LDS Chuch-owned Deseret Book and other church-owned bookseller removed Tim Ballard's books from online and stores.
that freed the slaves in states not under the control of the Union during the Civil War.
In the “Washington Hypothesis,” Park added, Ballard continues a trend of using bad evidence to reach even worse conclusions by using a dubious account related by a Revolutionary War veteran who asserted — decades later — that George Washington received a visit from a female angel at Valley Forge to reassure the downcast leader that America would prevail in that war and other conflicts.
During the course of that vision, Ballard wrote, the soldier said Washington saw another angel, this one a male, dip “water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand” and sprinkle some of it on America. In the book, Ballard writes the male angel was anointing the land and theorizes it was Moroni, who Latter-day Saints believe gave church founder Joseph Smith thePark said Washington never mentioned such an account during his lifetime.
For his part, Park is pleased the church appears to be removing Ballard’s books, but he and others wonder why Deseret Book promoted and sold the books in the first place. “Historians have been highlighting the problems with Ballard’s books for over a decade,” he said. “Many brought their concerns directly to Deseret Book, to no avail. The books were not only profitable but also fit into a larger, and equally problematic,“In all likelihood,” Park stated, “were it not for the morally indefensible activities that resulted in the church distancing itself from Ballard, they would still be on Deseret Book shelves for some time to come.
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