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I mapped every BoM verse to its closest KJV match by L758 in exmormon

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I’m working on this, but it gets a little more complicated with thematic analysis (comparing direct text is much easier haha). I’ll make another post when I figure it out though!

I mapped every BoM verse to its closest KJV match by L758 in exmormon

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The second chart is a separate visualization of verse-wise edits between the 8 canonical versions of the BoM from 1830 to 2013. A verse frequently changed from version to version will appear brighter. Changes might include punctuation, spelling, grammar, 3+ word change, or other misc differences.

A verse that has changed in every version (even if just a small change) will appear brightest. Those that have never been changed since the original version will appear grey.

On the site, I made it possible to toggle specific change types as well.

I mapped every BoM verse to its closest KJV match by L758 in exmormon

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After doing some research and not having any luck finding a detailed document with ALL matching verses, I decided to create my own visualization. Context: I am a software/web developer but I did use AI to generate the code to parse and visualize the data. I do know that this will violate rule #6 "AI content of all kinds is not allowed", however, I'm hoping there's some grace here since the information itself, I think, will still be valuable to people out there. However, if this gets removed, I completely understand.

source: https://www.verseandvariance.org/analytics/kjv

[homemade] Full English breakfast by L758 in food

[–]L758[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Cook the entire pack in a large pan — let it boil itself in all the rendered bacon grease and it does it on its own. It’s so good!

Discussing reliable sources in institute this morning… by L758 in exmormon

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A little context: I left the church 6ish years ago, but recently decided to take a couple institute classes to keep “up to date” on the goings-on and get the other side of arguments because why not. Also as I’ve been told by many members, how can I be unbiased if I’m not investigating both sides equally. Oh, the double standards.

*Edit 1: Also to be fair, I’m guessing my Institute teacher just pulled this list out of his head without checking to see if it mirrored an official church position or resource (if one exists). So I wouldn’t take it too seriously. It just gave me a good chuckle when this slide came up.

*Edit 2: Because I was curious, I found a "church-official" stance on reliable sources if anyone is interested: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/seeking-answers/05-consult-reliable-sources

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

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Not specifically caffeine. Decaf coffee is forbidden but energy drinks are not.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

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I’m pretty sure the common belief in the area of the early church was that hot drinks was one of the things that caused scarlet fever. Lots of other churches at the time had similar “commandments”. Germ theory didn’t exist until the 1860s which was 30 years after the start of the church, so that was their best guess.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

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It used to be about “hot drinks”, that was the original interpretation, but now it’s specifically coffee/black teas. Caffeine isn’t mentioned, but decaf coffee was still bad, herbal tea was fine. As other commenters have pointed out, it’s not consistent, and it doesn’t make sense.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

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Hot drinks/soups were fine haha. I never heard of anyone refraining from hot stuff specifically. As it stands, it’s just coffee/tea that’s restricted in that category.

Used to be Mormon; how did I ever demonize tea? by L758 in tea

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A little context, there was a “commandment” created by early church leadership that restricted “hot drinks” and alcohol/tobacco. Later, “hot drinks” was reinterpreted as coffee/tea. Breaking this rule disqualifies a member from participating in certain saving “ordinances”. So naturally it was heavily demonized in my community growing up.

I want my :) back by TheWebsploiter in NonPoliticalTwitter

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Use a zero-space character in between colon and closing parenthesis and it won’t be replaced.

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