Mormonism Part One

I am a Christian and I do believe the Bible to be the Word of God. Though written by more than 40 authors over a span of more than 2000 years, yet it is one coherent book. There is no inconsistencies in the Bible. I am not completely familiar with the teachings of Mormonism. So you should continue to write more about this. Great article!

I am of the mormon faith, or as we prefer to be called members of the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints and would like to comment on certain points. I would like to address the Bible in its translations or revisions. In modern day Bible's are there not many versions of the same book including the King James version. Was there not a meeting held near the 1500's to discuss what the meaning of Christianity and the Bible were supposed to mean and make these texts say or mean the same "coherent" basis as to what it means if i am wrong please correct me but if true please clarify and give certain proof as to what exactly that meeting was for. Please reply

i know nothing of that meeting, if you can give me the proof that it took place i will of course look at it. There have never been revisions of the Bible in the sense that its meaning has been changed, merely the same thing said differently so we can better understand it in our modern way of speaking.

Here is a website with sited information included that has the Council of Nicea and includes references to other revisions. http://www.bidstrup.com/bible.htm

I am also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints.

Does the Lord have to repeat himself. If you look through the Bible, He keeps repeating Himself the whole way through, albeit not word for word but He is always saying, repent and come to Me. The Bible is written in in the middle-east, what about all of God's children living elsewhere around the world? Didn't He love them just as much to give them instruction (the same instruction) or did He not care about them?

As for things being taken from the Bible, you should re-read your NIV (the New International Version) as there are several passages missing e.g. Matt 18:11, Mark 11:26, just to get you started. If you want more of the verses taken cause they don't align with that particular faiths beliefs let me know.

We believe everyone has a right to believe and worship who, where or what they want, however, trying to prove truth will only happen individually if you ask the source of truth and listen to the answer.

In case you didn't read your footnotes the verses removed from the Bible were not in the earliest manuscripts; so they were thought to be copied in by mistake. And Smith did take word for word from the Bible, compare and you will see. The Bible says it is the complete instruction, 2 Peter 1:3. It is also for gentiles, this includes all, so no other instruction is necessary.

I am not going to argue with you further on it

God bless

Lord, I find it fascinating and touching that you would put so much effort into trying to help your Mormon brothers and sisters. As a Mormon, I would like to thank you for your efforts.

You may be interested in this website regarding the bible\'s Old Testament canon and the apocrypha: http://www.bible-researcher.com/canon2.html

As you can see, the Old Testament canon has been changed a number of times depending on which church you belong to.

I appreciate you pointing out the name change from Benjamin to Mosiah. I too have a replica of the Original Book of Mormon, but never noticed the discrepincy. This is very interesting to me, and I intend to look into it further. I do not think, however, that this is a very significant piece of evidence: the discrepency in no way changes the doctrine or the verasity of the Book of Mormon. Although Joseph Smith translated the book by the gift and power of God, he was human, and he made mistakes, as is the case with all of God\'s prophets.

This brings me to my point, which is more fundamental. Each of the books of the old testament are a record of God\'s dealings with his people through his prophets; from Adam, to Enoch, to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, to Moses, and on through the ages of the various kings of Judah and Ephriam, which were divided and eventually scattered. When Christ came, we can assume the scriptures he used to teach from were the Hebrew Old Testament. Christ gave us the new law that fulfilled the law of Moses as it was outlined in the Old Testament and sought to gather Israel once again, as described in the New Testament. So, if the Bible chronicles the history of the Lord\'s dealings with the world, what happened to the last 2000 years since the New Testament was written, and what happened during the hundreds of years between the Old and New Testaments?

And where did Martin Luther get the authority to change the canon of the Old Testament (see link above, including reference to Council of Trent, as eluded to earlier in the discussion)? If it came from the Catholic church, then he must have surely lost it upon excommunication. If the Catholic church lost its authority and became apostate, as the protestant movement suggests, then the priesthood of God was lost from the earth, and with it the authority to act in his name.

I rejoice and praise God in his infinite mercy that the \"falling away\" prophesied of by Paul in 2nd Thes. before the 2nd coming of Christ was ended when God and his beloved son appeared to Joseph Smith, to usher in another dispensation in these latter-days, and to restore the true priesthood and order of God upon the earth.

As a result, the Lord not only revealed his dealings with other branches of the house of Israel in a time between the Old and New Testaments (the Book of Mormon), but he also restored the priesthood authority to declare the word of God in its purity, by those who are ordained as was Aaron.

For more info see: www.mormon.org or www.lds.org

Thanks again for your post Lord.