I just started talking about words, but everyone started going apes**t on me!
If you separate your emotional to the Beale Papers you can see there are some interesting info out there that people have introduced.
Seems every time someone says something in a positive light above the Beale Papers, people have an emotional brake down. Head in there hands crying it's not real, it's not real as they sit there crying and lash out at the person who should say such a thing.
A lot of facts back the ciphers as true.
Who would go to such lengthy process just to sell a 50 cent book?
You guys grasp at anything that you can find to argue with, but I'm not arguing! I'm just looking at facts!
Get over it!
Emotional? They're simply writings. I've studied theology without emotion steering findings. Why would other writings be different?
Not sure how I'd have great emotion over the pamphlet...
My faith in them is neither great ,nor non existent.
The 50 cent part is the strongest reason to credit them with purpose. 50 cents was something at the time of publication.
Definitely a full belly! Then there is the stimulation of other regularly printed paper sales.
If Cotton/co. was looking for a cut ,or just gaunt with worry over the future of his/their enterprise ;something creative would hopefully stimulate reader interest. And further sales to keep readers informed.
Was the fire suspicious as they are today when a company's budget is in the red?
That is interesting stuff. Do I hang my hat on it as gospel , and therefore the Beale tale and treasure is true? No more than any other un-confirmed writing.
I've enjoyed very little fiction.
Not sure why ,other than it seems more a distraction rather than real life.
Tolkien's series L.O.T.R. 's ,and some of his other writings were of interest. That does not make them real. But were they to him ,when they were mostly based on his very real dreams?
When you can translate the ciphers ,and show others how you do it and show the resulting tangible connection to them,then you have less argument.
Till then there is only thin air between a writing , and fiction. Or claim of non-fiction.
Selling invisible auto's that cannot be felt...Is a hard sell.
Yet there are folks who will , and have ;put money down on one. I'm just not in that line.