Did you know that following the translation of the Book of Mormon,
Joseph Smith said: “We heard a voice from out of the bright light above us, saying,
‘These plates have been revealed by the power of God, and they have been
translated by the power of God. The translation of them which you have seen is
correct”?
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• Did you know that over 4,000 changes have been made in the Book of
Mormon since its original publication in 1830? Even articles in your own Ensign
magazine concede that changes have been made.
• How do you reconcile these many changes with the fact that the heavenly
messenger speaking to Joseph Smith said the original translation was done by the
power of God and was “correct”?
• How do you reconcile these many changes with the fact that the translation
process — utilizing a “seer stone” — involved individual characters and specific
words?
One must conclude that Mormon leaders are not being honest. For how can
it continually be claimed (to the present day) that the Book of Mormon is the “most
correct book on earth,”
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knowing full well that many thousands of changes have
been made in it through the years?
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Steve Benson, the grandson of the late Mormon leader Ezra Taft Benson,
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wrote the following damning words in a newspaper article: “Troubling to us was
the pathological unwillingness of the Mormon Church to deal forthrightly with its
doctrine and history. Our personal study revealed that church canon, history, and
scripture had been surreptitiously altered, skewed, rewritten, contradicted, and
deleted.”
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2006-10-18
15:37:25
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24 answers
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asked by
Prodical Son
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