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Old 08-15-2008, 04:37 PM
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If both LDS and RLDS believe in the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith Jr as a prophet, then which one is the one true restored church?
100 years ago, this was a pretty tough question.

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Additionally, how can one go about finding an unbiased answer to this question?
You read information from all sources, rejecting the author's opinions and conclusions, and draw your own conclusion. If you do so prayerfully, my guess is that before too long you'll have your answer.

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I assume that an LDS person is going to say that LDS is true and an RLDS person is going to say that RLDS is true.
Yeah. I'm biased, so my answer would be, if you read the RLDS history for the past 30 years, it's a no-brainer. That alone would do it.

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Are they both true?
Can they both be true?
No, I don't think they can both be true.


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