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."
Read more about this topic: Origin Of The Book Of Mormon
Famous quotes containing the words church, views and/or plagiarism:
“The tavern will compare favorably with the church. The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavern is where they are to take effect, and if the former are good, the latter cannot be bad.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The absolute things, the last things, the overlapping things, are the truly philosophic concerns; all superior minds feel seriously about them, and the mind with the shortest views is simply the mind of the more shallow man.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author’s phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.”
—Guy Debord (b. 1931)