I'm conflicted between two similar events next week. I have friends going to both. I've attended both in the past. I think it's going to boil down to when Weird Al Yankovic makes his appearance.*
Maybe some of the readers here are trying to decide as well, so here are my thoughts.
The Salt Lake Comic Con is March 17-18, 2017. Here's the link:
http://saltlakecomiccon.com/
The Provo Comic Con is March 18, 2017. Here's the link:
https://bookofmormoncentral.org/content/bmaf-2017
Ooops, did I write Provo Comic Con? I meant the BMAF Conference. Sorry.
I got confused because there are both serious and comical elements at each event.
Comic con SLC has serious panels about the industry but also lots of people dressed up in costumes having fun.
Comic con Provo has serious panels about the Book of Mormon but also people having fun by beating dead tapirs.
One of the big conflicts is on Saturday morning:
Comic Con Salt Lake: "Finding Habitable Planets in Outer Space."
Comic Con Provo: "The Search for Ramah/Cumorah in Veracruz."
Because we're far more likely to find habitable planets in outer space than to find Cumorah in Mexico, I guess I'll have to go to the Salt Lake Comic Con. But I would also like to hear about the comical search for Cumorah in Mexico.
Here's my guess. They'll make up a bunch of "requirements" for Cumorah that are not in the text of the Book of Mormon but are only satisfied by Veracruz, Mexico. Then they'll claim they found the hill (mountain) that fits their requirements. I appreciate clever circular reasoning as well as the next person, but I've heard this before. I've heard it for decades. They're beating a deadhorse tapir.
Another fun event at Comic Con Provo would be "Frauds and Hoaxes: the Michigan Relics." This is another event beating a deadhorse tapir that I'm sorry to miss.
Everyone knows there were fraudulent Michigan relics related to Soper and Savage, etc. What no one seems to talk about is the artifacts found in Michigan before Soper and Savage were even born; i.e., what were those guys copying? If there was an answer to that, I'd skip the Salt Lake Comic Con and attend the Provo Comic Con. But I think we all know we're not going to hear that answer at either Comic Con, so I'll have to stick with Salt Lake Comic Con.
Probably...
:)
*Weird Al is appearing Friday at noon, so technically it's not a conflict. But the real Walking Dead event is at noon Saturday in Salt Lake, and I'd rather see that than the Walking Dead Mesoamerican/Two Cumorahs theory on display in Provo.
Maybe some of the readers here are trying to decide as well, so here are my thoughts.
The Salt Lake Comic Con is March 17-18, 2017. Here's the link:
http://saltlakecomiccon.com/
The Provo Comic Con is March 18, 2017. Here's the link:
https://bookofmormoncentral.org/content/bmaf-2017
Ooops, did I write Provo Comic Con? I meant the BMAF Conference. Sorry.
I got confused because there are both serious and comical elements at each event.
Comic con SLC has serious panels about the industry but also lots of people dressed up in costumes having fun.
Comic con Provo has serious panels about the Book of Mormon but also people having fun by beating dead tapirs.
One of the big conflicts is on Saturday morning:
Comic Con Salt Lake: "Finding Habitable Planets in Outer Space."
Comic Con Provo: "The Search for Ramah/Cumorah in Veracruz."
Because we're far more likely to find habitable planets in outer space than to find Cumorah in Mexico, I guess I'll have to go to the Salt Lake Comic Con. But I would also like to hear about the comical search for Cumorah in Mexico.
Here's my guess. They'll make up a bunch of "requirements" for Cumorah that are not in the text of the Book of Mormon but are only satisfied by Veracruz, Mexico. Then they'll claim they found the hill (mountain) that fits their requirements. I appreciate clever circular reasoning as well as the next person, but I've heard this before. I've heard it for decades. They're beating a dead
Another fun event at Comic Con Provo would be "Frauds and Hoaxes: the Michigan Relics." This is another event beating a dead
Everyone knows there were fraudulent Michigan relics related to Soper and Savage, etc. What no one seems to talk about is the artifacts found in Michigan before Soper and Savage were even born; i.e., what were those guys copying? If there was an answer to that, I'd skip the Salt Lake Comic Con and attend the Provo Comic Con. But I think we all know we're not going to hear that answer at either Comic Con, so I'll have to stick with Salt Lake Comic Con.
Probably...
:)
*Weird Al is appearing Friday at noon, so technically it's not a conflict. But the real Walking Dead event is at noon Saturday in Salt Lake, and I'd rather see that than the Walking Dead Mesoamerican/Two Cumorahs theory on display in Provo.
Stop it! Stop it! I almost fell down and hurt myself laughing at this one. :)
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The irony of these two events occurring on the same day just couldn't go without some kind of recognition. I've always thought of BMAF as a club for Mesoamerican proponents, as they expressly state in their mission statement. Now that BMAF is part of Book of Mormon Central, I suppose the club for Mesoamerican proponents has expanded, but their Provo Comic Con still won't keep pace with the Salt Lake Comic Con.