Second Edition of ‘Preach My Gospel’ Is Now Available
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Nearly two decades after the first publication of “Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service,” the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have issued

Now the fun of seeing Exmormons look at the books side by side to see what changes, for good or bad, have happened.

Rumors swirling that kinder language toward LGBTQ in the old edition has mysteriously vanished.

  • lka1988@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This new-fangled Preach My Gospel manual is for coddling youngsters who can’t handle memorization.

    Oh god, the thought of having to memorize not just bits and pieces, but ENTIRE CHAPTERS of scriptures gave me incredible anxiety. I absolutely suck at memorization and need to refer to notes I’ve written out years ago (general stuff, like specific commands for server maintenance).

    this new manual includes teachings that were anti-Mormon lies 30 years ago.

    Oooooh, like what?

    • Temple Square@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Multiple versions of the First Vision

      Which I interpret as Joseph, even if he believed he’d seen a vision, hadn’t actually seen one and his memory kept drifting. Like a “big fish” story.

      They are spinning a positive angle to keep kids from being weirded out by stuff they learn online.