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Summary: Truly another testament of Jesus Christ
Review: There was a time when I was not only anti-Mormon but anti-Christian as well. The Book of Mormon helped to change me - not only has my religion, religiosity, theology changed but also my personality, character, and much more. I have become a much better person.This is definitely written for our age, for us today. Everything in this book serves to teach, instruct, edify, admonish and help us. It testifies of Christ, of God's love for us, and of the Gospel of Jesus. As for those who claim it's been ripped off some other work, such a claim is foundationless. I challenge anyone to write work like it, using Hebraic literary styles to be discovered decades later, creating numerous civilizations with unique names, keeping consistency throughout the book, delving into economics, political science, governmental philosophies, psychology, divinity, theology, a book where WordPrints show different authors and different styles. To quote Alma: "Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee" (Alma 30:44). It is not the Book of Mormon which is on trial, it is we who are on trial. As the Lord says, "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign" (Matt. 12:39).
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Summary: The Proof is in Your Heart
Review: I have read The Book of Mormon and I know that it is true. The book contains great insight into our Heavenly Father's plan for us, and compliments the Bible as another testimony of Christ's divinity. How do I know it is true? I know because I tried the promise given in the book of Mormon itself. The promise found in Moroni 10:3-5 (The Book of Mormon is set up like the Bible in books, chapters and verses, thus this would be found in the book of Moroni, tenth chapter, verses three through five) says that if we read the book, ponder it in our heart and then ask God if they are true. If we do these things, we will recieve an answer. I know it's true.
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Summary: Truth...
Review: About the Author Joseph Smith is not the author, per se, but rather the translator of the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), was the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the spring of 1820, when Joseph was 14 years-old, he was much disturbed by the competing claims of the ministers in the area, and frustrated that "the teachers of religion....understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal. Many reviewers on this board are just spouting off at the mouth. There is know way for them to claim that the book of Mormon is fictional. They can't prove it, by them saying that this book is not true is akin to them saying that GOD doesn't answer prayers and doesn't interact with humans anymore. There is no way possible to prove that Joseph Smith didn't see what he said he saw. Since that is the case then you have to take into account that it is possible that GOD preserved this ancient record for the benefit of his church in the latter days. The only way to know if this is the word of GOD is to read it and pray with a sincere heart asking in faith. The arguments against this book on this review board are weak at best. Why wouldn't the Book of Mormon be like reading the Bible. If the Bible is the word of GOD (and it is) then the Book of Mormon would read just like it. 25% of the Book is Isaiah teachings, which are for the benefit of the children of GOD in the last days. To say that the Book of Mormon is stealing from the Bible is just further proof that GOD wants people to understand his teachings better. As for the comment about the Solomon Spaulding book, that is just plain false. They are nothing alike. Read them both and judge for yourself. Read this book it can change your life.
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Summary: Former Mormon Seminary Teacher of Book of Mormon
Review: As a former mormon of 36 years, I have read the Book of Mormon countless times and even taught it to high school students as a seminary teacher. I think I know the Book of Mormon as anyone. First, as a faithful and believing mormon, it is just accepted and believed that the book is inspired scripture and more reliable than the Bible. I spent most of my adult life with this belief. However, I eventually decided that I needed to know if the book would hold up to a serious scrutiny. What I found was very distrubing. It is not a book of scriture, but a tale weaved from the thoughts of others by an 18th century con man named Joseph Smith. It is okay to read, just look into its history from good sources before you really believe it as God's word.
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Summary: Nice story,
Review: but hardly a foundation for a religion. It mirrors a few other books like The Bible, and is exactly like the Solomon Spaulding book! I know all the for and against explanations, but if you're looking for truth, honey, this ain't it! Just because you have strong feelings about something, doesn't make it factual!
