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Firesides/28 November 2010 - Sweden/4
Response to questions about the Book of Abraham
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1: BoM translation—2: Polygamy and Polyandry—3: Polygamy forced?—4: Book of Abraham—5: "Lying for Lord"—6: Mark Hofmann—7: Blood atonement—8: First Vision—9: Sanitized history—10: "Not all truth is useful"—11: Angelic affidavits—12: Blacks and priesthood—13: Temple concerns—14: Evidence of Vikings—15: Adam-God—16: Kinderhook
The attendees of The "Swedish Rescue" fireside ask the following question:
My other question was about the Book of Abraham if you please can tell us a little bit about your view of this?
- Church members believed that this was actually a translation of the information Joseph got.
- And we also know through the Rosetta Stone that it actually is possible to translate it to English or any other language.
- And we know now that it has actually nothing to do with translation.
- This was something written 1500 years after Abraham, about 500 before Christ, and has no connection to Abraham whatsoever.
My other question was about the Book of Abraham if you please can tell us a little bit about your view of this?
- Church members believed that this was actually a translation of the information Joseph got.
- And we also know through the Rosetta Stone that it actually is possible to translate it to English or any other language.
- And we know now that it has actually nothing to do with translation.
- This was something written 1500 years after Abraham, about 500 before Christ, and has no connection to Abraham whatsoever.