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- ...because in this life there will always be some issue pending or something yet unexplained.<ref>Elder D. Todd Christofferson, [http://www2.byui.edu/Presen ...er his lies with murder. As tragic as such choices are, LDS doctrine would not expect God to typically intervene via a prophet, or personally, to prevent13 KB (2,179 words) - 19:55, 20 May 2024
- {{Epigraph|I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the firs ...nsign'', Oct 1984, 2 {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/10/god-hath-not-given-us-the-spirit-of-fear?lang=eng}}41 KB (6,573 words) - 19:09, 17 May 2024
- President Joseph has translated a portion [of the Kinderhook plates], and says they contain the history of ==Joseph Smith "translated" a portion of those plates, not by claiming inspiration, but by comparing characters on the plates to those29 KB (4,627 words) - 00:42, 20 May 2024
- Is it possible that Joseph Smith is not a martyr because, while in jail, he had a gun and he had the temerity to de #The Church has not hidden this fact, but published it from the beginning and includes it in th27 KB (4,279 words) - 15:08, 1 June 2024
- ...In this model, prophecy is a description of what will ''probably'' happen, not a certain declaration. ...can state that if A happens, then B will happen. (For example, "If you do not repent, you will be destroyed." Under this model, humans make choices right117 KB (19,440 words) - 15:45, 21 May 2024
- {{epigraph|We warn you against the dissemination of doctrines which are not according to the Scriptures and which are alleged to have been taught by so ...righam of being a false prophet. Also, because modern Latter-day Saints do not believe Brigham's "Adam-God" teachings, critics accuse Mormons of either ch44 KB (7,475 words) - 16:00, 21 May 2024
- ...may not always be ''pre''scribed. In other words, describing something is not ''recommending'' it to the readers as a course of action. ...in scripture are there to point out examples of bad behavior that one need not follow ({{s|1|Cor.|10|1-12}}). Sometimes the writer will say so directly; i130 KB (21,472 words) - 22:10, 26 May 2024
- |L5=Did Elder Russell M. Nelson talk of a friend who translated the Book of Mormon into Arabic? ...such idle gossip be spread abroad without making certain as to whether or not it is true....As I say, it never ceases to amaze me how gullible some of ou35 KB (5,861 words) - 01:11, 17 May 2024
- ...xts or the Early Jewish interpretation of them. As we will also see it was not a position attested in the New Testament doctrine or even sub-apostolic wri ==The concept of ''Creatio ex nihilo'' is not taught in the Old or New Testaments, or by the early Christian Fathers==73 KB (11,849 words) - 00:19, 31 May 2024
- ..., while recognizing creation as organization of preexisting materials, and not as an ex nihilo event (creation from nothing). Furthermore, these accounts ...elites and other peoples of the ancient Near East as possessing a dynamic, not a static, quality. According to Raffaele Pettazzoni, a noted historian of r16 KB (2,574 words) - 14:22, 26 May 2024
- The Saints do not believe in one fixed, inviolate, "perfect" rendering of a scripture or doct ...precepts will draw nearer to God than in reading any other book. This is not a claim about textual perfection. The book itself even insists that some er83 KB (13,754 words) - 18:42, 2 June 2024
- ...rect book"]] on earth, he was referring to the principles that it teaches, not the accuracy of its textual structure. It should first be noted that the Book of Mormon itself does not claim to be free of errors. As Mormon himself stated in the introduction to15 KB (2,600 words) - 23:29, 29 May 2024
- ...e King James Version,' we first ask, 'How else does one quote scripture if not bodily:'" == ...hy religious writing of the Hebrews could conceivably be genuine if it was not full of scriptural quotations.80 KB (13,352 words) - 20:37, 3 June 2024
- ...us that the record of Lehi, was contained on the 116 pages that were first translated and subsequently stolen, and of which an abridgement is given us in the fir ...says, they shall be cut off from among the people, for the rebellious are not of the seed of Ephraim. And there is a passage in the Book of Mormon which6 KB (1,135 words) - 13:26, 30 April 2024
- ...e included for interest's sake, or because their role as Hebraisms has not yet been established. They are included here because they may make difficult p As is obvious from the context, it does ''not'' mean (as a native English speaker might read it) "if you want to be destr6 KB (957 words) - 21:25, 30 April 2024
- ...peak of some things which occured [occurred] during this mission which has not appeared in my other communications. ...o, I answer because the Lord is about to make a short work in England, and not only in England, but upon the face of the whole earth, for the wickedness o67 KB (11,841 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...ecause they have altered the words, they read contrary from that which you translated and caused to be written; and, on this wise, the devil has sought to lay a ...in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it—therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives i6 KB (973 words) - 05:16, 15 May 2024
- ===The stories and worldviews we find in the translated text of our Book of Abraham coincide nicely with what we find from ancient The stories and worldviews we find in the translated text of our Book of Abraham coincide nicely with what we find from ancient208 KB (32,568 words) - 13:22, 13 April 2024
- ...Joseph say that the spirits of the Blacks were neutral in heaven, he would not believe them, for he heard Joseph say to the contrary. All spirits are pure ...continued to grow rapidly. While Church records for individual members do not indicate an individual’s race or ethnicity, the number of Church members61 KB (10,149 words) - 16:01, 1 June 2024
- ...eph Smith/Personality and temperament|imperfections]] as other men; he did not live a sinless life. Indeed, in the LDS view it would be more accurate to c ...he flesh. He was eternal with God, co-equal, uncreated." This is obviously not "a man," as Mr. Powell asserts. It is deceptive to assert that Mormons woul8 KB (1,361 words) - 13:19, 13 April 2024