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Originally Posted by Solon
It seems like there are several, although how far back you go for that "Original Truth" varies.
The most obvious isn't modern, but the redaction of the Old Testament - probably by Ezra/Nehemiah made Jewish scripture correspond to contemporary worship.
SIEQ's astute observation of the issues with 1 Corinthians 15 demonstrate the hokey nature of the JST (at least for these verses)
http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6977
In a more recent example, Quinn's documentation of Joseph Smith's magic world view demonstrates decisively, IMO, that the Original Truth of Smith's treasure-hunting techniques have been cleanly scrubbed to appear more 20th century PC.
It's not a singularly LDS phenomenon. It seems like all religions do it, but it's most obvious to me in the Judaeo-Christian tradition with women and plurality of deities. Anecdotally, it seems like LDS antiquarians seize upon the polytheism (corresponds to LDS theology, anti-trinity), but avoid the feminism (counters LDS policy). |
Because a classicist says it -it must be so
The world is not only flat but oral and written history originated exclusively in Europe, specifically the mediterranean ... but only with certain dominant cultures.