THE BOOK OF MORMON AND ITS PURPORTED ORIGIN IS FILLED WITH NONSENSE AND FRAUD
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JOSEPH SMITH RECEIVING THE GOLD PLATES
MORMONS BELIEVE THAT THE "LAMANITE" AMERICAN INDIANS WERE JEWS WHO ARRIVED IN 600 B.C.!
19TH CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVED THE BOOK OF MORMON WAS NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY!
20TH CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVED THE BOOK OF MORMON WAS NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY!
21ST CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVE THAT THE BOOK OF MORMON MAY BE JUST GOOD LITERATURE!
Fictional Book of Mormon South America Geography
Actual South America Geography
Archaeology will prove the purported history of ancient literature.
Biblical Archaeology Review (Yes, Jerusalem did and does exist)
21ST CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVE THAT THE BOOK OF MORMON MAY NOT BE COMPLETE AMERICAN HISTORY!
THE BOOK OF MORMON DOES NOT MENTION THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE!
MORMON MEDICAL DOCTOR TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THEORIES
WRONG WAY SAILING BY THE JAREDITES, MULEK, AND LEHI?
ARCHAEOLOGY REFUTES THE BOOK OF MORMON
BOOK OF MORMON AUTHORSHIP STUDY
1 Timothy 1:3-4 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
IRRATIONAL MORMON SCHOLAR CONCLUSIONS
MORMON PROPHET DEFENDS THE BOOK OF MORMON FICTION
MORMONS USE ACTUAL BIBLICAL HISTORY TO VALIDATE BOOK OF MORMON FICTION
Pro-Mormon historians have traditionally relied upon four arguments in dismissing the Spaulding Enigma: (1) that Solomon Spalding wrote only a single novel, Manuscript Story - Conneaut Creek; (2) that Doctor Hurlbut's hateful desire to destroy Joseph Smith and the Church renders his evidence hopelessly biased and unacceptable; (3) that Sidney Rigdon was not in Pittsburgh until 1822 and never had any connections with the print shops there; and (4) that Rigdon's first contact with Joseph Smith took place in late 1830, many months after The Book of Mormon had already been published. Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon, page 99.
Published Monday, June 30, 2008
Albert Lea Tribune
The raid at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints polygamist compound in Texas has drawn national attention in recent weeks. In fact there are several similar Mormon fundamentalist sects scattered throughout the western U.S. The reason for these polygamist splinter groups today is due to followers of the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, taking his revelation seriously: live polygamy or be damned.
When Smith introduced his doctrine of eternal marriage, it was directly tied to plural marriage. Verse 1 of the Mormon scriptures, Doctrine and Convenants (i.e.: D&C), Section 132, reads that the revelation was in answer to his inquiry regarding some Old Testament Bible characters having “many wives and concubines.” Verse 4 goes on to state, “I will reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant and if ye abide not in that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.” One can see the pressure the fundamentalists are under here. The importance of polygamy to early Mormon leaders is also seen in the extensive number of marriages they undertook. Joseph Smith had at least 34 wives, Brigham Young over 50.
Quite revealing, however, is the fact that Mormonism’s own Book of Mormon denounces plural wives as “abominable” in Jacob 2:23-24. In every edition of the D&C from 1835 to 1876, Section 101:4 denounced polygamy also. At this time Section 132 condoning it was inserted. Since there was an obvious conflict, the “anti-polygamy” section was quietly removed.
In 1890, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Wilford Woodruff issued the manifesto that ended the official LDS practice of polygamy. The LDS church, however, hasn’t abandoned the doctrine of polygamy as a righteous principle, only its current earthly practice. Because Section 132 has not been expunged and continues to be published as doctrine, many will continue to submit to it. The recent intervention in Texas only continues the legacy in this maze of confusion.
B. Kent Larson
Stewartville
LDS filmmaker says Book of Mormon set in North America
Deseret News
Published: Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
MIDWAY — LDS filmmaker Kieth Merrill says he picked the background for "The Testaments" by default, and if he had it to do over, he would have sought locations in North America rather than Central and South America.
Speaking Friday at the Book of Mormon Prophecies Conference at the Zermatt, Merrill said he believes evidence supports a North American backdrop in the "promised land" for the Book of Mormon stories, wars and visits from Jesus Christ.
"I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I can't say I know where it all took place," Merrill said as he addressed a packed house as the conference's keynote speaker. "I'm the guy who made the biggest, most expensive film (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) has ever made, and I put it in the wrong place."
Merrill said the common notion that the Mayan and Aztec peoples and other such civilizations known to have lived in Central America during Book of Mormon history influenced his choice of jungle location. (He ultimately filmed "The Testaments" on the Hawaiian island of Kauai after roaming the jungles of the Yucatan.)
"I can't wait to redo the movie and put buffalo in it," he said.