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Can I keep the Book of Mormon? I love this fictional story about how my ancestors were Jews that escaped from Jerusalem. I know there is some errors in the Book of Mormon and I have already edited them to be more in line with the Church. I call it the Corrected Book of Mormon.
 
Yes, it is okay for you to keep the Book of Mormon. I have had mine for a number of years. I also have a copy of the Jehovah’s Witnesses version of the Bible, as well as the Bhagavad Gita (a sacred text of Hinduism). There is no need to edit the Book of Mormon to be in line with what the Catholic Church teaches. We already have all that we need.
 
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Can I keep the Book of Mormon? I love this fictional story about how my ancestors were Jews that escaped from Jerusalem. I know there is some errors in the Book of Mormon and I have already edited them to be more in line with the Church. I call it the Corrected Book of Mormon.
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Rosa,
Se debe considerar la importancia de no ofender a Dios por escribir palabras que no vienen de la sinceridad de su corazon. El Libro de Mormon podria ayudarle profundamente en reconocer esa importancia, puesto que parece que no lo ha aprendido por medio de las instrucciones que su iglesia le ha dado. Es una cosa marvillosa realmente tener un corazon que ha llegado a ser lleno del Espiritu Santo y tener el deseo de no ofender a ninguna persona. Se puede leer Alma 36 para ayudarle en esa gran realizacion.

El evangelio de Jesucristo realmente trae las bendiciones de un cambio profundo en su corazon, y trae un gozo precioso. Pero se necesita vivir por lo que se aprenda, comenzando con sus pensamientos y palabras.
 
Rose_Commander said:
Can I keep the Book of Mormon? I love this fictional story about how my ancestors were Jews that escaped from Jerusalem. I know there is some errors in the Book of Mormon and I have already edited them to be more in line with the Church. I call it the Corrected Book of Mormon.
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I still have my triple somewhere…That was a formative part of my life and have no reason to toss it in the trash…

Rose how did you (and do you) feel about the whole “Lamanite” thing now? When I was LDS I had a number of friends who were Native American and the idea of being “Lamanite” gave them a real needed self-confidence and pride boost…

I often wonder about them these days and how they feel now with all of the mDNA evidence showing their ancestors were Asian, not Hebrew, and if they feel they had been duped or the rug pulled out from under them…(They were very proud members of BYU’S “Lamanite Generation” with “Lamanite week” which to my understanding has now under gone a name change to “Living Legends” if it isnt already defunked completely…)

I know BYU has done away with it’s “Native Americans Studies” program etc…

I cant help but wonder what its like to be a Native American or Polynisian and being LDS at the same time since the LDS leaders have had to de-emphasis that they are decendends of BoM characters…
 
I have a very nice copy of the Book of Mormon given to me by some RLDS friends. It is a nice black leather editon. I pick it up once in a while and read from it…there are some very beautiful passages…my favorite “book” is Moroni…there is something very sad and forlorn in this book…to be the last of your people…to be hiding awaiting death and trying to finish an account of your people to preserve until it can be found again at a later date. IMO this is the most moving of the collection of “books” in the Book of Mormon.
 
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I have a very nice copy of the Book of Mormon given to me by some RLDS friends. It is a nice black leather editon. I pick it up once in a while and read from it…there are some very beautiful passages…my favorite “book” is Moroni…there is something very sad and forlorn in this book…to be the last of your people…to be hiding awaiting death and trying to finish an account of your people to preserve until it can be found again at a later date. IMO this is the most moving of the collection of “books” in the Book of Mormon.
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I always loved the story of Alma the Younger…Very Pauline themed story of redemption… 🙂
 
In my reading of the Book of Mormon, I find most…if not all of the stories are retellings of biblical narratives…in very poor English prose. I believe it is a work of 19th century fiction…however…that doesn’t necessarily detract from the message many find in it’s pages…as I have stated before concerning other religious books and traditions embraced here…IF believing in the BoM causes you to love the strangers at your gate…makes the road you walk on “straighter”…causes you to be more compassionate toward others and instills within you a “gentle spirit”…then by all means continue to read from it’s pages and gleen the Truth from it and integrate that Truth into your life.
 
