If it were as simple as reading and comprehending the book, I might give it a shot.
It is precisely that simple.
The fact that I cannot get a simple answer or example tells me there is no pay-off (not that I’m an expert on the Catholic Bible).
You did get an answer. But you don’t want to know.
My gut tells me to steer clear of any belief system built on what the original is doing wrong when it offers absolutely nothing better.
If you want to follow your gut, why did you ask the question in the first place?
As I asked earlier, are there any moral teachings from the Book of Mormon recognisably superior to what Jesus taught in his own day in his own land?
And I gave you the answer. What was there about my answer that you did not understand?
Did Jesus tell any new parables or add to the beatitudes anything he may have forgotten the first time around?
Actually, He did. The whole book is full of the stuff. If you insist that I should give you an example, here is a passage that you might like to examine:
3 Nephi 27:
13 Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.
14 And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil—
15 And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the power of the Father I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged according to their works.
16 And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.
17 And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of the Father.
18 And this is the word which he hath given unto the children of men. And for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he hath given, and he lieth not, but fulfilleth all his words.
19 And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.
20 Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.
21 Verily, verily, I say unto you, this is my gospel; and ye know the things that ye must do in my church; for the works which ye have seen me do that shall ye also do; for that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do;
22 Therefore, if ye do these things blessed are ye, for ye shall be lifted up at the last day.
I’m trying to get a simple answer to a simple question.
I made it as “simple” for you as I possibly can. The rest is up to you.
zerinus
