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35: Joseph Smith's Backdated Prophecies | Revelations Pt. 1

LDS Discussions - Mormon Truth Claims Examined

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Nemo and RFM on the Podcast - What's Your Final Thoughts?

In order for Joseph Smith to continue to expand his sort of narrative or his theology he has to come up with another mechanic so that's why this open canon of scripture idea starts to come about. It's also why we then see a massive stop in what is in the Doctrine and Covenants once Joseph dies. There's very little added to it after that because essentially it was Joseph that wanted to add all these things  and wanted them all to be codified in the same way that were codified in Book of Mormon. He just couldn't rewrite the Book of Mormon again to add them the second time round. Mike: I think having Nemo and RFM there to help us to

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