Thread: Can someone explain the differences between LDS and RLDS?
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Old 08-16-2008, 08:29 PM
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The problem with a totally non-historical view is Joseph Smith lied. To me its impossible to defend Joseph Smiths integrity as a person if he made up Book of Mormon names.
Whether history or allegory, there are truths to be gleaned through faith affirming literature. The Book of Mormon is after all, another testament to Christ, and thus when viewed even as Sacred Allegory there are symbolic truths awaiting to be discovered.
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