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“Thus, the Atonement of Jesus Christ is the crowning and all-pervasive central focus of the Plan of Salvation. It enables us to be optimists and look forward with bright hope and anticipation to succeeding in our personal quest for exaltation.”
― David J. Ridges, Doctrinal Details of the Plan of Salvation: From Premortality to Exaltation

“The First Presidency reminded the quoroms of Joseph Smith's teaching: "Declare the first principles, and let mysteries alone, lest you be overthrown.”
― Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

“The library of books in the Bible was written by human authors who each had God’s Spirit inspiring and guiding them.* The library of books in the Bible was and still is a primary way God communicates with us, giving us guidance. God wants us to know him, to know our origins and future, and to have guidance for life. So God intentionally and purposely oversaw the process of what was written, using the different personalities and life experiences and situations of each human author to communicate what he wished to say.”
― Dan Kimball, How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy Sounding Parts of Scripture