Ya know...one of bait & switch things that Lds missionaries engage in is to ask contacts to "pray about the Book of Mormon."
ALL: If you ever have an Lds missionary ask you to do that, ask them, "Which one?"
They will look at you in a confused manner, thinking there's only one.
But you see, the Book of Mormon has so much majestic King James Bible plagiarism in it, that if they were truly "up front" -- they'd show you the 1830 version so that you can see the "upstate New York-like" grammar-horrific UNmajestic version Smith put together prior to Lds leaders making THOUSANDS of changes.
You see reading the ORIGINAL Book of Mormon...
...with the majestic KJV excerpts --
--contrasted vs. Smith's Un-majestic portion of the BoM
-- would all be a dead giveaway that this wasn't the "genuine article."
But, hey, what do you expect when Mormon missionaries aren't exactly "out front" with many of their doctrines? (They promote pretty much ONLY the Book of Mormon)
Of course, the Book of Mormon has ZILCHO content/teachings about all the "later" developments of Joseph Smith...such as...
* God is a lower-level god who god assigned the "god job" for the Kolob-Earth district
* He was a man who earned his way to godhood; therefore, you can, too
* Temples are for baptizing dead people -- which Mormons hear from time-to-time in those temples (necro-immersing & necromancy)
* Any kind of "pre-existence"
* 3 degrees of glory -- with ONLY temple married Mormons having the opportunity to live eternally with Heavenly Father...(all others get a lower "glory"...as if Heaven could be Heaven minus Heavenly Father!!!)
* Hell isn't eternal -- damnation just means "damned up"
* Marriage & families are for eternity [imagine the Book of Mormon missing out on that one]
* Sealings & endowments & temple recommends & temple ritual language
* A mom-god or 2 or 3 or a harem of them
Anyway, no wonder there's "misunderstandings" of what Mormonism is! Here they do a bait-and-switch, asking people to pray about stuff that doesn't even record many of their primary teachings!!!
It's all downright deceptive.
Royal Skousen should push for THE original Book of Mormon to be handed out for "prayer purposes" by Lds missionaries...(Yeah, that'd go over like a green jello brick)
ALL: If you ever have an Lds missionary ask you to do that, ask them, "Which one?"
Ask THEM if they've prayed about qwhich parts of the KJV are UNTRUE.
That should raise their eyebrows!
Ask if they've 'prayed' to see if the D&C's are 'true' - the PGP as well; is IT 'true'.