Well, I think it's going to be a ton of fun.

And there's a lot of good stuff in here.

And I looked over your slides earlier today, and I think these are really important pieces to understanding the problem.

So we'll see how this goes.

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