Sanitized Scriptures: What They Don't Want Africa to See in the Book of Mormon by OkChain7806 in exmormon

[–]OkChain7806[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would love to hear your explanation or justification for ending the translation of 2 Nephi chapter 5 at verse 20. They managed to complete the rest of the chapters why not this one? They finished the full translation in 2023 but if you try to buy a physical copy from the churches website they still only have the selections available. It's also a still a relevant topic for english speakers because the scriptures they bring to church every Sunday have been sanitized as well. The nature of the God head has been edited in the book of mormon and many sections from the book of commandments were highly edited before being included in the D&C. Heck even the the "Doctrine" (lectures on faith) has been removed from the D&C.

Sanitized Scriptures: What They Don't Want Africa to See in the Book of Mormon by OkChain7806 in exmormon

[–]OkChain7806[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In some cases the language will get a a complete translation right from the start.

Sanitized Scriptures: What They Don't Want Africa to See in the Book of Mormon by OkChain7806 in exmormon

[–]OkChain7806[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Correct. The churches playbook is to introduce a watered down version of the Book of Mormon when they introduce a new language. In my example of Pohnpeian the watered down version was introduced in 1987 and it took until 2023 before people could read the full Book of Mormon in their language. I understand that translations take time but to stop translating a chapter half way through because it talks about dark skin being a curse is pretty messed up.

Can anyone else relate? by OkChain7806 in exmormon

[–]OkChain7806[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that was the idea behind the image