This is the fourth in a series of posts looking at stylometry in the Book of Mormon.  This post will define the L Voice of the Book of Mormon Three Voice Hypothesis, based on computer wordprint analysis of BOM text.  The Book of Mormon Three Voice Hypothesis is that the Book of Mormon has three distinct […]

  This is the third in a series of posts defining the Book of Mormon Three Voice Hypothesis, based on computer wordprint analysis of BOM text.  The Book of Mormon Three Voice Hypothesis is that the Book of Mormon has three distinct voices: N (Narrative), S (Sermon), and L (Late).  The N and S is […]

  I saw a blog post from Christopher Cunningham going around titled ’21 Reasons It Doesn’t Matter if the Church is True’.  I wanted to respond with a short blog post of my own. Christopher’s premise: A lot of people aren’t looking for a true church, they’re looking for a good church. They want to be part […]

  Tad Callister, former Seventy of the church, spoke at BYU for the devotional address this past Tuesday 11/1/2016.  If you’ve read my blogs at all, you’re probably aware of two things.  1) I have a sometimes illogically fierce loyalty and devotion to the prophet, apostles and leaders of the LDS church  2) I love […]

This is the second in a series of posts defining the Book of Mormon Three Voice Hypothesis, based on computer wordprint analysis of BOM text.  This will focus on introducing the N Voice (narrative).  And contrasting that to the S Voice. Review of definitions and methodology I developed a database of Book of Mormon text […]