You introduced a point that a tradition which does not have true apostles ought not make claims of apostolicity. My counterexample asserts the equal dubiousness of claims of priesthood without the sacrificial elements marking true priests.
Because even my invitations to debate (which must...
Oh, and bypassing the opinions of experts in the field is somehow more objective? Nature has been published since 1869 and has a certain prestige and track record to maintain. Science is a gigantic house of cards, and it would be dire indeed for scientists to build a whole career on someone's...
No big deal, anyone who is pro-death penalty, even non-LDS, believes in blood atonement. This is what the families mean when they say, "Why doesn't the State hurry up and execute him? We need closure."
Unfortunately, this is how we were told to communicate via stone:
Numbers 15:
[32] And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
[35] And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation...