[wita]

It’s not nice to imply, when you know better. The Bible contains the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as does the Book of Mormon, meaning either one is sufficient for individual salvation.

Neither I nor the Church of Jesus Christ has stated otherwise. As to my taking the floor for the missing books of the Bible, that was meant mainly for your digestion should you want to look for the hints.

[Elsie]

As to my taking the floor for the missing books of the Bible, that was meant mainly for your digestion should you want to look for the hints.

I will not look for 'hints' when your chosen religion tells the world that IT has the answers.

I have boldly asked you to produce such answers.

Will you do it, or just toss out more bread crumbs?

[Elsie]

The Bible contains the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as does the Book of Mormon, meaning either one is sufficient for individual salvation.

I find that hard to believe when the LDS creed says that...

#8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

[Elsie]

 

The Bible contains the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as does the Book of Mormon, meaning either one is sufficient for individual salvation.

Neither I nor the Church of Jesus Christ has stated otherwise.

 

HMmm...

 

 

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The Fulness of the Gospel:

 

A series examining doctrines unique to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

 

The Fulness of the Gospel: The Purpose of Life (churchofjesuschrist.org)

 

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President Ezra Taft Benson explains: "The Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ (D&C 20:9). That does not mean it contains every teaching, every doctrine ever revealed. Rather, it means that in the Book of Mormon we will find the fulness of those doctrines required for our salvation. And they are taught plainly and simply so that even children can learn the ways of salvation and exaltation" (Benson, pp. 18-19).

Fulness is a term sometimes used in the scriptures to describe Christ himself, regarding both his stature as the Son of God and what he offered mankind. John, in bearing witness of the Savior, said, "And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace" (John 1:16). To receive the fulness the Savior offered is to accept him as the one who made salvation possible for all through the Atonement and to follow his teachings. Thus, to experience a fulness of joy requires one to keep God's commandments (D&C 93:27).

Fulness of the Gospel - The Encyclopedia of Mormonism (byu.edu)

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Brigham Young stated the following

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"When the light came to me I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness" (Journal of Discourses Section 5 page 73);

 

"The Christian world, so-called, are heathens as to the knowledge of the salvation of God" (Journal of Discourses  Section  8 page 171);

 

"With a regard to true theology, a more ignorant people never lived than the present so-called Christian world" (Journal of Discourses Section  8 page 199);

 

"Should you ask why we differ from other Christians, as they are called, it is simply because they are not Christians as the New Testament defines Christianity" (Journal of Discourses Section 10  page 230).

 

"And who is there that acknowledges [God's] hand? ...You may wander east, west, north, and south, and you cannot find it in any church or government on the earth, except the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (Journal of Discourses Section  6 page 24)

[Elsie]

 Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie  wrote:

“The Joseph Smith Translation, or Inspired Version, is a thousand times over the best Bible now existing on earth. It contains all that the King James Version does, plus pages of additions and corrections and an occasional deletion. It was made by the spirit of revelation, and the changes and additions are the equivalent of the revealed word in the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. For historical and other reasons, there has been among some members of the Church in times past some prejudice and misunderstanding of the place of the Joseph Smith Translation. I hope this has now all vanished away. Our new Church Bible footnotes many of the major changes made in the Inspired Version and has a seventeen-page section which sets forth excerpts that are too lengthy for inclusion in the footnotes. Reference to this section and to the footnotes themselves will give anyone who has spiritual insight a deep appreciation of this revelatory work of the Prophet Joseph Smith. It is one of the great evidences of his prophetic call”

(Sermons and Writings of Bruce R. McConkie, p. 289).        http://www.mrm.org/smith-inspired-version

[Elsie]

The Bible contains the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as does the Book of Mormon, meaning either one is sufficient for individual salvation.

Neither I nor the Church of Jesus Christ has stated otherwise.

  Joseph Smith made the following claim:

 "I told the Brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth,

and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding its precepts,

than by any other book." 

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Documentary History of the [Mormon] Church, vol.4, pp.461.