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Originally Posted by HiJolly
(spreads hands helplessly)
Hemi, I am at a loss. What don't you concur with? Who's whitewashing? And how?
What had I witnessed? If elements were left out, we wouldn't know about it, would we?
What is not how it ends? What 'it' are you referring to, the First Vision? How do you think it ended?
I don't think your being blunt, I think I'm having trouble understanding your words at all. Peace, brother. I love the Church and Joseph Smith. ???
HiJolly
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Same here - it is a canonized print...use that and nothing else. We have a living prophet that tells what is canon and what is not canon for the church. There is no substitution to the story. This is my stand. Coming from Joseph own witness of this vision, there is alot in the First Vision that is not being said. We need to be accurate in portraying what was written. In this case, they are not.
Sorry, I can be insensitive with certain topics and this happens to be one of them for a reason. As Nibley once said, when he was asked about how he received his knowledge and the things he shared with others. Though, he was called something else, which I would not bother to labor to write, he placed his arm on his shoulder and stated, "I walk a razor edge on what I can write and what I can't." We are in the same boat as Joseph. We need to ensure we stick to the original writers words and not minced the vision to help others find partial truth.
