Gregory L. Smith has added a few more nails to the coffin of the "Anti-Masonic Thesis" of certain passages in the Book of Mormon, made popular in recent times by Dan Vogel:
Gossamer Thin: 2 Nephi’s “Flaxen Cord” and the Anti-Masonic Thesis
Greg also refuted Vogel on the "secret combinations" issue previously:
Cracking the Book of Mormon's "Secret Combinations"?
Gossamer Thin: 2 Nephi’s “Flaxen Cord” and the Anti-Masonic Thesis
Greg also refuted Vogel on the "secret combinations" issue previously:
Cracking the Book of Mormon's "Secret Combinations"?