New Lds Scriptures Changes

[Doctrine 612]

So since the new edition of the scriptures have come out I have read the adjustment page the church produced and also some of the changes that others have found that were not mentioned by the church.

So to help my research go a little faster I thought why not ask the board.

Here is the question, what changes in the scriptures have you found, that you guys thought were interesting.

One I read was the change in the bible dictionary about the fall of Adam and Eve. With no blood before the fall.

[theplains]

One I read was the change in the bible dictionary about the fall of Adam and Eve. With no blood before the fall.

They never indicated this was a false teaching, but for some reason they removed it. This

used to be stated on the web site but it is not longer valid (scriptures.lds.org/bdf/fllfdm): “The

process by which mankind became mortal on this earth. The event is recorded in Gen. 2,

3, 4; and Moses 3, 4. The fall of Adam is one of the most important occurrences in the history

of man. Before the fall, Adam and Eve had physical bodies but no blood. There was no sin, no

death, and no children among any of the earthly creations. With the eating of the “forbidden

fruit,” Adam and Eve became mortal, sin entered, blood formed in their bodies, and death

became a part of life”.

But you can still find it in other sources.

From Doctrines of Salvation, volume 1:

"When Adam was in the Garden of Eden, he was not subject to death. There was no

blood in his body and he could have remained there forever. This is true of all the

other creations” (pages 76-77).

"After the fall ... the forbidden fruit had the power to create blood and change his

nature and mortality took the place of immortality, and all things, partaking of the

change, became mortal" (page 77).

"There was no blood in Adam's body before the fall. He was not then "flesh" as we

know it, that is in the sense of mortality" (page 92).

I'm pretty sure if you look for blood at the BYU site that you could find more mentioned

in the General Conference talks.

Thanks,

Jim

[Stone holm]

Vampire conspiracy

[cinepro]

Here is the question, what changes in the scriptures have you found, that you guys thought were interesting.

One I read was the change in the bible dictionary about the fall of Adam and Eve. With no blood before the fall.

To be clear, a change in the Bible Dictionary isn't a "change in the scriptures". It's a change in the Study Helps.

[theplains]

To be clear, a change in the Bible Dictionary isn't a "change in the scriptures". It's a change in the Study Helps.

Found this in the 1993 General Conference by Russell M. Nelson (Of the Quorum of the

Twelve Apostles).

"While I do not fully understand all the biochemistry involved, I do know that their physical

bodies did change; blood began to circulate in their bodies. Adam and Eve thereby became

mortal. Happily for us, they could also beget children and fulfill the purposes for which the

world was created".

Unfortunately there is no footnote as to what earlier teaching he is referring back to or how

he knows the "blood" part to be true.

Jim

[Rivers]

To be clear, a change in the Bible Dictionary isn't a "change in the scriptures". It's a change in the Study Helps.

There is no change in actual scriptures except for some spelling and font changes. But the study help changes and changes in headings and introductions are still interesting,

Although I am disappointed that the section for Ham in the Bible Dictionary didn't get changed . It still says that Ham is the ancestor to dark skinned people.

[mrmendoza]

There is no change in actual scriptures except for some spelling and font changes. But the study help changes and changes in headings and introductions are still interesting,

Although I am disappointed that the section for Ham in the Bible Dictionary didn't get changed . It still says that Ham is the ancestor to dark skinned people.

That's ok, as a dark skinned person I can take it! After all, that was a long time ago! Some of my more recent ancestory is nothing to be overly proud of either!

[cinepro]

There is no change in actual scriptures except for some spelling and font changes. But the study help changes and changes in headings and introductions are still interesting,

Although I am disappointed that the section for Ham in the Bible Dictionary didn't get changed . It still says that Ham is the ancestor to dark skinned people.

And so it does:

Ham

Hot. Son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 7:13); cursed (9:18–22). The names of his descendants are given in 10:6–7; they were the southern nations: from Cush came the dark-skinned race of eastern Africa and southern Arabia; from Mizraim the Egyptians; from Phut the Libyans; from Canaan the inhabitants of Palestine before the arrival of the Semitic races. See also Abr. 1:21–27, where we learn among other things that Ham’s wife and daughter were named Egyptus, and that a portion of Ham’s descendants settled in Egypt (Ps. 78:51; 105:23; 106:22).

http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/ham?lang=eng&letter=h

[TruthSeeker2013]

Interesting changes I came across:

Book of Mormon Changes: Introduction to the Book of Mormon changed from “a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas” to “a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas,” deleting “the” in “with the ancient inhabitants.” This seems like a big change because it takes out the exclusivity of the peoples mentioned in the Book of Mormon, allowing for the BOM peoples to have intermingled their populations with other populations. This potentially gives an answer to why the population growth in the BOM is astronomical and also why DNA of present day Native Americans is not from the Middle East but from Asia. Another big BOM change is the change in introduction which said that the Lamanites “are the principle ancestors of the American Indians” to “are among the ancestors of the American Indians.” This change was made in the 2007 Doubleday edition but is added to the normal LDS edition now. This seems to show the church acknowledging at least in part the fact that DNA evidence shows the present day Native Americans descend from Asia, not the Middle East.

Changes to the two Official Declarations: The one on the priesthood ban says Joseph ordained Black men to the priesthood but the practice stopped for an unknown reason. The declaration on polygamy is changed to explain that God’s standard is monogamy unless He declares otherwise. I wonder if this means that polygamy won't be widely practiced in the next life?

Change to the Pearl of Great Price Introduction about the Book of Abraham: Previously said, “A translation from some Egyptian papyri that came into the hands of Joseph Smith in 1835, containing writings of the patriarch Abraham." Now says, “An inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri.” The change distances the papyri Joseph Smith acquired from the Book of Abraham Joseph produced and thus for the actual source of the Book of Abraham to be something other than the papyri, like just pure revelation for example, or papyri that we don't have (we have some of it which was discovered in a museum in the 1960's). Also note that it changes “translation” to “inspired translation” suggesting that the Book of Abraham was maybe not a literal translation of the papyri, but an inspired translation.