![]() And it’s true that the BOM is much more Christ-centered then the other scriptures and the temple, so there is that. But I think you can believe that AND also not believe that it is an actual history of an actual people. I will say this: I believe that the BOM can indeed bring you closer to Christ than any other book. And I find this strange given that we say the BOM is the keystone of our religion.Īs you say, maybe it depends on the definition of the word “Gospel”. Again, there is so much about “the Gospel” that seems to have nothing to do at all with the BOM. But whether you intended to do so or not you actually highlighted the point I was trying to make when you reminded us that we also say the BOM “contains the fullness of the Gospel”. Wondering: you make an interesting point about the context of the phrase “most correct book” that we should consider. Perhaps in the BoM it is limited to what the BoM says is the doctrine of Christ - a greatly more restricted “gospel” than many more modern LDS uses of the term. But that word “gospel” has a variety of meanings. Of course, the BoM is also said to contain the fulness of the gospel. “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (History of the Church, 4:461.) Perhaps by “most correct” he meant something like most helpful collection of precepts if the goal is to get nearer to God. In addition to and perhaps more important than the context of time, place and audience, and JS’ hyperbolic style, for me the rest of the sentence is important to understanding what could be meant by the first part. Josh H, While the “most correct of any book on earth” is a quotation attributed to JS, I have suspected it is too often ripped out of context. So please share any fun Venn diagrams you have. What did I miss?Īnd lastly here is one I found and changed it up some. I was trying to show how little the doctrine of the Book of Mormon is in modern Church teachings, and that there is no mention of any temple ordnance in the BofM. I think the takeaway here is that members teach things not taught by the Prophet, and that nobody encompasses all the truth. I found one like this on google, but changed some things to have it align with my views. ![]() This is just fun, with a small dig at our modesty obsession, and misunderstanding the true meaning of the word modesty. This one I also found, but modified some of the intersections. I was wondering what other thing you could insert for DMV and Star Wars and still have it make senses. ![]() The above is a fun one I found on the internet. For example, the Word of Wisdom one above, what could I change to make it better? I thought about adding alcohol, but it was both a 19th century idea (temperance) and a current health guidance, though for health there is a difference between strong drinks and something like wine, which modern health science and D&C 89 understand, but the WofW does not. I’d like your comments on the diagrams, what works, and what I missed in each. So today I’ll share some Mormon flavored diagrams, some I made up myself (like the WofW one above), and others I found on the internet (google is your friend) and changed them to meet my needs for this post. I even included one in my introduction when I joined Wheat & Tares are a blogger. I love Venn diagrams, especially funny ones. I enjoy this, but I have yet to have the opportunity to use a Venn diagram in these presentations. One aspect of my job requires me to take complex systems and distil them to a couple of Power Point viewgraphs that even upper management can understand. ![]()
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