by Dan Wees | May 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
A striking example of the Church’s lack of transparency is its position on polygamy. While public discourse from Church leaders often distances the institution from its polygamous past, any active member knows that plural sealings are still performed regularly in...
by Dan Wees | May 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“In 1835 the Doctrine and Covenants began a policy of retroactive editing by reversing previous meanings, adding concepts and whole paragraphs to the texts of previously published revelations. The official alteration of pre-1835 revelations is the more fundamental...
by Dan Wees | May 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“In (Kirtland,) 1835, another committee was appointed to fix up the revelations for print again … I was often in Joseph’s office, and know positively that some of the revelations [from the Book of Commandments] were so altered, mutilated and changed that a good...
by Dan Wees | May 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
PONDERIZE: An actual word that has been around for centuries. It can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary and has absolutely nothing to do with pondering or memorizing. It means to have the weight of a certain...
by Dan Wees | May 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The revisions made to A Book of Commandments reveal deliberate editorial changes by Joseph Smith, Jr., altering the original phrasing of a purported divine revelation. The specific shift is evident when comparing the original and revised versions of the text, with...
by Dan Wees | May 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Changes made to A Book of Commandments… ORIGINAL – 1833: “[A]nd he [Joseph Smith, Jr.] has a gift to translate the book [of Mormon], and I have commanded him that he shall pretend to no other gift, for I will grant him no other gift.” A Book of...
