Does Modern Scripture Add to or Take Away from the Bible?

[Greg West]

Another chapter from A Mormon Answers the Hard Questions Posed by Anti-Mormons.

The first time most Christians hear about the Book of Mormon - Another Testament of Jesus Christ, their mind flies back to a scripture they had learned from their preacher or Sunday school teacher from the Book of Revelation:

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book (Rev 22:18-19)

In their minds, they mistakenly think, "Case closed!" The blinders go on and it becomes impossible to continue any further discussion. No one in their right mind would want to add to themselves the horrible plagues that are described in the Revelation of John. This is fallacious thinking, however. It shows a tremendous misunderstanding of how the Bible itself came to be.

I suppose, since you're here, that you at least have a mind that is open to rational discussion. Let me ask you, how did the Bible come to be THE BIBLE? What is the Bible? Where did we get it? Is it perfect and inerrant? Is this all that God has provided mankind in its quest for a meaningful mortal life and the possibility of eternal life? Let's consider a few of these questions first... (Continue reading at Examiner.com)