Publisher said:
In my reading of the Book of Mormon, I find most…if not all of the stories are retellings of biblical narratives…in very poor English prose. I believe it is a work of 19th century fiction…however…that doesn’t necessarily detract from the message many find in it’s pages…as I have stated before concerning other religious books and traditions embraced here…IF believing in the BoM causes you to love the strangers at your gate…makes the road you walk on “straighter”…causes you to be more compassionate toward others and instills within you a “gentle spirit”…then by all means continue to read from it’s pages and gleen the Truth from it and integrate that Truth into your life.
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I agree, there are many works of fiction whose stories are themed with Truth.

I have read many a book, that although fictious, nevertheless encouraged a loving and serving of one’s fellow humans and respect for all of creation… 🙂
 
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Rosa,
Se debe considerar la importancia de no ofender a Dios por escribir palabras que no vienen de la sinceridad de su corazon. El Libro de Mormon podria ayudarle profundamente en reconocer esa importancia, puesto que parece que no lo ha aprendido por medio de las instrucciones que su iglesia le ha dado. Es una cosa marvillosa realmente tener un corazon que ha llegado a ser lleno del Espiritu Santo y tener el deseo de no ofender a ninguna persona. Se puede leer Alma 36 para ayudarle en esa gran realizacion.

El evangelio de Jesucristo realmente trae las bendiciones de un cambio profundo en su corazon, y trae un gozo precioso. Pero se necesita vivir por lo que se aprenda, comenzando con sus pensamientos y palabras.
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Good gravy. I don’t want to have to translate and think.
 
Rose_Commander said:
Can I keep the Book of Mormon? I love this fictional story about how my ancestors were Jews that escaped from Jerusalem. I know there is some errors in the Book of Mormon and I have already edited them to be more in line with the Church. I call it the Corrected Book of Mormon.
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Rose, please remember that the Gospel of Jesus Christ does bring blessings and pleasure, and that it is fully found in the Catholic Church, as I hope you have already experienced (unsure what you mean by “soft universalist”). You do not need the Book of Mormon to help you in anything if you are Catholic. It is interesting to read and know what others believe (just like how I also find the Bhagavad Gita very interesting), however it is unnecessary for you to edit it to conform to Catholic teaching, and the Catholic Church has all the tools for you to participate fully in the Gospel of Christ.
 
While I hold the Book of Mormon as a fictional story about my ancestors, the message inside is inspiring. It is true that Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church has all that is necessary for salvation, I love to read about other people’s religions to see how they practice their faith and compare it to mine. I find it sad that many non-Christian practice their faith more religiously than many Catholics, sometimes even me. So I tend to borrow some practices that I find in other religions very beautiful and able to be Christianise. For example, I borrowed Buddhist meditation and Christianise it to the meditation of the Holy Scripture and the Presence of God. I borrowed the Shinto home altar and Christianise it as a home altar for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and for the petition of the Saints for intercession. So I tend to Christianise what I find beautiful in other religions, not because they are bad but because they are good and I hope to make them better. I am sorry if I had offended anybody for my Christianising of other religions’ practices and holy texts.
 
Admittedly I found it marginalizing of him to publicly write in Spanish when most of us here speak English and Rose’s post was in English.

There was no need for him to write in Spanish. 🤷
 
Rose_Commander said:
Can I keep the Book of Mormon?
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Why do you think you need to ask anybody’s permission to keep the Book of Mormon?
I love this fictional story about how my ancestors were Jews that escaped from Jerusalem. I know there is some errors in the Book of Mormon and I have already edited them to be more in line with the Church. I call it the Corrected Book of Mormon.
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Tell us what you have “edited”. They may be interesting subjects for discussion.
 
Publisher said:
I have a very nice copy of the Book of Mormon given to me by some RLDS friends. It is a nice black leather editon. I pick it up once in a while and read from it…there are some very beautiful passages…my favorite “book” is Moroni…there is something very sad and forlorn in this book…to be the last of your people…to be hiding awaiting death and trying to finish an account of your people to preserve until it can be found again at a later date. IMO this is the most moving of the collection of “books” in the Book of Mormon.
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You must be referring especially to the following verses:

Mormon 8:2-5; Moroni 1:1-3.

I agree that he cuts a very lonely and forlorn figure in these verses—but I don’t think a hopeless one. Moroni was also a great prophet who was very close to the Lord. The following verses help put the above passages in perspective:

Ether 12:36-41; Mormon 8:34-35.

I don’t think you would feel so forlorn and forsaken in the world if you were as close to the Lord as he was. His situation might be sad, because of the loss of all his family and friends; but not a hopeless one. For me, however, there are other passages in the Book of Mormon which have a more compelling interest. Here is a typical example:

3 Nephi 11:3-11.
 
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