{"id":1238,"date":"2007-11-15T23:17:05","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T06:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/11\/15\/changing-the-sacred-word-of-brother-mcconkie\/"},"modified":"2007-11-16T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2007-11-16T22:36:29","slug":"changing-the-sacred-word-of-brother-mcconkie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/11\/15\/changing-the-sacred-word-of-brother-mcconkie\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Sacred Word of Brother McConkie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big news this week for critics of the church in that the church has made a change in the introduction of the 2006 Doubleday edition of the Book of Mormon. (The introduction was added in 1981 by the then apostle Bruce R. McConkie)<\/p>\n

What it used to say: <\/p>\n

?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecAfter thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal<\/strong> ancestors of the American Indians?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and what it says now:<\/p>\n

\n“After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among<\/strong> the ancestors of the American Indians.?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(emphasis mine)<\/p>\n

So, is this a manifestation of the church?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s efforts to bring its teachings in line with the scientific realm—as if the doctrine was held in the hands of men and arbitrarily changed to fit the tides of secular progress? Or something else? Or is the introduction not technically scripture, and therefore, not a big deal to change?<\/p>\n

Honestly, I’m glad they aren’t in denial about the science and see the change as a positive indication that the First Presidency is admitting the evidence has merit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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