11-02-2008, 12:14 AM | #1 |
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Mapping the BoM Historicity Debates
A nice synopsis of some of the major issues and trends from both sides of the debate in Sunstone:
https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/ind...ask=view&id=44
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11-02-2008, 06:44 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the link. Great summary of the arguments.
This surprised me: "by mid-century, less than 65% of LDS Church members surveyed in San Francisco believed that Jesus was divine, less than 60% believed that Joseph Smith saw God, and a little over 50% believed that the Church president was God’s only prophet. The numbers were higher for members living in Salt Lake City (85%, 78%, and 74% respectively) but still low by late twentieth-century standards. Given these trends, it seems likely that a substantial minority of Latter-day Saints up through the mid-twentieth century were not committed to Book of Mormon historicity. Evidently their commitment to the Church had other foundations." I wonder if this was a survey of active Mormons, but those are certainly surprising numbers. |
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