My Reaction - Book Of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ

Huh. Well... I can't say I've seen that many Mormon memes on this site, let alone any positive ones. Even as one now inactive, I must give you credit for this one.

I agree. It's so hard to find some positive content. Thanks!

YES!!! I am going to use this on my mission when someone asks lol

ALL THE WAY BROTHER

That's my reaction, too.

Isn't it Mormon belief that you can be married to more than one wife?

I thought they got rid of that system over 100 years ago.

Maybe 200 even, that was in the days of Moses.

They renounced the practice of it, but is it still written in doctrine?

That was once part of our religion, but no longer. The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that monogamy is God's standard for marriage unless He declares otherwise. 134 years ago, Official Declaration 1 was a declaration to the world that God had renounced the polygamy practice in His church.

It used to in like the days of Moses, now practicing polygamy is illegal, so not anymore

Let me rephrase my question; Is it still written in the book?

Yes, but u asked isnt it belief, as in currently. Of course its still written, the book of mormon will probably never change.

Then the belief will never change. The only way to change a theology is to change its practice AND words of instruction.

A teacher can't give their students a test about a new way of doing things after the students learn from an old way. New bricks on an old foundation will collapse in heaps of rubble; from confusion and unacceptance. You must break down what is old for the whole foundation to hold up the new layers of bricks. Only in this way will the wall be sturdy enough to withstand the stress of outside forces, or to be integrated into other walls.

The stress that NEW Mormonism must endure is of other religions changing them. Religions that mostly agree with NEW Mormonism (if it is built correctly) will not try to tear it down. Religions that are against it will bash with all their might. Confusion and moral incorrectness in and between OLD and NEW Mormonism will cause it as a whole to fall apart.

Integrating with new walls is how Mormonism could maybe one day fit like how Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodox Christianity fit together. They are essentially the same religion with few (maybe a few more than a few) minor differences but ultimately believe the same thing: Jesus is Lord and should we believe in him and, we will be saved. While believing in Jesus, we are obligated to try to be like him in his teachings that are mostly, if not all, agreed on by Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodox Christianity. Mormonism as it is now, does not agree at least mostly with these. Especially the written teaching of polygamy.

We aren't gonna rewrite history.

History cannot be changed by definition. We can only make decisions now to make sure the future knows that history was right or wrong in its ways of doing things.

It used to be RELIGION belief, but belief for the religion changed since then.

If it is still written in the widespread book that everyone reads and follows, then it has not changed. Even if a group of people change the practice of it, if it is still written in the public book that teaches the religion in the first place, Mormons will plunge themselves into civil war. Then Mormonism is no longer religion, but mere politics.

Its written in the bible, which the practices have been altered since the time the stories in the bible takes place, it is still written in there, but in the book of mormon which is more true its not.

Which practices of the Bible have changed since 500 years ago?

Stuff like sacrificing animals, and polygamy.

Christians did not ever practice polygamy or animal sacrifice let alone 500 years ago. Christianity came from the teachings of Jesus who came to fulfill the Law that humanity cannot keep and was sinless. Jesus corrected the ways of Judaism and contradicted the practice of sin that humanity was doing.

Even before Jesus came, the Ten Commandments that Moses got on Mount Sinai stated that "You shall not commit adultery" meaning that the Israelites ---> Jews were not to have multiple wives. The Ten Commandments were written by God himself on Mount Sinai so there can be no dispute that those laws are right and good. The Ten Commandments; God's Commandments literately contradict the old ways that Abraham, Jacob, and others had performed. This caused future generations to know officially that polygamy was/is wrong.

Also, Jesus dying on the cross acted as the ultimate sacrifice and symbol for dying for the sins of all past, present, and future humanity. Therefore, no animal sacrifice is necessary for the forgiveness of sins. This contradicts in literate articulation saying that animal sacrifice is no longer necessary and that we can reach the Father through Christ's death.

All of this happened THOUSANDS of years ago and was thoroughly contradicted so that others will not repeat the same mistakes that older generations made.

Why say probably? It is God's blessed word. It will NEVER change.

Yup

Not anymore