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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Well, that is the same argument that protestant Christians make about the Bible.
Another argument might say that it is because of our wickedness that we do not receive more revelation.
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Good points. I'll add that the "wickdness leads to less (or a stoppage of) revelation" assertion isn't born out in the scriptures. It is during times of extreme wickedness, say, for example, just before Jerusalem is sacked by the Babylonians, that you get prophecy in spades: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lehi and so on.
I should also add, though, that those writings probably would not have been considered authoritative in a major way until much later. I believe the minor prophets were collected and deemed authoritative in the second century BC.