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Summary: Lackluster work of fictional literature
Review: What happened to Christ after he was crucified and before he went to heaven, what "Other Sheep" he visited, who were the indians and people that covered the North and South American continents, what were the golden plates. This is the book that was translated by Joseph Smith by the power of God. This is the book that started all the controversy in the modern day Mormon church. I am an unbeliever and I have many, many problems with this book and it's belief system. I am simply here to tell you that. Was it an enjoyable read? In no way. Content: totally void of proof other than the feelings you are told you will receive about the truth that it holds.
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Summary: Church members have had the truth hidden from them
Review: What missionaries will do is get you to pray to see if thisbook is true. If you end up thinking it is true you are blessed, andif you get the wrong answer you are deceived- Catch 22. This book hasbeen "corrected" over 3000 times since the first edition(you can buy facsimile of the original on Amazon). Some of these canbe passed off as editorial mistakes but others are serious changes inmeaning which reflect current LDS doctrine. This is strange since oneof the central tenets of Mormonism is that it is the most perfect bookin the world, and that the Bible is mistranslated. To boot this bookdoesn't talk of the central tenets of modern Mormonism (they emergedafter the book was "translated") such as baptizing the dead,the spirit world, eternal marriage, eternal progression, and theplural Gods doctrine. In fact the Book of Mormon is monotheistic andspeaks of hell, but as more and more revisions get made to it thesewill disappear as many already have. Nonetheless this is animportant book in American culture and even literature (it is a dullread- Twain called it "Chloroform in print") and has startedover thirty different sects... maybe slightly ironic since JosephSmith was told to start a united church not a divided one! One thingyou will never hear from a Mormon (because few know this) is that ALLthe witnesses of the Book of Mormon left the church. Joseph Smith'sson left the Utah church and entered the Reorganised LDS, and so didJoseph's first wife Emma.
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Summary: What a Joke!
Review: I read the BOM from cover to cover with an open mind and heart. Right away it hooks you with a "if you read this and don't believe you are damned" type of comment. Typical cult stuff. Then, the rest is really stupid. Cursed people that God makes colored, metalurgy that just didn't exist in the Americas during the reported time frames, silk, elephants, horses, chariots, on and on. No references to Jewish holidays or traditions. Hardley any women mentioned; didn't they exist or contribute? King James version of the Bible plagerism. This is a book that the Mormans should be required to read. If they did, their church would cease to exist!
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Summary: Nothing Unique and nothing interesting for most people
Review: The Book of Mormon has too many questions attached to it... Ifyou are a Mormon you will love this book, 99% of the rest of you shallfind it incredibly dull. Considering that the book repeatedly says itconsists of abridgements of ancient texts it is incredible it usessuch longwinded language. For example in the New Testament there is averse about God taking his children under his wings like a hen withchicks- in the Book of Mormon this is stretched out into severalrepeating verses. The language is a problem too. It is claimed thatthis book was written in 'reformed Egyptian' (a language unknown toall but Mormons), but why didn't these Jews use a kind of monumentalHebrew, Aramaic or Syraic? The translation is into 'Ye Olde English',Joseph Smith would have been better putting it into his own tongue. Hemakes mistakes such as talking about 'cherubims'- -im is a basicHebrew plural so it's like saying angelses!...
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Summary: A work of fiction.
Review: Mormons regard this book as an addition to the Bible as Holy Scripture. It is supposed to be an account of the ancestors of the indigenous peoples of America. These people first arrived in the New World in 600 B.C. Modern evidence now establishes this is not the case, so the reader should be cautioned of the Mormon claims of this "holy book." If you are used to the violence of the Old Testament, this should not be any different. Very early, the reader is introduced to a decapitation done according to the will of God. As the book continues, one reads of further violence, chiefly in the art of warfare. The reader should also be cautioned that s/he will not learn about Mormon beliefs from reading this book. That information, for starters, should be obtained by reading the Doctrine and Covenants. If one approaches the book and discounts the professed sacredness and its usefulness as a tool to define the Mormon religion, one is left with a flatly-written book that often plagiarizes the King James Bible.
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