Keywords
image, the man behind the curtain, First Vision, priesthood restoration
Abstract
Soon after the appearance of my Interpreter review of Jeremy Runnells’ Letter to a CES Director, he promised to provide his personal response. Although this response has not yet appeared, he did post an essay called “The Sky is Falling” by his friend Johnny Stephenson. After I read the essay closely in May, I realized that it provides, however unintentionally, a valuable set of discussion points with illustrative examples. My response begins with some preliminaries, surveys essential background issues concerning facts, ideology, and cognitive dissonance, and then addresses his historical arguments regarding the First Vision and priesthood restoration accounts.
Recommended Citation
Christensen, Kevin
(2016)
"Image is Everything: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 17, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol17/iss1/9
