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[bladespark]

So a few weeks back I ordered a new scripture set from the Church's distribution center. There's nowhere local to me that carries the full LDS set, and it's easier than trying to drive down to Portland for them. (And my old set is marked to death, and starting to fall apart, really. I've had it since I was 14.)

Anyhow, I decided this time to get the separate Bible and triple combination. (If you don't know, that's the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenenats, and Pearl of Great Price, the uniquely Mormon scriptures we use in addition to the Bible.) I'd previously had the quad combination with the Bible included, but that thing is FAT and HEAVY, so this time I went with the separate volumes.

Yesterday I got a package, sent by USPS priority post, and lo! It was my triple combination. With no Bible. I figured somebody screwed up my order, and kinda shrugged. I can get a King James version locally, though it wouldn't have the indexes, and wouldn't match, but I wasn't too fussed about it, just kinda amused.

Today I also got a package, sent by FedEx, which, when opened, proved to contain the missing Bible.

WTF?

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[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N?/M?) Something suspicious is going on. <.<

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Weird yes, suspicious no. (Susicious implies that there is some motive, reason, or goal to this peculiarity, and I cannot imagine that a 12-odd million member organiziation which I am a memeber of has some sort of plot going on that could involve sending me two different packages by different carrirs.)

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

M) Ah. Right. Conciousness breaking down somewhat as sleep requirement increases: thought you typed that you ordered it from USPS, or asked USPS to get it, and got the Bible by FedEx, which would have been suspicious as it would have suggested a hitherto-unknown connection between USPS and FedEx... *dskoafjskofjo*

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

Two distribution centers? Are they from the same place?

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yup, they're from the same place.

[pseudowolf.livejournal.com]

Wait, Pearl of Great Price? I've heard of The Book of Mormon (actually would like to read it sometime) but never of a third book. Has it always been a part of LDS?

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

The Book of Mormon is the book of antique scripture that Joseph Smith, the founder of our faith, translated very early on in his life.

The Doctorine and Covenants is a book collecting modern revelations deemed to be scripture, mostly by Joseph Smith but with some things having been added to it as late as the 1970s.

The Pearl of Great Price is a little it of a catch-all for anything considered scriptural that isn't in one of the above categories, and isn't found in the Bible either. It mostly consists of two alternative translations of the book of Genesis, and a small stack of other things, like the "Articles of Faith," which are bunch of condensed little sayings meant as a basic guide to the essential and core beliefs of Mormonsim as laid down in the church's early days.

If you want to get a Book of Mormon, I can arrange to have a free copy mailed to you, but if you want to read the other stuff, you'll have to buy a triple, as the church only gives out the Book of Mormon and sometimes the Bible free.

[coyoty.livejournal.com]

I think the sender may have realized the Bible was accidentally left out, and sent it ASAP so they'd arrive as close together as possible.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

You, Sir, have hit upon the only working theory I've been able to come up with.