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  2. Vera Rubin - Wikipedia

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    Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (/ ˈ r uː b ɪ n /; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted and observed angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic rotation curves .

  3. Criticism of the Book of Mormon - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, the language of the Book of Mormon closely mimics the Elizabethan English used in the KJV, with 19th-century English mixed into it. [46] The Book of Mormon quotes 25,000 words from the KJV Old Testament (e.g., 2 Nephi 30:13-15; cf. Isaiah 11:7-9) and over 2,000 words from the KJV New Testament. [47]

  4. Archaeology and the Book of Mormon - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Mormon also makes numerous references to swords made in the New World, and their use in battle. [119] When the remnants of the Jaredites' final battle were discovered, the Book of Mormon narrative states that some swords were collected and "the hilts thereof have perished, and the blades thereof were cankered with rust."

  5. Vera Rubin, pioneering U.S. dark matter astronomer, dies at 88

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    She used galaxies' rotations to discover the first direct evidence of dark matter in the 1970s while working at the Carnegie Institution in Washington. Vera Rubin, pioneering U.S. dark matter ...

  6. Mosiah priority - Wikipedia

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    According to Mosiah priority, after the text of Mosiah through the end of the Book of Mormon was transcribed, Joseph Smith returned to the beginning and transcribed 1 Nephi through Words of Mormon. Mosiah priority is the most widely held solution to questions regarding the sequence of the English text.

  7. Origin of the Book of Mormon - Wikipedia

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    Your mother and sister, Mrs. Athalia Robinson, were present when that book was handed to me in Mentor, Ohio, and all I ever knew about the origin of [the Book of Mormon] was what Parley P. Pratt, Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith and the witnesses who claimed they saw the plates have told me, and in all of my intimacy with Joseph Smith he never told ...

  8. Book of Mormon is one of most expensive books in 'Pawn Stars ...

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    This specific book was worth more too because it was the final printed edition before the founder of the Mormon religion was killed. In the end, Adam ended up selling the book to Rick for a smooth ...

  9. Spalding–Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship

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    The theory is that Spalding's manuscript was stolen by Sidney Rigdon, who used it in collusion with Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to produce the Book of Mormon. Rigdon claimed that he was converted to the Latter Day Saint movement by reading The Book of Mormon, but Howe argued that this story was a later invention to hide the book's true origin.