KevinSim wrote:I am not saying the Book of Mormon account is in fact false, or that the Book of Abraham account is either. I'm just trying to understand what you mean by something being true or untrue, and why those labels are useful for someone who's trying to learn about God's will in her/his life.
I think that if the Book of Mormon is an account of a civilisation that existed it can be said to be true.
I think that if the Book of Mormon is an account of a civilisation that hasn't existed then it can be said to be false.
If false then how can you reasonably expect God's will to be manifest through it?
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
Drifting wrote:So you'd defer the decision about Church attendance to your wife rather than make a decision yourself? It's no wonder women are starting to run the wards....
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
