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Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:50 am**

Hello all here,

There is now a Discussion Thread over at on the MA&D Message Board, about the recent Book of Mormon Chapter Headings, in The Doubleday edition of the Book of Mormon.
Here is the URL Address to that Discussion Thread:

http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=33562

Here is the Opening Post, From that Discussion Thread, over there:

The Doubleday edition of the Book of Mormon is the most up-to-date edition of the Book of Mormon, and in addition to the changes to the introduction, I count in the neighborhood of 75 changes to chapter headings, both major and minor. The following are some noteworthy ones:

Old Heading - W. of M. 1
Mormon abridges their history onto the plates of Mormon—He inserts the plates of Nephi into the abridgement
New Heading - W. of M. 1
Mormon abridges the large plates of Nephi—He puts the small plates with the other plates

Old Heading - Alma 11
Nephite coinage set forth
New Heading - Alma 11
The Nephite monetary system is set forth

Old Heading - Alma 45
Alma is taken up by the Spirit, even as Moses
New Heading - Alma 45
Alma may have been taken up by the Spirit, even as Moses

Alma 52 - Old Heading
Jacob the Lamanite is slain
Alma 52 - New Heading
Jacob the Zoromite is slain

Mormon 5 - Old Heading
The Lamanites shall be a dark, filthy, and loathsome people
Mormon 5 - New Heading
Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites will be scattered, and the Spirit will cease to strive with them

What does everyone here think about the new Chapter Headings, in The Doubleday edition of the Book of Mormon?

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:29 am**

Brackite wrote:
Mormon 5 - Old Heading
The Lamanites shall be a dark, filthy, and loathsome people
Mormon 5 - New Heading
Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites will be scattered, and the Spirit will cease to strive with them

Well, aren't we being politically correct nowadays!

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:20 am**

Wow... Thank you for bringing this over to this board, Brackite. What a stunning (and yet oddly predictable) development! What I wonder most is: Why now? Why is the Church choosing this precise moment to undertake all of this doctrinal and scriptural revision? Was the Mitt Romney campaign a form of "cover," so that the Church could surreptitiously make all of these subtle changes to the Book of Mormon text? It's all very curious....

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:45 am**

Whoa.

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:57 am**

it appears Joseph Smith may have got somethings wrong.

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:04 am**

Surely we should have had a vote on this?

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:53 am**

Old Heading - Alma 45
Alma is taken up by the Spirit, even as Moses
New Heading - Alma 45
Alma may have been taken up by the Spirit, even as Moses

The Presidential definition of the word is?

I find this most disturbing.

This is so wrong on so many levels.

Shameful. What is this teaching to young children and stake presidents?

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:22 am**

And where might one buy this edition??????

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:57 am**

Soon all references to previous chapter headings will be call ANTI Mormon.

Grampa Denial C. Peterson will say "The headings are not doctrinal!"

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:09 am**

Mister Scratch wrote:Wow... Thank you for bringing this over to this board, Brackite. What a stunning (and yet oddly predictable) development! What I wonder most is: Why now? Why is the Church choosing this precise moment to undertake all of this doctrinal and scriptural revision? Was the Mitt Romney campaign a form of "cover," so that the Church could surreptitiously make all of these subtle changes to the Book of Mormon text? It's all very curious....

Denial C. Peterson has spoken:

For what it's worth, I've criticized some of them (several on this list) for many years.

I'm pleased by the changes.

Did horse get changed to tapir in any of those headings?

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