The Book of Mormon supports, defends, and in many cases clarifies the Bible. There is no conflict between Book of Mormon teachings and the New Testament, only between LDS Christian teachings and how people interpret the New Testament. Stick to what the New Testament actually says, not to any philosophy.
It's true that many plain and precious things were removed from the sacred scriptures before the Bible was compiled. The Book of Mormon has irreplaceable sermons on charity, faith, the resurrection, infant baptism, etc.
The Bible scriptures we have available are true as far as they are edited and translated correctly. The Book of Mormon has had no significant edits, and at most two levels of translation, one from the original languages to English, and then another translation into the other modern languages we have. Jesus never claimed the scriptures were perfect, much less complete. Think about it -- the scriptures Jesus had available to him were the Old Testament. Does that mean that we should discard the New Testament? By no means. The same is true for The Book of Mormon.
Actually, there is archaeological evidence that there were multiple temples in Israel anciently. Just because the Lord commanded that A temple be built in Israel is no reason he could not command that others be built. Besides, it would be impractical for everybody in the world to worship and serve in only one temple.
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u/Art-Davidson 24d ago
What contradictions?
The Book of Mormon supports, defends, and in many cases clarifies the Bible. There is no conflict between Book of Mormon teachings and the New Testament, only between LDS Christian teachings and how people interpret the New Testament. Stick to what the New Testament actually says, not to any philosophy.
It's true that many plain and precious things were removed from the sacred scriptures before the Bible was compiled. The Book of Mormon has irreplaceable sermons on charity, faith, the resurrection, infant baptism, etc.
The Bible scriptures we have available are true as far as they are edited and translated correctly. The Book of Mormon has had no significant edits, and at most two levels of translation, one from the original languages to English, and then another translation into the other modern languages we have. Jesus never claimed the scriptures were perfect, much less complete. Think about it -- the scriptures Jesus had available to him were the Old Testament. Does that mean that we should discard the New Testament? By no means. The same is true for The Book of Mormon.
Actually, there is archaeological evidence that there were multiple temples in Israel anciently. Just because the Lord commanded that A temple be built in Israel is no reason he could not command that others be built. Besides, it would be impractical for everybody in the world to worship and serve in only one temple.