Church Backtracks on Deceptive Change to Book of Mormon Introduction | Ep. 1970
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 163 minutes
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Summary
The LDS Church is quietly but significantly updating the introduction to the Book of Mormon, shifting its focus from historical claims to a broader, more spiritual narrative. In this episode , we dive deep into these changes, exploring what they reveal about the Church's evolving stance on the historicity of its sacred text. Is this an effort to address long-standing critiques about the lack of archaeological and genetic evidence? Or does it reflect a broader shift to make the Book of Mormon more approachable for a global audience? Join us as we unpack the implications of this significant change and discuss what it might mean for the future of Mormonism.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast, LDS Discussions Edition. |
| 0:07.8 | LDS Discussions is back after a long hiatus, thanks to the epic 20-part series with Matt Harris on his amazing book. |
| 0:18.0 | Oh my gosh, my brain just... |
| 0:22.6 | Second Classes. |
| 0:23.9 | Thank you, Julie. |
| 0:24.8 | Second Class Saints. |
| 0:26.7 | Black Mormons in the struggle for racial equality. |
| 0:29.4 | We took an LDS discussions hiatus because that series was so epic. |
| 0:33.5 | If you haven't checked it out, please do. |
| 0:36.0 | Anyway, that series is done. And now we're back with |
| 0:39.6 | the amazing LDS discussion series where we dig into Mormon Church Truth Claims from a neutral, |
| 0:46.5 | as a neutral and as objective as a position as we can and help you decide for yourself what is true and not true about Mormon |
| 0:56.1 | truth claims. Today we have an exciting new story that just broke over the weekend. It's |
| 1:05.3 | changed. It's like making history and then rewriting history as we make new history right now I think the current |
| 1:13.3 | title is Mormon church rewrites scriptures introductions or at least that's how it started |
| 1:18.6 | and now what does it evolve to guys what's the new headline what's the latest like the church |
| 1:24.4 | backpedals or something like that church turns introduction into explanatory note in app without telling anybody and makes news outlets pull articles for fun. |
| 1:34.3 | That's what I'd call it. |
| 1:35.7 | Oh my gosh. |
| 1:36.4 | I'm so glad. |
| 1:37.6 | We're here with Nemo, with Herardo, and with Julia. |
| 1:41.1 | And just let's jump right to this story as it was a few days ago. And we're going to |
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