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In the past, some who have been interested in supporting scholarly efforts to commend and defend the claims of the Restoration have expressed concern at the variety of what they saw as potentially competing organizations. \u00a0They weren\u2019t sure which organization to endorse or to steer potential donors toward, or were unable to decide whether to give to the Interpreter Foundation, or to FairMormon, or to Book of Mormon Central. \u00a0Mormon Voices is designed, first and foremost, to meet that issue. \u00a0It may \u2014 such things are still being fleshed out \u2014 also occasionally involve joint projects undertaken by two or more of the constituent organizations together. \u00a0(We\u2019re already tentatively talking about at least one such effort, on a comparatively small scale.)<\/p>\n
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In terms of donor support, no previous options have been closed. \u00a0You are still free to give directly to the Interpreter Foundation and\/or to FairMormon and\/or to Book of Mormon Central, or to any combination of the three \u2014 and\/or, of course, to any other cause that you favor. \u00a0Now, though, you can give to Mormon Voices, which will then distribute the funds received to the three organizations or to other, related causes.<\/p>\n
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You can still give to the Interpreter Foundation or to anybody else via Amazon.Smile, although I\u2019m not sure that that option is available quite yet for Mormon Voices. \u00a0And I hope that you will<\/em> designate some worthwhile charity to receive proceeds from Amazon.Smile. \u00a0The amounts given per purchase are small, but, if enough people get involved, they can become large. \u00a0And involvement with Amazon.Smile costs you absolutely nothing<\/strong>. \u00a0Moreover, once you\u2019ve set it up, it\u2019s absolutely painless<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/em>If you ever buy books or other things via Amazon.com, your purchases can assure\u00a0that Amazon \u2014 Amazon<\/em> \u2014 supports the cause you\u2019ve chosen. \u00a0It is, truly, a no-brainer.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cBe not\u00a0weary\u00a0in\u00a0well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of\u00a0small things proceedeth that which is great.\u201d \u00a0(Doctrine and Covenants 64:33)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 An important new article from Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: \u00a0 \u201cIs the Book of Mormon a Pseudo-Archaic Text?\u201d \u00a0 We wish you a happy, safe, and satisfying weekend, and remind you of the Interpreter Radio Show, which will be broadcast on Sunday evening at 7 PM, Utah time, and which can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,383,975,380,972,55],"class_list":["post-47021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-of-mormon","tag-book-of-mormon-authorship","tag-interpreter","tag-joseph-smith","tag-mormon-voices","tag-mormonism"],"yoast_head":"\n
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