Flaws in the book of mormon

Everytime i bring up flaws, they dismiss it because of the warm fuzzies they get from reading the book of mormon. A book of mistakes, error, and fraud by jon gary williams introduction the mormon church promotes the book of mormon as an inspired writing. The result was a new revelation called the book of mormon and a new religion called mormonism. Photograph of the book of mormon by jasmin gimenez rappleye. Book of mormon, claimed personal revelation, kerrys book of abraham defense, polygamy and offspring, evolution and the origin of man, apostolic selection, impossible miracles. The logical flaws in any inspired fiction reading of the book of mormon are not only too numerous and fail to account for the historical evidence concerning the coming forth of the book of mormon, but also grotesquely deform the book of mormon into something neither it nor its millions of faithful adherents ever claimed it to be. Early argumentsmade at a time when the book of mormon remained virtually unreadwere greatly flawed by insisting on trumpedup slanders that dismissed joseph smith as a lazy liar with a host of even more serious flaws. The fatal flaw in the mormon churchs teaching concerning. Their reply is welcome and points to some of the strengths in the methodology behind much of the volume. Need advice on talking to mormons about the flaws of their. First, while smith referred to the book of mormon as the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion, its flaws run the gamut from the. The ancient near east journal of book of mormon studies, vol.

It is, in fact, one of the four standard works of the church. Noteworthy flaws in mormonism jesus christ saves ministry anonymous posted on 12112010 10. The book of mormon and the new world dna deseret book. However, i feel that the book of mormon can not only withstand the challenge, but the issue can actually be used to illuminate the nature of isaiah and shed light on why this is such a profound book. Problems with the gold plates of the book of mormon. Mormon is allegedly a prophethistorian who was the native american believed by mormons to have written the book of mormon the main religious text of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints mormonism.

Other gross errors include the use of outdated or otherwise unreliable source materials and the tendency to make every piece of evidence fit neatly into the book of mormon picture, whether it belongs there or not. The appearance of nonenglish words if there are any in the book of mormon has absolutely no bearing on whether the book of mormon is authentic or whether the translation was properly done, and the presence of nonenglish words in the translated text would not imply that those nonenglish words appeared in the original text on the nephite plates. Smith points out that the 360day year of mesoamerica seems to solve the problem nicely, and argues that what critics saw as a gaffe actually adds to the plausibility of the book of mormon as an. Mormonism is a religion less than two centuries old, but in this short time it has managed. The mormon story is that the nephite military commander and prophet moroni buried a history of his people, written on gold plates, in the hill cumorah in ad 421. If joseph smith translated these plates that were made around the year 450 ad. Two years later, when these revelations were republished in the first edition of doctrine and covenants, significant changes. The mormon church the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. The book of mormon is supposed to be the account of people who came from the middleeast to the americas. Archaeological trends and the book of mormon origins byu. It has weaknesses or flaws as a chiasmus, but the alleged examples of chiasmus in the book of mormon are far worse. Portrait of a man, said to be christopher columbus by sebastiano del piombo, ca.

They win points with the uninformed, but they hurt us more in the long run. Joseph smith translated the book of mormon from gold plates. Needless to say, he made all sorts of mistakes, except in places where the book of mormon plagiarized from the kjv. According to the bible, all things material including time, space, matter, the earth and man were created in the six days of creation. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon.

Top 10 bizarre and crazy mormon beliefs just richest. To the convincing of the jew and gentile that jesus is. Top 10 embarrassments of the mormon religion listverse. Nephis message to the gentiles book of mormon central.

However, after a fair and candid examination of the evidence, many thousands of honest mormons have discovered that this claim simply is not true. Official declaration 2, 1978 the book of mormon teaches that all are alike unto god, including black and white, bond and free, male and female 2 nephi 26. On early modern english and the book of mormon times. Joseph smith said that the book of mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to god by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book history of the church, vol. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to adherents, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. Ann taves theory of the book of mormon in terms of the cognitive science of unconscious writing would be one example of this. Wright gives plenty of reason to have faith and hold faithful ground. The plates contained some scripture from the new testament. This is a transliteration of the greek word epistolos, and would also have been unknown by the book of mormon people. What are some errors, lies, problems, and holes in the.

When joseph smith created the book of mormon, he evidently elected to use such kjvlike language throughout, even though that was not the way people talked in new york in the 1820s. And i looked and beheld a man among the gentiles, who was separated from the. The book of mormon uses the term chariot many times and in many different time periods which shows that the bom peoples used the concept of the wheel. There are quite a few investigators considering joining their church and i would like to stop them before it is too late. How millions can take the book of mormon seriously is almost beyond comprehension. There is always a fine line to walk when challenging the beliefs of others. Mormon church fundamental flaws the truth about the. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of. Doctrine and covenants compared with book of commandments most significant changes in lds scripture. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place. In our new book, flaws in the pearl of great price, we have compiled some very important information concerning the pearl of great price, a book accepted by members of the mormon church as inspired scripture. This video carefully examines the complex issues of genetic research, revealing the significant flaws in the process, reasoning and conclusions of those critics, and presents compelling evidence in defense of the book of mormon as an ancient text. It tells of the jaredites, people from the tower of babel who came to central america but perished because of their own immorality.

