tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275804374019732213.post7024546515804096550..comments2024-03-26T10:31:54.453-07:00Comments on Book of Mormon setting: Mosiah and Joseph Smithjonathan3dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379975395372054926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275804374019732213.post-82928869882908244762020-01-23T19:59:22.271-08:002020-01-23T19:59:22.271-08:00Brother Neville,
Thanks for a stimulating analysi...Brother Neville,<br /><br />Thanks for a stimulating analysis of the Book of Mormon translation process. Your comments are helpful to the ongoing discussion on this important topic.<br /><br />If I could be so bold - I would suggest that the only drawback to your post is your statement that the comment in the Gospel Topics essay and on the official website of The First Presidency alluding to the use of "two instruments" used by Joseph Smith in the translation of the Book of Mormon is "misleading." <br /><br />We're talking about the Gospel Topic essay and the official website of the First Presidency here, so it's hardly helpful to your readers to label the statement as "misleading." It may not agree with your own views, but it is pretty draconian to suggest the First Presidency is "misleading" the Saints. Unless I misunderstand, you have just fired a shot over the bow of the First Presidency and told the world they are "misleading" the people.<br /><br />Ouch! I wonder what they would have to say about your characterization?<br /><br />I think the rest of us are going to go with the First Presidency on this one. If we have to pick and choose what we can believe or what is misleading on the Church's official website then that presents a bigger problem for all of us than what Joseph Smith may have called the instruments he used to translate.<br />FDHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965853399898000279noreply@blogger.com