No, it did not. Thank you for adding nothing substantial to the conversation, though.

Ben,

Consider it moved on from. Also, thank you for the thoughtful post on what sounds like an important article. Are there others besides the article’s author who are currently doing good work with theoretical approaches to Mormon studies that you (or perhaps Dr. Taysom) recommend reading?

Tad, looks like total assholery is contagious.

From the Oxford Dictionaries:

Definition of gist

noun
[in singular]
1the substance or general meaning of a speech or text:
it was hard to get the gist of Pedro’s talk
2 Law the real point of an action:
damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail
Origin:

early 18th century: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir ‘to lie’, from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist ‘this action lies’ denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves (gist (sense 2)).

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Other than that, fine comment. I look forward to you commenting once without looking like a total asshole.

Thanks for this. Taysom helps us figure out how to study the Book of Mormon beyond the two most popular approaches:
1. To ignore them
2. To be weighed down by them and thus ignore the text.