Church Views of Purported Plagiarism
Apologists of the Book of Mormon do not find the instances of purported plagiarism troubling; to the contrary, they feel that the repetition further proves the authenticity of the Book of Mormon—that God reveals similar, if not the same teachings, to all people since, as the Bible states, He is “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” and that the repetition fulfills prophecy that “in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established”.
LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball further stated, "Prophets say the same things because we face basically the same problems.""...warnings must be repeated. Just because a truth is repeated does not make that truth any less important or true. Indeed, the opposite is true."
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