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Originally Posted by raytri
US Grant, it's kind of silly to demand that a Mormon discuss his faith by sticking to the King James Bible and not allowing him to quote from Mormon scripture.
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If a Mormon quotes his own scripture, you might think that he would cite it properly. However, in the context of this arguement, we both have a common ground. We both believe that the KJV is inspired text. So by calling it out, I am holding the discussion to a commonly recognized standard.
The BOM pales when compared to the Bible. In circulation, in scrutiny, in consistancy, and in archeology. The BoM dies a little each time an Archeologist examines the evidence, where as, wheneven a shovel goes into the ground in the middle east, another Biblical critic is burried. To make the two to have equal footing is intellectually dishonest. 66 books writen by 40 authors, accross a great deal of time and opposition isn't even in the same league as a book that has been edited many times and fashioned to fit the whims of the body of presidents in Salt Lake.