You guys need to become familiar with google search. Any member that has internet access can find this table and the accompanying information within a minute. I did.
Regards, MG
Most members have to go out of their way to do this, and it still avoids all the problems, and the OP is still right that the article in question avoids those problems. If an article is going to answer the question is should at least answer the whole question instead of just bringing up the trivial matters.
You guys need to become familiar with google search. Any member that has internet access can find this table and the accompanying information within a minute. I did.
Regards, MG
Your link simply reinforces the OP.
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Themis wrote:Most members have to go out of their way to do this, and it still avoids all the problems, and the OP is still right that the article in question avoids those problems. If an article is going to answer the question is should at least answer the whole question instead of just bringing up the trivial matters.
It isn't an "article" devoted to the subject but rather two thin columns of text of less than 200 words. The answer is a brief overview, not an exhaustive treatment. But you're right. Members wanting to see an itemized list of all of the significant changes will need to go out of their way to get that information. It's available in Royal Skousen's book, as Nomad mentioned. Grant Hardy's The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition also lists the changes, as do any number of websites. The information isn't exactly hidden.
Nevo wrote:It isn't an "article" devoted to the subject but rather two thin columns of text of less than 200 words. The answer is a brief overview, not an exhaustive treatment. But you're right. Members wanting to see an itemized list of all of the significant changes will need to go out of their way to get that information. It's available in Royal Skousen's book, as Nomad mentioned. Grant Hardy's The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition also lists the changes, as do any number of websites. The information isn't exactly hidden.
I did use the word avoid, not hidden, although hidden does not mean cannot be found if someone is looking, so hidden can be used. Problem is people need to know they are missing something in the first place Most will probably not get Skousen's book. The issue here, at least from my perspective, is the church bringing up the issue and then failing to bring up the more serious problems and making it look like it is all just basically trivial spelling or grammatical errors. I can understand why they do, since some members would recognize that there is a bit of a problem. It wouldn't be enough but it might get some to look into it more thoroughly and find even more problems. This is actually how many of us found out about all the problems with LDS truth claims. It was usually one problem that got us thinking what else might we be missing.
Most members have to go out of their way to do this
Most members don't have an issue with it nor would they even if placed more prominently. Just because you think it ought to be front and center doesn't mean it ought to be.
bcspace wrote: Most members don't have an issue with it nor would they even if placed more prominently.
It can't be an issue if they don't know about it can they? :)
Now if they did know about it most probably wouldn't care, although some would recognize the significance of it. This group I suspect the church would like to keep in the dark if possible.
Just because you think it ought to be front and center doesn't mean it ought to be.
It just not being honest on their part to bring up the subject and not talk about the bigger problems and make it look like trivial spelling and grammatical errors. I am not saying the church has to bring up the issue, but when they do, I think they should at least be honest with it.. It's always funny to some defenders who will defend anything the church does. At least people like Nevo can admit such things on a number of things. Even DCP thought the church was not being entirely honest using pictures of Joseph translating the plates in full view of a scribe.
Most members don't have an issue with it nor would they even if placed more prominently.
It can't be an issue if they don't know about it can they? :)
So one would think. But most active members are returned missionaries or are familiar with one and many of those have been exposed to the issue. My sense is that most criticisms seen here are known to more than half the people you see in Church on any given Sunday.
bcspace wrote: So one would think. But most active members are returned missionaries or are familiar with one and many of those have been exposed to the issue. My sense is that most criticisms seen here are known to more than half the people you see in Church on any given Sunday.
I personally don't think most know of a couple of them regarding changes to the Book of Mormon.
I went through painstakingly compared the original version to the current version for 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, and others. Here are the changes made to 1 Nephi, clearly identifiable by strikethroughs for deleted text and red font for added text:
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"