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To: Adam-ondi-Ahman
Words we claim come from God Himself:

3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.

4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?

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6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?

7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?

8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also.

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10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written.


Has it never struck you as odd ... that this, supposedly, ... was written before there was a Bible ?

Does it not strike you that it would make perfect sense for Joseph Smith to author this ... if he were trying to pass off another set of writings ... as equal/greater than the Bible ...

... and that it doesn't make as much sense ... for someone who had never seen or heard of a Bible ... to write this ?

243 posted on 01/03/2006 4:34:08 PM PST by Quester (If you can't trust Jesus, ... who can you trust ?)
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To: Quester
... and that it doesn't make as much sense ... for someone who had never seen or heard of a Bible ... to write this ?

The prophets of old were given visions of our time, so they knew of the Bible in our days. The point is the logic in those passages makes sense. God loves all his children, and reveals truths to them from time to time, not just the Jews.
247 posted on 01/03/2006 4:40:58 PM PST by Adam-ondi-Ahman
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