If I could ask them one question . . . Come Follow Me, Lesson 39

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If I could ask them one question . . . Come Follow Me, Lesson 39

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For Come Follow Me, Lesson 39, Sep 28 - Oct 11, 2020, 3 Ne 17-19

If I wanted to encourage thought and try to understand devout believers better, I might ask:
Does Jesus refer to what would be anachronisms?

See the Things to consider for this lesson.

And, here’s a list of some other observations about this lesson’s reading.

Enjoy!
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Re: If I could ask them one question . . . Come Follow Me, Lesson 39

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Another great one - the anachronisms within Jesus' visit are things I never would've known as a member, but make so much sense now.
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jfro18 wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:36 am the anachronisms within Jesus' visit are things I never would've known as a member, but make so much sense now.
This. And, I have to remind myself all the time that I didn’t know this stuff as a believer and probably would have dismissed it with a shallow apologetic, because I “knew” the gospel was true, so why give any alleged problem a serious critical examination?
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If only Joseph had access to Google and Jeremy Runnells' CES Letter.

https://cesletter.org/CES-Letter.pdf
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Two words: loose translation. As a believer, every mental defense I employed against anachronisms came down to this.

And I mean really, really loose, to the point where Joseph is swapping whole paragraphs and parables with wild abandon. Beyond loose. A slutty old bimbo of a translation.
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