Comments on: A Mormon Image: Scriptures Deconstructed

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 21:41:29 +0000

My parents gave me my first set of scriptures–a quad–when I was ordained a deacon. Together, we went through seminary, an intense Ricks College mission prep class, a mission to Mexico, and years of institute. Shortly after I got married, my wife got a puppy which used them as a chew toy while we were both gone one day. I bought another set, but it’s just not the same. 15 years later, I still miss those scriptures. They’re still in a box somewhere, waiting for me to transfer my margin notes over. I suppose it would be a great excuse to re-read the entire standard works, but instead, it just makes me sad.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:01:29 +0000

Kevin, I also marked up my mission scriptures a lot, so much that I couldn’t really tell why I’d marked anything. Each succeeding set of paper scriptures has fewer marks. The last set had nothing marked until I recently read the Book of Mormon again with a careful eye. I marked everything that raised questions or didn’t quite add up. I soon discovered that I was marking at least one verse per page. I’m going to go back through and look at each verse marked to see what these tell me about the book as a whole.

By: p

Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:23:13 +0000

Alfred North Whitehead: “It is the business of the future to be dangerous.”

By: Dave K

Dave K — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 18:11:58 +0000

Reminds me of a time in the MTC when I was doing laundry. The elder next to me was set to leave for Russia in four hours. He opened his washer to discover that all his whites had become tie-dyed thanks to a set of well marked scriptures mistakenly joining the wash. Era has of the missionaries chipped in a white shirt or garment for him, but we couldn’t save the scriptures.

By: Comet

Comet — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 07:05:33 +0000

Iconic. Something to consider.
Thanks.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 21:00:18 +0000

I marked the heck out of my scriptures on my mission. I never did in seminary, and I’ve never felt the need to do so since the mish. I’m not sure what that means; I guess the experience of going through and carefully marking them was only something I felt the need to do one time. (Great pic, btw!)

By: Mark N.

Mark N. — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 18:59:53 +0000

I’ll bet Moroni never had this problem.