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To: Colofornian
Now, the Book of Mormon prophesied that Jesus would be born in Jerusalem (Alma 7:10).

No, the Book of Mormon says that Jesus would be born at Jerusalem, not in Jerusalem:

10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God. (Alma 7:10)

As you no doubt are aware, the preposition at can mean "near." Bethelehem, being about six miles from the center of Jerusalem, certainly qualifies as "near Jerusalem."

52 posted on 09/28/2010 6:23:28 PM PDT by Logophile
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To: Logophile; All
...the Book of Mormon says that Jesus would be born at Jerusalem, not in Jerusalem:

Let's see...Bill Clinton parsed the word "is" --- and now you're parsing the supposed "distinction" between at or in.

But thank you for chiming up. 'Cause you made my point, which is, that per Mormon apologists, if a Mormon (or anyone) taking this survey answered "Jerusalem" -- one of the choices on this multiple-choice survey -- then they would be "correct."

I mean, what? They did a survey where answering either of two cities was the "correct" answer per your apologetic? So, yes or no, answering either of two answers was "correct?"

57 posted on 09/28/2010 7:39:55 PM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Logophile
As you no doubt are aware, the preposition at can mean "near."

Thank you Bill Clinton!

85 posted on 09/29/2010 6:02:08 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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