Twelve beliefs the mormon church might not want you to. Interestingly, the book of mormon makes the same statement that god created the heavens and earth. Today we sit down with randal wright and discuss his book the book of mormon miracle. Wright obtained a phd in family studies from brigham. You say that the book of mormon was written for our day. The imperative for a historical book of mormon the.

For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new. Oliver cowdery, one of the three witnesses of the book of mormon, in 1838 confronted joseph smith with adultery with fanny alger, lying and teaching false doctrines. There are no flaws in the gospel of jesus christ, and the church of jesus christ of latterday saints is his church. Not only does this mormon belief contradict the bible, it contradicts its own scriptures. According to the mormon religion, in the early 1800s joseph smith translated some golden plates, which were the book of mormon. Three simple ways to show contradictions in the mormon. How the lds quorum of apostles think enemies list and area business weekends duration. Purpose behind fighting gay marriage, scouting, blacks, power, mythrins polygamy timeline, changing the 1984 poelman talk. Did i miss the chapters about global warming, polygamy in this life and the next oh yeahit was forbidden, gay people trying their hardest to be active latterday saints, heavenly mother, the president packercondemned movement of feminism, or coping with the church building a 1. Mormonism is a religion less than two centuries old, but in this short time it has managed to accrue a long list of embarrassments which the church leaders would. So the book of mormon peoples would not have had the faintest idea of what a bible was. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. The mormons, through proclamation from smith, view the book of mormon as the primary authority of all scriptures, as it is the most correct book on earth, by which a person can get closer to god by following its precepts than by any other book.

Scholars are aware that these civilizations postdate book of mormon times. Today mormon missionaries tell people that they are christians too. Many of the original revelations of the mormon doctrine and covenants scripture were published in the 1833 book of commandments. Each reads very much like the bible in type and breadth of thematic concerns and literary forms history, law, psalm. Lehi and his party obviously had knowledge of the wheel. Even the book of moroni the last book in the book of mormon teaches that god is unchangeable from eternity to all eternity 8. The story of the gold plates is an absolutely essential part of the mormon narrative, for in the eyes of many latterday saints, the coming forth of this record, and its subsequent translation into the book of mormon, legitimizes their belief that smith was indeed a prophet sent by god to restore the true christian faith lost long ago due to a. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the. Those words have been proven true by generations of critics who claim to see the gnatlike flaws in the book of mormon and cannot see the camellike truths when they are written as plain as word can be 2 nephi 32.

Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. Mormon archaeological argument that proves the historical accuracy of b of m. The third chapter of the 1907 book the aquarian gospel of jesus the christ, a modern apocryphal gospel, looks like a lengthy chiasmus. The only bible that joseph smith relied on was the king james version. First, while smith referred to the book of mormon as the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion its flaws run the gamut from the serious to the silly. Book of mormon christ is completely accepted in bible he is rejected. A jewish convert could claim control over the lds finances, the earth is 7000 years old, guestimate on value of free labor, mythrins crazy mormon history. The lds version seems to be one of three kindle versions currently available.

After interpreter published my lengthy paper that discussed apparent bias and flaws in scholarship in the joseph smith papers volume on the book of abraham, two members of the jsp project team have responded with a defense of their volume. For example, critics of mormonism have shown convincing proof that the book of mormon is a synthesis of earlier works written by other men, of the vivid imaginings of joseph smith, and of plagiarisms from the king james bible. A dynamic, interactive, webfriendly presentation of the book of mormon. We talk about the miracle that is the book of mormon. Many people accuse lds apologists of lying for the lord. Book of mormon prophecies of christ specific bible prophecies veiled actually nonexistent unless scripture misquoted or prophecies stretched to have two meanings. David whitmers an address to all believers in christ is a valuable resource for all its flaws because it sets out whitmers final definitive testimony of the book of mormon and his public refutation of the sources which implied or stated he had renounced his testimony of the book of mormon. The scientific search for nephite remains mormons in. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. Christ is the only one to have lived a perfect life, so those who are in the church and who lead it still have flaws, but as far as the doctrine itself. Dear mormons, you dont know the book of mormon is true. Throughout the history of the church, people of every race and ethnicity in many countries have been baptized and have lived as faithful members of the church.