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Originally Posted by IAmGamerFun
I'm pretty sure that Jesus wasn't born in a city. I'm pretty sure he was born in a manger in the countryside.
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You don't know the Bible very well, do you?
Lk 2:4-7
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Perhaps you're getting confused with the shepherds in the countryside who saw the angels and then went to Bethlehem to see Jesus (Lk 2:8-15)?
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It was possible that the area that Jesus was born was Jerusalem territory during the writing of the Book of Mormon but was changed to be Bethlehem territory.
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Jerusalem and Bethlehem, although they have been known by different names (Gen 35:19; Jdg 19:10), are, and always have been, two different cities.
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I can't really explain the Christian thing.
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That's because there isn't any reasonable explanation. The Bible says one thing; the Book of Mormon says another. Face it. They contradict each other.
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But as for the whole thing about Joseph smith. The reason why that is the only thing we wouldn't let him because of polygamy, is because polygamy goes against our sacred marriage vows. Simply put, while everything else doesn't really contradict, polygamy and our sacred marriage rules don't fit. We found polygamy to be considered a act of lust, which is a sin. So we did away with that.
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Jesus taught that monogamy was established in the Garden of Eden and ought to be upheld.
Mt 19:3-7
3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
But polygamy was allowed for a while.
Ex 21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Many of the Old Testament saints were polygamists. King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Ki 11:1-3). We don't know how many King David had. Eight are named in the Bible (1 Sam 18:27; 1 Sam 25:39; 2 Sam 3:2-5; 2 Sam 12:24) and he took other wives and concubines on top of that (2 Sam 5:13). Would these men also not be allowed in your church if they were alive today? After all, King David was a man after God's own heart (1 Sam 13:14).