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So the wording change from 'principal ancestors' to 'among the ancestors' has been confirmed by the LDS church:

LDS leaders instructed Doubleday to make the change, said senior editor Andrew Corbin, so it "would be in accordance with future editions the church is printing." The change "takes into account details of Book of Mormon demography which are not known," LDS spokesman Mark Tuttle said Wednesday.

See the SL Trib article here.

Definition of 'demography':

The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.

My question, naturally, is if 'principal' was only ever intended to mean 'most important', what does that have to do with demography?

With this explanation from the LDS church, the apologists' definition of principal can finally be laid to rest. Sorry charity. ;)

edit - mods - feel free to move my posts to the other thread, and delete this one.

Who Knows wrote:With this explanation from the LDS church, the apologists' definition of principle can finally be laid to rest. Sorry charity. ;)

I feel bad for charity because of all the work she put in (i.e., innumerable posts here) to reconcile "principal" with the evidence. She tried so hard ... only to be submarined by the Church. ;)

I see a "universalist church of Jesus Christ" in fifty years. It will be more open, loving and forgiving. But first they need to pass twenty kidney stones.

thestyleguy wrote:I see a "universalist church of Jesus Christ" in fifty years. It will be more open, loving and forgiving. But first they need to pass twenty kidney stones.

Thanx for the chuckle!
I found your comment totally hilarious.

"After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians."

Well that just knocks out how many thousands of talks given to those central and south american saints that their ancestors are Lamanites. Missionaries can't use that talk anymore.

I think a lot of travel packages from SLC tour companies to central and south america will take a nose dive in sales. And now the question is - who among the "American Indian" are the descendents: Apache - Arizona, next to mexico?

Who Knows wrote:My question, naturally, is if 'principle' was only ever intended to mean 'most important', what does that have to do with demography?

With this explanation from the LDS church, the apologists' definition of principle can finally be laid to rest. Sorry charity. ;)

edit - mods - feel free to move my posts to the other thread, and delete this one.

Please use the correct word. I know it is a picky little thing, but the word is princiPAL.

Sorry, who knows. But I don't think this really changes anything. The text of the Book of Mormon says that the book will be preserved to bring the remnant of the descendants of Lehi back to the truth. And that at least some of the indigenous peoples of these continents are those descendants has always been the position of the Church.

charity wrote:Please use the correct word. I know it is a picky little thing, but the word is princiPAL.

Dang! I did it again! Fixed.

Thanks for your valuable contribution to the thread. :)

Rollo Tomasi wrote:

Who Knows wrote:With this explanation from the LDS church, the apologists' definition of principle can finally be laid to rest. Sorry charity. ;)

I feel bad for charity because of all the work she put in (I.e., innumerable posts here) to reconcile "principal" with the evidence. She tried so hard ... only to be submarined by the Church. ;)

you don't feel bad about it, you are saying that to ridicule her by feigning sorrow, aye?

LifeOnaPlate wrote:you don't feel bad about it, you are saying that to ridicule her by feigning sorrow, aye?

Hence, the smiley, swift one.