Mormon Scripture vs. The Protestant Bible
July 30, 2014 4 Comments
One of the prime assertions of much of Protestantism is the errorlessness of inspiration. God overrules the freedom to err in the prophetic voice. That purity existed in the biblical “autographs” whatever that may mean. Mormon scripture seems to convey just the reverse. Error, opinion, lack of full form, may invade even the pristine texts of Mormonism (most of which we no longer possess). While Joseph Smith may be interpreted to say the genuine prophetic voice is without error, the same assertion reveals an epistemology carrying an uncertainty subtext. The Book of Mormon contains the internal premise of error. Not that God is in error, but that the prophetic voice of the book may fail to be errorless. And Mormons don’t like that anymore than their Protestant brethren. [Sorry, just thinking out loud for a book.]
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