Comments on: Does God Commit Evil? Some quick notes on Amos 3.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:06:37 +0000

Does God cause the evil to come upon a nation or does he allow consequences to take place that may be the result of laws we do not fully understand??

By: A. Wilson

A. Wilson — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:30:41 +0000

Do you expect that a Gospel Doctrine class would focus on why the JST is inferior to analysis?

I did really enjoy your reading, but I think it’s optimistic to expect the average GD instructor to come up with it.

By: L Wilson

L Wilson — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:59:41 +0000

This is good stuff. I am constantly frustrated with the JST but hesitate to say anything for fear it will make people question my testimony. It seems to me that it should be called the Joseph Smith Commentary. Mormons seem to be under the impression that Joseph “translated” as he did when he translated the Golden plates. That isn’t true of course. Is there any good source that talks about the process he used? It seems to me from reading what he wrote, that Joseph did not have background in Hebrew or Greek. So he used formulas for making changes, such as, “If the text says God ‘repents’ of something, change the text so that it reads that the other person in the verse did the repenting.” This results in some strange readings and would not have been necessary if Joseph had understood the Hebrew word translated “repent.” Am I missing something or do we have Bruce R. McKonkie for elevating the JST to the “queen of scriptures” as he said.

By: The_Monk

The_Monk — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:38:32 +0000

Yes. You won’t see a lot of analysis limited to the KJV here.

By: Todd Wood

Todd Wood — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:48:41 +0000

Tackling issues beyond the English translation.
This is good.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:30:45 +0000

Thanks. This is definately one that I will be filing away for latter reference.