Lately in the Church, I have seen things go from being literal to not so literal. While it seems that would be a good thing for someone who is trying to view things in a gray area, it is still hard to comprehend sometimes. Today, I use historical documents to view a couple of ways in which the Church has gone from literal to not so literally literal.
References Below (I found some on JSP which work even though I mention other locations)
Healing:
1- Juvenile Instructor page 669 https://archive.org/details/juvenileinstruct2821geor
2- Wilford Woodruff Journal: goo.gl/a5j1iE
Polygamy confirmation bias
1-https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2604614&q
Book of Mormon:
1- Western Tribes of Indians “Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833,” p. 17, http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-noah-c-saxton-4-january-1833/4
2- Quoting Moroni “Journal, 1835–1836,” p. 24, http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-1835-1836/25
3- Remenant are the Indians http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/431
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Is there a transcript for this episode? If so, would love to download if available!
@Curtis,
I don’t currently have a transcript. I will put together a sources page at get the info added 🙂
Any chance of a link to the J.I. reference? Looked online and couldn’t track it down. Thanks
@Benjamin,
https://archive.org/details/juvenileinstruct2821geor
Page 669 is where it starts
Very interesting. Can you add the references to this and new episodes. Thanks
@Robert,
I will get the sources documented and let you know when that is done.
I added references to the episode text above.