This article is old, but I came across it this morning while searching for something else:

http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/church-history/news-features/martin-harris-wallet.html

It's like this thing is a sacred relic of Mormonism. The holy wallet of Martin Harris that may have held the $3000 that Smith swindled from him to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon.

"Descendants of a man who provided funding for the first printing of the Book of Mormon presented his wallet to the LDS Church on Friday, noting the $3,000 he donated in 1830 would be the equivalent of a $1.6 million gift in 2007.

"Martin Harris is known to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the man who mortgaged his farm to pay for the first 5,000 copies of what has become the keystone of their faith."

$1.6 million in 2007 dollars to print 5000 books? Seriously? $320 per book?

"The wallet rests in "an acid-free box. We treat it like the crown jewels," Oman said, adding the wallet has never been formally appraised and likely never will be."

Maybe they should bring in a team of experts to do tests to confirm that this really was the wallet that held the $3000 swindled from Martin Harris. It would make for a fascinating documentary on BYU-TV. LOL! The wacky world of Mormonism.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2010 09:24AM by Makurosu.

...to determine the shape and curvature of Martin Harris' ass.

I often used to wonder, even as a TBM, why JS didn't just sell the gold plates to pay for the printing of the BofM. More specifically, why didn't Martin Harris ask that question of JS?

...$20.00 or so. "Crown Jewels"; hardly. Crazyiness!!!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2010 10:55AM by lump.

"I hold in my hand the very wallet that MH had money in"

This will be part of an appeal to willingly lose everything in order to help the corporation that holds the deeds to your soul.