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Many homes will have a copy of the Bible that is utterly pristine, because it\u2019s too sacred to actually be read. \u00a0(I saw this often on my mission in Switzerland, but it\u2019s certainly true in America and elsewhere, as well.) \u00a0In such cases, the Bible functions rather like a talisman. \u00a0I recall one exceptionally\u00a0bright Catholic gentleman of my father\u2019s generation whom\u00a0I knew well (and liked) from my earliest years. \u00a0Whenever a religious question came up \u2014 and he was very much a believer \u2014 he would announce that we needed\u00a0to refer that matter \u201cto the learned doctors of sacred scripture.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This isn\u2019t true, I think, among Latter-day Saints. \u00a0Which isn\u2019t to say that we read the Bible and the other scriptures as much as we should, nor that we study them enough or understand them well enough. \u00a0But, on the whole, I think we do relatively well.<\/p>\n
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