We're Missing Part the Book of Mormon? | SU Podcast 

Oh, awesome! So happy to hear this, James! =)

But it doesn’t make it true.

Oh, thanks, Nick!

Agreed!!!

I would recommend the truth over that, but you do you.

Yes, you should. It is a very engaging and informative read.

Glad you enjoyed it!

=)

Brett Majeske. That means a lot to me. I have seen you defend the Lord and HIs church in many comments on RU-vid. I will eagerly read it soon.

I think he does, too.

Everybody does

Michael - Scripture references are included in parentheses so you can follow up on them for yourself, and there is also a scripture index in the back of the book to help you look up where certain scriptures are discussed in the book itself.

@@onandagus1 Sounds great! Of all the books I want to read, this is one that I actually might get around to. ;) Sooner than later.

if you like detective history work please read fawn brodie's No man knows my history. that is real detective work.

@@sampathrathnayaka3905 Fawn Brodie's work is based on antagonistic hearsay and conjecture. It really isn't that good as far as historical detective work goes. Anyone can find someone that didn't like smith and take their biased antagonistic views of him as authoritative. But what no single person could do is actually write a book with a complex plot full of dozens of main characters, and place names and details that do not contradict themselves and are also corroberated by actual history and biblical scriptures and concepts, that is more than 600 pages in no more than 75 working days without a single note or reference. Even non-members have looked at Brodie's work and said that it stretches known truths to conjure a forced negative narrative of Smith. Her other work on secular leaders has also been less than impressive to the history community.

@@sampathrathnayaka3905 Sampath - There has been a great deal of excellent historical scholarship on Mormonism in the three quarters of a century since Fawn Brodie made her contribution with No Man Knows My History. What are your picks for the best works of historical scholarship since then?

Hope you enjoy it!

Lizy - Doesn't matter too much, but I would encourage going ahead and reading the book before. Some connections will make more sense after you receive your endowment, but your endowment itself may make more sense if you see some of things related to it in the Book of Mormon and church history highlighted first. One problem people sometimes have when they first go through the temple is that it doesn't seem related to the things they've learned in the church before going into the temple. In fact, much of the temple _is_ in the scriptures, but we don't necessarily highlight those things. The descriptions in the book of the plates, the translation process with interpreters and the curtain, and the story of Mosiah I and how it relates to the story of the brother of Jared could all help to contextualize your temple experience when you go through.

@@onandagus1 great tip! thank you! :)

Wait until after, but then never get it and love a fulfilling life instead.

Meant to say “live” instead of “love,” but it’s okay the way it is.

@@bradensorensen966 If I want to live my religion, let me. Delete your comments immediately.

God explains clearly in the D&C Section 10 why Joseph was not allowed to redo it. This revelation leads us to understand that the pages were not destroyed at that time nor was it a single individual or a woman who took them as well.

The lord warns against those who would come to make forgeries to distort the word of God. Mark Hoffman was in the process of making such forgeries.

Hey there, halcyon! If you have the same barber, then you have excellent taste! You, me, and Tommy! Yes, that is definitely the philosopher's stone/squaring the circle. I got it a few years ago for my birthday representing the transformation of the human into the divine and the reconciling of 'irreconcilable' opposites. For me it connects with the spiritual life in general, with transhumanism, and with the paradoxical reconciliation in Christ of finite and infinite, immanent and transcendent, weak and omnipotent, sin and perfection, 'man' and God. It sounds like I may have something of a kindred spirit in you! We should talk more. And I'll be careful of Uriel. ;-) If we ever chat further, I'll tell you where else I've encountered his name.

