Category: Book of Mormon
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Introduction to 3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon
A summary of the most meaningful changes in the Book of Mormon, with many examples listed.
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Joseph Smith—Seer and Translator?
Does a “seer” and “translator” give the same message as a scholar would, rendering a specific text from one language to another? How are we to understand “translate” in Joseph Smith’s writings using the Book of Mormon plates, seer stones, and magic practices?
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The Book of Mormon: Another Bible or Another Bible Forgery? Part 2
Despite the Book of Mormon’s similarities to the Bible, it bears the marks of intentional engineering.
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The Book of Mormon: Another Bible or Another Bible Forgery? Part 1
Forgery techniques shed light on the Book of Mormon and its possible origin.
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“Upon This Rock”
Joseph Smith’s Seer Stone By Robert M. Bowman, Jr.Director of the Institute for Religious Research – www.irr.org On August 4, 2015, the LDS Church issued a press release that was picked up and reported on National Public Radio and Fox News, by the Associated Press, and by many other news outlets. The focus of the…
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The Solomon Spalding Theory
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner A study of Book of Mormon authorship relating toSolomon Spalding The following article is an excerpt from our book, Joseph Smith’s Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon (Chapter 9) The authorship of the Book of Mormon has been hotly debated since it was first published. The title…
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What’s Hidden in the New Headings?
We examine changes in the headings and introductory material of the 2013 edition of LDS scriptures, which seem to be aimed at obscuring problematic areas.
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Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas for the Book of Mormon?
By Sandra Tanner One of the claims often made by LDS people is that there was no information on the Indian ruins in Mexico and Guatemala available prior to 1830. Actually, numerous books recounting similar ideas as those in Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon had already been published. Many of the books published on the…
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“Too Mean to Mention” — The Book of Mormon Witnesses
By Sandra Tanner Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, claimed that when he was seventeen years old, a heavenly messenger appeared to him in his bedroom in Western New York to commission him to translate an ancient record containing God’s dealings with the forefathers of the Native Americans.…
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Joseph Smith’s Changing Scriptures
By Sandra Tanner When most people think of Christianity they usually associate it with the Bible. However, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the LDS or Mormon Church) is not bound by that volume alone. The LDS Church asserts that the Bible has been corrupted but that their doctrines…