[Alex Murphy]

And is the same point that is being made about the Bible it was so far removed from the original word of the Lord....In the Bible the Lord warn many time that his gosple was being changed many are dreamers and want to believe the book the Bible is infallible. The words of the Lord is infalliable but what men do with the Words of the Lord is not infallible to think that the designs of men could not happen. You have warnings in various books and also in Galatians the Lord is telling Paul as he speaks the those around him are changing the Lord’s Gospel. When there was no longer apostles on earth in the early AD’s what a picnic they many must have had. One of he mission of Joseph Smith was to restore the Plain and Precious Truths that was removed or alterd in the Bible.

Since the official doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints says that "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly", I was surprised to see that you failed to mention the Bible that the Prophet Joseph Smith himself supposedly translated to restore all these things that you claim were lost. Why wouldn't you want to advocate the most accurate translation known to modern man...

THE JOSEPH SMITH TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE

The LDS official website offers free access to this important work, yet Article #8 in your Summary of Beliefs still makes an Official LDS Disclaimer that the LDS should only believe the Bible "as far as it is correctly translated". Since Joseph Smith produced the JST, that means meaning a "correctly translated" version supposedly exists now! But it's my understanding that 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.

[restornu]

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.

Those who find fault with the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints do so out of ignorance for they fail to realized the original copy of the JST was handle by many hands before The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints received a copy!

[Salvation]

Bumping that comment.