Subject: How do we know the Bible is the truth? |
Bible Note: Steve: The first page of the Book of Mormon contains a "testimony of three witnesses" and a "testimony of eight witnesses" which claim that they themselves saw the plates from heaven from which Joseph Smith allegedly translated the Book of Mormon. In addition, the text itself makes the claim that what is written there is true. It is standard operating procedure for Mormon missionaries to ask potential converts to pray over the Book of Mormon to be convinced of its truth based on the following verse: "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost." --Moroni 10:4 Another LDS document considered to be inerrant and inspired Scripture is Doctrine and Covenants, which states: "And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property, but impart it freely to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth and the word of God" --Doctrine and Covenants 19:26 Both of these claim that the Book of Mormon is true. I don't really understand how you seem to say that such a claim would be a test for truth anyway. If I wrote a book saying I created the universe and included the phrase, "all that is written here is truth," would that make it so? That was the original intent of my question. --Joe! P.S. Am I the first person to quote cult scripture here? There should be something like that on the Statistics page! :) |