Alma 41:8; “Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved.”
Malachi 3:6; “For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
If the Mormon god is unchangeable just as the God of the Bible is unchangeable then how and/or why did the Mormon god become a god?
If the Mormon god’s decrees are unalterable then why has so much of the Book of Mormon been altered?
Was it King Benjamin or King Mosiah that had a gift from God?
Modern BoM
Mosiah 21:28; “And now Limhi was again filled with joy on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king Mosiah had a gift from God…”
1830 BoM
Mosiah 21:28; “And now Limhi was again filled with joy, on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king Benjamin had a gift from God…”
Did the Lamanites become a pure or white people? Are non-white people un-pure? If so, then how do you explain the Israelites or the many other races mentioned in the Bible that were following God?
Modern BoM
2 Nephi 30:6; “And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.”
1830 BoM
2 Nephi 30:6; “And then shall they rejoice: for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a white and a delightsome people.”
You can read the original 1830 version of the BoM online here, however, this is a difficult thing to read unless you have the exact page number as the original wasn’t written in a chapter and verse format. In this particular version you can find the 2nd Nephi reference on page 113. In my 1981 version it’s on page 102.
The reference for Mosiah 21:28 can be read here and it’s on page 200.
The other option is by going to the ‘Book of Mormon Machine’ provided by James Spencer at Maze Ministry! This is a much easier read and offers a side by side account of what changes have been made to the BoM.
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