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Oh joy! Now the Mormons are attempting to prove that the canon of scripture is corrupted.

Hasn't the complaint from mormons consistently been that the non-mormons are guilty of posting the 'non' scriptural RECORDED teachings and beliefs of mormon leaders?

So, now, the mormons are going to retaliate by posting propaganda that claims that the Christian scriptures are "corrupted".

AND THEN....they are going to come along and post the "inspired" revelations of the mormon prophets to "correct" the "corrupt scripture"? Do I have that right

In the heat of the Missouri “Mormon War” of 1838, Joseph Smith made the following claim: “I will be to this generation a second Mohammed, whose motto in treating for peace was ‘the Alcoran [Koran] or the Sword.’ So shall it eventually be with us ’Joseph Smith or the Sword!’ “ (Joseph Smith made this statement at the conclusion of a speech in the public square at Far West, Missouri on October 14, 1838. This particular quote is documented in Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History, second edition, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971), p. 230231.)

• • Both prophet’s claims of having angelic visitations and of receiving divine revelation to restore pure religion to the earth again. Mohammed was told that both Jews and Christians had long since corrupted their scriptures and religion. In like manner, Joseph Smith was told that all of Christianity had become corrupt, and that consequently the Bible itself was no longer reliable. In both cases, this corruption required a complete restoration of both scripture and religion. Nothing which preceded either prophet could be relied upon any longer. Both prophets claim they were used of God to restore eternal truths which once existed on earth, but had been lost due to human corruption.