I believe the Bible as it read when it came from the pen of the original writers. Ignorant translators, careless transcribers, or designing and corrupt priests have committed many errors.
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"I have learned for myself that there is no power in man that can do anything for him unless God helps him."
"I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught."
"I am a man of God, and I will stand for the truth, though the heavens fall."
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Charac…"
"I have a right to reveal all things, and to teach all things."
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The Bible was perfect as originally written, but human failures corrupted it over centuries. Careless scribes made copying mistakes, ignorant translators misrendered meaning, and corrupt religious authorities deliberately altered text to serve their own interests. The original divine message exists beneath these layers of distortion — the problem lies in the flawed human transmission chain, not in doubting God's original intent or the authenticity of scripture itself.
Smith spent years producing his own Bible translation, claiming prophetic authority to restore corrupted passages. His entire theological project rested on this premise: pure original Christianity had been obscured by an apostate church. The Book of Mormon was presented as parallel scripture untouched by priestly corruption. Founding a restored church was his institutional answer to what he identified as centuries of deliberate and careless religious transmission failure.
In the 1830s–1840s, Protestant America was fractured across hundreds of competing denominations, each claiming correct biblical interpretation. The Second Great Awakening sparked intense questioning of religious authority. In upstate New York's religiously fervent Burned-over District, many sought authentic Christianity amid denominational chaos. Challenging corrupted priestly transmission resonated powerfully with Americans who deeply distrusted established church hierarchies and craved direct, uncorrupted divine revelation.
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