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In Mosiah 3, we read that an angel appears to King Benjamin and shares that the name of the Redeemer is Jesus Christ; is it more likely that mentions of His name were removed from the Old Testament or that the prophets of the OT simply weren’t told His name?

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u/RetiredMascot — 15 hours ago

God Has Flesh & Bones?

Jesus was very clear on the nature of God when he said in John 4:24 ''God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth.'' No Christian denomination in history has ever taught God the Father has a physical body. This is unbiblical and heretical. And every non-LDS scholar teaches Gods nature is spirit, and that Jesus was very clear about this.

Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible:

God is A spirit — This is the second reason why men should worship him in spirit and in truth. By this is meant that God is without a body; that he is not material or composed of parts;

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u/liketrite — 6 days ago
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Thomas Murphy links Native American myth and folklore to Book of Mormon Stories.

Dr. Thomas W Murphy joins Steven Pynakker on Mormon Book Reviews for his first video interview since the publication of Unsettling Scripture: Iroquois and the Book of Mormon. Dr. Murphy's first book offers a fresh perspective on the study of the Book of Mormon by centering Indigenous narratives about its origin. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) have stories of their own about how Mormons came to be that take center stage in Unsettling Scripture. Dr. Murphy takes these Haudenosaunee oral traditions seriously and highlights surprising similarities and differences with the Book of Mormon.

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u/iconoclastskeptic — 14 days ago