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Originally Posted by Requiem
Very intriguing comment. Do you have modern examples where this theory applies?
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It seems like there are several, although how far back you go for that "Original Truth" varies.
The most obvious isn't modern, but the redaction of the Old Testament - probably by Ezra/Nehemiah made Jewish scripture correspond to contemporary worship.
SIEQ's astute observation of the issues with 1 Corinthians 15 demonstrate the hokey nature of the JST (at least for these verses)
http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6977
In a more recent example, Quinn's documentation of Joseph Smith's magic world view demonstrates decisively, IMO, that the Original Truth of Smith's treasure-hunting techniques have been cleanly scrubbed to appear more 20th century PC.
It's not a singularly LDS phenomenon. It seems like all religions do it, but it's most obvious to me in the Judaeo-Christian tradition with women and plurality of deities. Anecdotally, it seems like LDS antiquarians seize upon the polytheism (corresponds to LDS theology, anti-trinity), but avoid the feminism (counters LDS policy).