This afternoon I was watching a BYU presentation, Discussion on the Scriptures. They were talking about the facsimiles in the Book of Abraham. How some of the symbols can have different meanings. The enemies of the Church claim that the Egyptian manuscripts the Joseph Smith acquired do not have anything to do with the Book of Abraham. The manuscripts were partially destroyed the Chicago fire. Some were recovered, but the rest were burned. One of the discussion members read the following:
"What we do claim is that the words of the prophets cannot be held to the tentative and defective tests that men have devised for them. Science, philosophy, and common sense all have a right to their day in court. But the last word does not lie with them. Every time men in their wisdom have come forth with the last word, other words have promptly followed. The last word is a testimony of the gospel that comes only by direct revelation. Our Father in heaven speaks it, and if it were in perfect agreement with the science of today, it would surely be out of line with the science of tomorrow. Let us not, therefore, seek to hold God to the learned opinions of the moment when he speaks the language of eternity" THE WORLD AND THE PROPHETS by Hugh Nibley
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