Let Me Understand You
The book is based on Reformed Egyptian, but there is not even a fragment of Reformed Egyptian in the world.
The book mentions places and cities which do not exist in the western hemisphere.
The book alleges that the Native Americans are descended from the Middle East, when genetic studies associate them with Mongolia and northeast Asia.
The book is loaded with grammatical errors and is a difficult read due to its poor composition.
The book originated from Golden Plates, but there are no gold plates to be found.
The book has nearly 4000 changes in it since its first printing, including important changes of meaning.
The book includes words with Greek, French and Latin origins, all languages which didn’t emerge on the world scene until centuries after the people sailed from the Middle East to the new world.
The book speaks of steel, a fairly recent technology.
The book mentions critters that weren’t in the western hemisphere in those days.
The book speaks of 2,000,000 guys wiping each other out in one day of battle, dwarfing by many times the bloodiest days of battle in known military history. That’s 42.3 men killed every second for 12 hours! That’s twice the population of Salt Lake County! And every man is K I A; none were left wounded!
The book allegedly had witnesses, but the witnesses of the gold plates later said that they didn’t actually see the plates with their physical eyes.
The book alleges to contain the fullness of the gospel, but doesn’t include baptism for the dead, age 8 as the age of accountability, men becoming gods, temple marriage, the temple ceremony, temple garments, God once a man, multiple other gods in other universes, blood atonement, water for the sacrament, the Adam God doctrine, three heavens, preexistence, God having a body, Jesus as a lesser god, family sealings or any other doctrine unique and vital to the Church.
The book copies passages directly from the King James Version of the Bible, including the italicized words supplied by the KJV translators in the 1600’s.
The book’s original language is allegedly verified by a professor of Greek and Latin at Columbia, but he wrote a letter denying the allegation, calling the book a scam.
The book’s author was a convicted con man who lied, cheated, stole, started a fraudulent bank, wrote and uttered lists of false prophecies, married other mens’ wives while publicly denying it, married young teen girls, boasted that he did it better than Jesus, and destroyed another man’s printing press.
And you want me to close my eyes and pray about the book to see if it’s true?
***And you want me to close my eyes and pray about the book to see if it’s true?***
Take a little “Dave’s Insanity Sauce” first. It gives a real good “burning in the boosom” plus a few other places!
What will be fun is when you make that leap then come back and argue that you are more reasoned and logical than those who argue against you.
Don't go pointing out all those terrible things he did! The whole point of this thread is muddy the waters, attack, and cast doubt on Christianity itself - not to hold a mirror to the LDS! You aren't supposed to mention the flaws of Mormonism or of Joey Smith. That just defeats the whole point!
Sheesh!
Gold plates? Really, if you had something written on gold plates they would have been sold back in the ‘80’s. //sarcasm
Excellent summary.