Category: Book of Mormon
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King James 1611 Preface and Joseph Smith’s “Cloud of Darkness”
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Evidence of Joseph Smith’s possible plagiarism from the Preface of the King James Bible into the Book of Mormon [Excerpt from Salt Lake City Messenger #84] Cloud of Darkness Robert Williams, of North Wales, discovered an important parallel between the Book of Mormon and the Preface of the King James…
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The Book of Mormon: Ancient or Modern
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Joseph Smith claimed that in 1823 an angel appeared to him and stated that gold plates were buried in a hill near his home. The angel explained that the plates contained “an account of the former inhabitants of this continent,” and that they also contained “the fullness of the everlasting…
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The Black Hole in the Book of Mormon
What a computer study reveals about missing details in the Book of Mormon.
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Satanic Verses and Mormonism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Joseph Smith was certainly not the first to claim revelations or to bring forth a new book purporting to be scripture. For instance, the story of the coming forth of the Koran, the sacred scripture of Islam, bears some interesting parallels to Joseph Smith’s account of the origin of the…
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Mormonism and Plagiarism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner For almost thirty years the editors of this newsletter have studied the contents of LDS documents in an attempt to determine the truth about Mormon history. Over the years we have found a number of documents (both Mormon and anti-Mormon) that bear all the earmarks of forgery. The Mormon scholar…
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Crisis in LDS History
Mormon Scholars Question Book of Mormon By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Writing in the Salt Lake Tribune, September 28, 1985, Dawn Tracy claimed that “Tumultuous times may be ahead as Mormons wrestle with scholarly works challenging traditional stories about the origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” James L. Clayton, a Mormon…
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Moroni or Salamander?
Reported Find of Letter by Book of Mormon Witness By Jerald and Sandra Tanner For a month or two there have been rumors circulating that an extremely important letter written by Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris has been discovered. Although there has been an attempt to keep the matter quiet until the document has…
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Lost and Found?
Spalding’s Manuscript and 116 Book of Mormon Pages By Jerald and Sandra Tanner A few months ago a reporter from one of the largest newspapers in the United States asked us if it was true that the Mormon Church had bought the long-lost Solomon Spalding manuscript for $6,000,000. We replied that we had no information…
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Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith claimed Martin Harris showed Book of Mormon characters to Professor Anthon, who allegedly verified their translation. Anthon denied this. A 1980 document, later revealed as a Mark Hofmann forgery, was presented as evidence but was proven fake, with experts like Klaus Baer confirming the characters weren’t Egyptian, further discrediting the initial claim.
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A {White} Pure and Delightsome People?
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Since its beginning the Mormon Church has taught that a dark skin is a sign of God’s displeasure. This teaching comes directly from Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon teaches that about 600 B.C. a prophet named Lehi brought his family to America. Those who were righteous…