Brigham Young University religion professor and historian Kerry Muhlestein explored both the power and danger that comes with making assumptions, with special regard to the Book of Abraham, as part of the FairMormon Conference on Thursday at the Utah Valley Convention Center.
“What I really like to swing my claim off is how important the beginning premise, or the beginning assumption, is that people make,” said Muhlestein, who specializes in Hebrew and Egyptian studies. “And often we don’t realize this. And it’s what frequently causes disagreement among people of different faiths or people who are of no faith at all, because they don’t realize what their beginning assumptions are.”
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