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[Peacemaking Saint @PeacemakingSt]

President Jeffrey R. Holland once declared:

"Some Christians, in large measure because of their genuine love for the Bible, have declared that there can be no more authorized scripture beyond the Bible. In thus pronouncing the canon of revelation closed, our friends in some other faiths shut the door on divine expression that we in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hold dear: the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and the ongoing guidance received by God’s anointed prophets and apostles.

"Imputing no ill will to those who take such a position, nevertheless we respectfully but resolutely reject such an unscriptural characterization of true Christianity."

Latter-day Saints love and revere the Bible. It is the word of God. But as President Holland put it, rather than treating the Bible like a battleground, we should use it to find common ground.

Listen to some of President Holland's profound teachings on how Latter-day Saints view and understand the Bible.

[yasmin @cmetogethr]

rough day? stay with me for a while and we can listen to michael narrating the E.T. audiobook together 🤍🛸

[Ryker @RykerJackson97]

I saw this post from Blake Ostler on Facebook a few minutes ago and thought you guys might want to see it, so here goes:

“I have seen several claim that there is no evidence for the Book of Mormon at all. I believe that this claim is uninformed.

To account for the Book of Mormon, one must explain the following in the Book of Mormon:

1. An accurate description and recitation of the Hebrew Covenant Renewal Festival Form -- not detected by Hebrew and biblical scholars until the late 1950s (4 times in the BofM);
2. An accurate description and recitation of the prophetic lawsuit procedure and Formsgeschichte -- not detected by biblical scholars until the 1960s (3 times in the BofM);
3. An accurate recitation of the Prophetic Call Form in 1 Nephi 1 -- not detected by biblical scholars until the 1970s;
4. Resemblances between Israelite law, international treaties, and laws governing war and oath forms (Rasmussen 1982; R. Johnson 1982; Moriss1982).
5. Hebrew, Egyptian, and classical names which appear in the Book of Mormon but not in the Bible (Nibley 1973, 192-96; Nibley 1957, 242-54;Nibley 1948, 85-90; Carlton and Welch 1981; Tvedtnes 1977). Though many of these names could be biblical variants, others are difficult to explain as Joseph Smith's inventions. Paanchi, Pahoran, and Pacumeni, for example are Egyptian names which are sometimes transliterated exactly as they stand in the Book of Mormon, while Korihor is a close variant of Herihor, predecessor to 'Amon-Pi'ankhy in about 734 B.C. (Baer 1973).
6. Description of military, social, and political institutions of sixth-century Israel corroborated by the Lachish letter and other recently discovered sources (Nibley 1982b; Nibley 1952, 4-12, 20-26, 107-18; Nibley 1957, 47-111; R. Smith 1984).
7. Accurate and consistent geographical detail (England 1982; Nibley 1952,123-28).
8 . Ancient forms of government (Bushman 1976; Nibley 1973, 281-82; Nibley 1952, 20-26; Nibley 1957, 82-86).
9. Evidence that the Book of Mormon assigned value to the cardinal directions with south representing the sacred and north the profane (Alma 22; 46:17; Eth. 7:6). It also presents a social organization revolving around a ritual center from which government, territorial order, and communal sanctity flowed. The moral order of life and understanding of the covenant were also linked to territoriality (Olsen 1983). These symbolic aspects of territoriality are common in ancient societies.
10. Studies have demonstrated an ingenious structure characterized by literary typologies, or exposition of symbolic similarities between peoples, places and events (Tate, Rust, and Jorgensen, 1981).
11. Other unifying structures are the various forms of parallelism (synthetic, antithetic and synonomic) that are the basis of Hebrew poetry (Welch 1969 and 1981). Steven Sondrup (1981) has demonstrated that the poetic parallels with numerous ancient works in the Ancient Near East. The Book of Mormon parallelism of 2 Nephi 4 resembles poetic structure in the Psalms. Noel Reynolds (1982) has argued that chiasmus (inverted parallelism) is the organizing principle for the entire book of 1 Nephi.
12. Several Computer Word Print studies show that the appearance of non-contextual words showing patterns that differ significantly from author to author AND THAT NONE OF THE WORDPRINTS MATCH JOSEPH SMITH.”

[Peacemaking Saint @PeacemakingSt]

One of my favorite videos featuring President Oaks (@OaksDallinH).

We can all learn from the process he explains here.

[Peacemaking Saint @PeacemakingSt]

One of my favorite quotes tying The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to America is not actually from an American scholar, but a Russian one.

Legendary author Leo Tolstoy called Mormonism “the American religion.”

He said, “The Mormon people teach the American religion; their principles teach the people not only of Heaven and its attendant glories, but how to live so that their social and economic relations with each other are placed on a sound basis. If the people follow the teachings of this Church, nothing can stop their progress — it will be limitless. There have been great movements started in the past but they have died or been modified before they reached maturity. If Mormonism is able to endure, unmodified, until it reaches the third and fourth generation, it is destined to become the greatest power the world has ever known.”

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Over 2,500 drones just lit up the Texas sky for a wild light show to celebrate America's 250th.

The future of fireworks is here and it’s looking pretty epic.

Writer: Daniyal

[In Defense of Family | Megan @defense_of_fam]

It’s probably time to stop being surprised that people don’t think we’re Christian. We know we are, and Jesus knows we are. Nothing else really matters.

[Peacemaking Saint @PeacemakingSt]

If you want to know what Latter-day Saints believe, this is where to start:

We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

Latter-day Saints are Christians.

Not because it’s in the name of the Church, but because we believe in and follow (through action) the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Everything we do is to be like Jesus Christ and accomplish the mission He tasked us with.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

I’m a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

My church membership is inextricably intertwined with my Christianity, as it is for 17 million other Latter-day Saints

Regardless of what the Pentagon thinks

[Aɴɢᴀʟᴇᴢᴀ Aᴅᴀᴍs @angaleza]

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[Gerrit W. Gong @GerritWGong]

Can artificial intelligence replace God? That question may sound provocative, but in an age when we turn to algorithms for answers, guidance, and even comfort, it matters deeply.

I invite you to join me at https://t.co/DvO30jz9aP on June 7 as we discuss how to hear God's voice in an age of artificial intelligence.

[Captain M'honri @CaptMahonri]

Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God. The family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.
-The Family: A Proclamation to the World.

[James Divis @j_divis]

The most important book in the world.

If true, you have found the church of Jesus Christ.