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To: laotzu
The LDS bible contains the same Old & New Testament as any Protestant church. The Christ of the LDS is described in that New Testament. If we do have this valuable discussion, and before it comes up, I do not play dueling Scriptures.

Draw, pardner. In the official doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints, they offer this:

"We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly"
Perhaps you were unaware that their "prophet" Joseph Smith himself supposedly (re)translated the Bible to restore all these things that they claim were lost. Are you really sure that the "LDS bible", the Joseph Smith Translation, contains the same Old & New Testament as any Protestant church"?

The LDS official website offers free access to this important work, yet the website doesn't give access to the entire JST. It gives free access to the entirely of every other scripture held sacred by the LDS (including some not mentioned in the "Summary of Beliefs"), and the JST is similarly expurgated in it's printed form. Why does the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints withhold this important scripture from it's members? Or at least make the appropriate changes to Article 8 to reflect the JST's existence?

For what it's worth, the official website says this about the use of the word "translation" as it applies to the JST:

"Because the Lord revealed to Joseph certain truths that the original authors had once recorded, the Joseph Smith Translation is unlike any other Bible translation in the world. In this sense, the word translation is used in a broader and different way than usual, for Joseph’s translation was more revelation than literal translation from one language into another."

Even with a supposedly restored and properly translated Bible, the LDS church still insists on offering a disclaimer that they don't know if the Bible (KJV, JST, or otherwise) is translated correctly or not. Not exactly the kind of assuredness I'd expect from an organization led by a prophet.

22 posted on 06/27/2014 10:16:56 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy
Not exactly the kind of assuredness I'd expect from an organization led by a prophet.

Well, if I were you, I wouldn't join.

23 posted on 06/27/2014 11:04:16 AM PDT by laotzu
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