For certain definitions of "authorities" and "data"

From Jonah Goldberg's email bag:

...I'm an evangelical in the midwest (Kansas City). I'm well-educated, a partner in a big law firm, and highly active in a large evangelical church. Not saying any of that to boast, but to assure you I'm not a nut.

Here's the problem with Mormonism. In the serious evangelical world, it is seen as a cult. If you carefully study what Mormons believe, it might appear to be absolutely loony. They believe in the absolute truth of thousands of historical data points for which there is absolutely zero historical, archeological, or other evidence except that it's written in the Book of Mormon. Compare that with Christianity, for which there are literally thousands of confirming authorities and data...

UPDATE: Holy crap, even K. Lo got in on the mocking!