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can we trust the book of Mormon?

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10-30-2004 10:01 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by almeyda
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Topic moved here by AdminJar.
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Should the question be "Can the Mormons trust the Book of Mormon?"
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11-09-2004 7:45 PM 		Reply to: Message 22 by Robb
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Maybe we need to step back just a little
Robb, do you believe that there is one Christian Bible?
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11-10-2004 10:05 AM 		Reply to: Message 37 by Robb
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Re: How do you know?
The parts about Biblical confirmation could certainly be debated, but this is not the thread for that. I can say though, as a Christian, you will find it very hard to support any of those contentions.
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Applying these to the other two books claiming God's inspiration the BoM and Koran, they do not hold up as well.
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Okay, but that is only an unsupported assertion. Unless you can give specific examples it has no weight.
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Re: Maybe we need to step back just a little
But is that entity, the Bible, the same book for all Christians?
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11-10-2004 4:12 PM 		Reply to: Message 43 by Robb
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It's more than translations.
My point, Robb, is that it is more than translations. The actual content of the Bible, what books are included or excluded also varies between the various Christian Churches. For example, the Samaraitan Christian Church has the smallest canon and includes only the Pentateuch. The Ethiopian Christian Church, perhaps the oldest of the Christian Churches remaining, has two canon, a short one and a long one with 8 more books and a Bible that includes 80+ different books instead of the more common 27. The Syrian Christian Church excludes 2nd. Peter, 2nd. and 3rd. John, Revelations and Jude.
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So even among Christian Chrurches, there is no one Bible. Different sects have decidded to include or exclude different books. In addition, the KJV includes the Apocrypha while other versions exclude it.
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So there is no way that we can compare the Book of Morman to THE Christian Bible since there really isn't one Christian Bible.
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