@@onandagus1 im honoured you have replyed. Yes looking at the video i thought there is my long lost little brother but one who has excelled himself with a degree or two and focused his learning and imagination. It is possible to be lds and a non conformist. The waters were calm at first then a little choppy then i got babtised in them and the sea got rougher and squally. I was a too open too honest member then the big X then no mans land then back in the fold only to eventually reach the pinnackle and face new problems within the circle loose patience in the hired shepherds and eventually get carried by the beast! However the lord said id rather you hot or cold but luke warm or indiff i shall spat you out! Einstien and myself both enjoy sailing and it was during his sometime disasterous sailing passages he got his brilliant ideas! One has to have imagination to have Ūrnā or as a latter day saint wd say decernment of the spirt. You my friend may be the Pseudo-Dionysius of the church history pot holes. Hope so!

@@Cyrusmagi - It sounds like you've had quite the journey! I hope your journey ahead takes you wonderful places.

The story of Adam and Eve was definitely an allegorical story!

@@lamaramariewilson6746 No, it was not. Adam was a real human being and now he is a resurrected, exalted human being. Read the scriptures, all the prophets and Jesus himself referred to Adam as a real human being. If you are concerned that the Bible says he lived a thousand years, remember that God can do as He pleases, and if he wanted Adam to live a longer lifespan, then it was so, and it was necessary for populating the earth and most important so that his children and descendants could here the Gospel taught by one who was a eyewitness, one who had walked the garden of Eden and conversed with God face to face, thus also confirming to Adam's offspring and to us that God was and is real and not a figment of Adam's imagination.

No the scriptures are not allegorical or metaphorical although they do contain a lot of allegories and metaphors. God uses a lot of symbols and metaphors to convey certain Gospel thruth through poignant imagery so that the people can relate to those thruth. For example in the old testament God often uses the metaphor of marriage to illustrate his relationship with his people, sometimes when Israel is faithful to "her husband" the Lord, it is like a happy marriage,harmony, peace and blessings flow, but when Israel is unfaithful, then sorrow and consequences follow that unfaithfulness. God is alway faithful, Israel not so much. This metaphor uses something in the every day experience of people to teach eternal principles. As far as dreams, sometimes the Lord sends special dreams to teach or warn. Modern culture ridicules people who "dream" , of course not all dreams are divinely sent and most of them are just a mechanism the brain uses to make sense of its experience and the world. In case of a particularly spiritual dream, prayer will help distinguish a divinely sent dream from a mundane one.

@@esmeraldagreen1992 I just find there is a vast difference between the two scriptures (the Bible and the Book of Mormon). If it was allegorical, this could be reconciled. But there is no allusion to a trinity in the Old Testament and one really has to contort the meaning of the NT authors to make it sound like they thought it was a trinity also. This is one example, but a major one in my mind.

Do you believe that Jesus was once a man like us? That Jesus dwelt on this earth for a period of time? That He physically died? Do you believe that prior to Jesus' death and resurrection, He taught that we must be perfect even as His Father in Heaven is perfect - only to say after He was resurrected that we now must be perfect even as He is perfect? Nothing in Joseph's statement suggests that God was ever imperfect; and that is certainly true of Jesus. I believe that if one looks at that statement by Joseph Smith, and compares it to the real life and example of our Savior, God the Son, Jesus Christ; that statement isn't as ridiculous as some may initially purport.

@@SaintsUnscripted ^_^ Jesus-Christ is the Word of God made flesh (John 1:1 , 14) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body (mean human) on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by whose stripes ye were healed ( 1 Peter 2: 24) Jesus and the Father are ONE, we don't have 2 Gods. Jesus-Christ is God, the physical apparence of God ( to Philip John 14: 8-9 ) Jesus-Christ is God before the creation ( Hebrews 1 : 8-10; John 17:24) The Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, God ( Revelation 21:6) So, he was not just a normal human, he was sinless ( 1 John 3: 5) NO man can be sinless (1 John 1: 8) Now that I answer your questions, answer mine : Are you going to be a God ? And How many Gods do you have ?

@@SaintsUnscripted ^_^ Don't be ashamed ! Just write proudly your answer, according to your mormon beliefs : Are you going to be a God ? And How many Gods do you have ? ^_^

You are correct that the re-translating was forbidden with warning well advised. Have you considered watching the video to see what Mr. Bradley did?