Anthony Stevens
- It is sad to see so many in the comments imputing motives when there is no way to know what the motives of Logos are. I came out of Mormonism about 20 years ago into atheism and then accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior about 8 years ago. These tools would be a valuable resource for me to be able to utilize during my studies and in conversations with my family members (parents, siblings, etc.) who are still in it. Having access to the defining documents of Mormonism is critical to be actually able to contend with their viewpoints and discuss things from their own sources. It is extremely difficult for me to fathom how access to these resources would present a danger to biblically or historically literate Christians, of which I imagine there is a much higher proportionality among Logos users than the general populace. Let us calm down with the panic and fearmongering. Even if this gives Mormons an avenue to promote their beliefs, their beliefs don't stand up to the grounding of the teachings of Christianity. The power of the true Gospel can stand on its own. It doesn't need us to silence other viewpoints. We have no need to fear.
- Who gets paid when Logos sells a copy of the Book of Mormon?
- The Mormon church makes billions per year tax-free in tithing alone apart from the business ventures that they are involved in and they give Book of Mormons away for free just like Christians hand out the Bible for free. I don't think their share of a couple thousand Logos sales of this package are a drop in the ocean to them. But they would provide valuable study resources for those of us who want to combat the teachings of their "prophets" from their own sources which is far more valuable to Christians than what the Mormon church gets out of it in my opinion.
- The Book of Mormon is in the public domain, so no, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would not get paid because Logos sold copies of it in this package. I suspect every resource in this package that was authored by Latter-day Saints is also in the public domain.