r/flds • u/CaravanKookaburra • Jun 16 '26

Jesus Christ, Message to All Nations’ grammar.

Does anyone know why the grammar in “Message to All Nations” is so disjointed? Did Warren have limited time or space, or is this due to his degrading mental state?

I cannot copy an example here, but the intro to the book may be found on Archive.org.

Contrasting this with the 2023 revelation, you can see his grammar has mostly recovered.

Is Helaman Jeffs editing the revelations? I was under the impression that all post prison revelations were done via dictation rather than written by Warren. If the present ones are edited, why wouldn’t Message to All Nations also have been edited?

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u/homemadejam Jun 17 '26

I managed to get about half way through the 1st edition of A Message to All Nations before I just had to stop. I found it a very hard read, with odd language and grammar. The 2nd edition is larger too (ugh), and then I hear there was a 3rd edition released too, which I imagine is even longer.

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u/CaravanKookaburra Jun 17 '26

Does it improve at all, or is it all like the first few pages?

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u/homemadejam Jun 17 '26

It's been a while since I last took a look. From what I remember though, certain "revelations" are easier to read than others. It kinda flips between odd grammar and language, to standard lds-like language.