NOM

Check it out:

https://www.lds.org/liahona/2017/digita ... t=d8kRpExB

Clever... give readers just enough information to know there are different accounts of the First Vision, but leave the impression that they support each other knowing few members will bother to read the links at the bottom of the article. You have to give them credit, they know how to inoculate the members.

Frustrating because I don't think they support each other at all! The reason why he prayed was different, who showed up differed, even the answers he got were not the same. My DH basically said, oh they're close.....I guess if you feel that they all happened in the woods!? But I've heard arguments now against there even being a wood there to begin with.

I knew someone once who said it was easier for him to tell the truth than to remember the lies he would have to make up. I feel this is where the church is at-they've told so many lies and made so many half-truths and cover-ups they can't even keep track of them anymore.

I read a blog post today where one commenter said "the church never said that" and another commenter found hundreds-hundreds of examples-on lds.org where they had. The church does this all the time.

The only thing the 1832 account cleared up for me is why the Book of Mormon is so modalist in its view of the Godhead. It was a huge lightbulb moment and I could never interpret the BOM passages the same again.