So what? Do you think every book Amazon or Books a Million offers is one they published themselves, copyright & all? My understanding is that it's not hard for LDS folks to get a copy of this "version" right? Why doesn't the LDS church scoop up copies Joseph's alleged Bible translation from the RLDS and offer it if it's such a sacred document?
Why would any Joseph Smith-family jumpstarted religion (the RLDS) want to hoard the supposed "Word of God?"
The real reason for not circulating this too widely is that it's embarrassing for Mormons on several fronts:
(1) Many of the changes are extremely minor and are not relevant to significant doctrinal distinctions.
(2) The changes rarely bolster peculiar LDS doctrines.
(3) By leaving many key Bible passages alone, Joe Smith seemed to be giving a "thumbs up" to Biblical doctrines that conflict w/LDS doctrine.
So what? Do you think every book Amazon or Books a Million offers is one they published themselves, copyright & all? My understanding is that it's not hard for LDS folks to get a copy of this "version" right? Why doesn't the LDS church scoop up copies Joseph's alleged Bible translation from the RLDS and offer it if it's such a sacred document?
>>Why would any Joseph Smith-family jumpstarted religion (the RLDS) want to hoard
>>the supposed "Word of God?"
You’ll have to ask them, and the have edited it since and admit it.
>>The real reason for not circulating this too widely is that it's embarrassing for
>>Mormons on several fronts:
NEVER post opinion as Fact! This is your opinion (and why anyone would care what you opinion was about something you don’t believe in was, I don’t know, maybe that’s why you tried to pass it off as fact…)
>>(1) Many of the changes are extremely minor and are not relevant to significant
>>doctrinal distinctions.
Like pharaoh hardening his heart, not God for example?
>>(2) The changes rarely bolster peculiar LDS doctrines.
Um, Yeah, have you read it?
>>(3) By leaving many key Bible passages alone, Joe Smith seemed to be giving a
>>"thumbs up" to Biblical doctrines that conflict w/LDS doctrine.
He was martyred by God fearing tolerant Christians who lied and murdered, burned homes and stole property, raped and tortured Mormons because the Mormons did not believe what the “Christians” wanted them to.
Hey this MO sounds familiar doesn’t it?
So, he never finished it. We do have excerpts and publish them in the KJV as an addendum, and on the web at http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jst/contents
Why don’t you read a little, and pray about it, either way you’ll feel better. Then if it suits you read some more, if not, go read some thing that brings you closer to God.