The Book of Mormon is so poorly written, plodding, dull, and downright boring that its only real potency is in its ability to put the reader to sleep. It’s so far and wide in the Book of Mormon that without reading it, it’s impossible to understand just how much the Book of Mormon, directly and indirectly, plagiarizes from the King James Version of the Bible. So how do you close this one? In the Book of Mormon, you see heroes and villains, prophets and idolaters, good and evil. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Change ). The Book of Mormon states that baptism isn’t an absolute requirement for salvation. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. The Lost Book of Mormon, is not a book I would otherwise have considered reading, as I'm not really interested in the subject, which is The Book of Mormon. If you prefer MeWe, the link is https://mewe.com/join/toybom, * A MeWe edition was also added later. The Book of Mormon shall stand as a testimony against the world, Ether 5:4. To Demystify the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon states that man was created by the power of God’s word not procreated by spirit parents. All rights reserved. It can be fun watching Mormons squirm as they have to give an account for their own scripture once you’re empowered like this. No, it’s not logical. The book is its own proof. At Bonneville Communications, our ability to touch the hearts and minds of audiences makes us an essential resource for organizations with vital messages. NO LESS THAN 84 DIFFERENT TIMES in the series of missionary lessons given to “Mr. A Mormon kid moves to South Park and it's up to Stan to kick his ass. Probably no one explained this better than Mark Twain when speaking of the book he wrote: All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the “elect” have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. Download I finally finished the Book of Mormon character sets. This post begins with a couple dubious conclusions, that 1. the chiasmus in the BoM are statistically demonstrable, and 2. that it is evidence for antiquity. 6. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I don’t think so. See also “Ensign”, November 1984, p.8), Indeed, all you have to do is read it to know that, “these things are not true.” (Mormon 10:4), The landing page for “The One Year BOM: Non-Mormons Reading Through the Book of Mormon in a Year” (aka “TOYBOM”) Facebook group. in a Year (aka ‘TOYBOM’)” and its mission and goal is to get Non-Mormons reading the Book of Mormon in a year as a group so they can openly and honestly discuss it without any Mormon interference, umbrage, or offense. No, you won’t be an expert after a one-time read through, but you’ll at least be able to talk to it with some degree of direct experience with the text. This is pretty cute and quite helpful. In fact, over the course of the year, we all had stories about how the fact that we were in this group and committed to reading the Book of Mormon from cover-to-cover had given us an added level of credibility in the eyes of our Mormon friends and family. >>17162161 Grew up mormon. I'm a lifelong Mormon, straight, male, and not a feminist. Summary and conclusion: I saved the best reason for last in that list on purpose: Gaining Street Cred with Mormons is by far the most important reason why an outsider to Mormonism – any outsider to Mormonism – should read the Book of Mormon. To discover things that can be used in debate settings. Salt Lake City-based writer Nish Weiseth attended a performance of the musical Wednesday night and tweeted a photo of the good-humored ad. So this was sort of this conundrum that we like to talk about — we think what they believe is really, really ridiculous, and yet they seem like pretty happy people." For example, a Book of Mormon reference to horses suggests that they may have been relatively uncommon, being limited only to Steinberg, who spent part of his youth in an Orthodox Jewish seminary, does not appear to I'm not sure what just happened here. That is if you read it with other Non-Mormons rather than just on your own, of course! ( Log Out /  86, 89. There are fascinating evidences with regard to these models, but I'd just like Need I say more about this? To have fun (Yes, fun!) The Tony Award-winning musical just opened for a three-week run in the heart of Mormon country. The Tony Award-winning musical opened on Tuesday at Salt Lake City’s George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater ― in the heart of the country’s largest Mormon population. 7. We’re talking about the pure Book of Mormon, devoid of Mormon or Mormon Missionary HeartSell (which we’ll talk about later) and other emotional grooming tactics here. If you haven’t read it, you’re just criticizing what you don’t know and have never directly experienced. The results were both surprising and expected, but that’s all I’ll say about that for now. The Book of Mormon answers this question in Alma 12:21-27 by teaching us that “ if it were possible that our first parents could have gone forth and partaken of the tree of life they would have been forever miserable”. Join us, click here to put in an Add Request. Pretty Study Sheets are the perfect way to enhance your scriptures and scripture study! Anyone who’s met or talked with the Missionaries or a Mormon friend in regard to the Book of Mormon will know exactly what I’m talking about here. One critic of the LdS Church explained how HeartSell works using the Missionary curriculum of that particular time as a case study: In the Mormon Missionary handbook in the mid 1980’s, “The Uniform System for Teaching Families,” instructions were given to the missionary on how to “bring the people you teach to a knowledge and conviction of the truth” effectively. See Sloan, “The Anthon Transcripts and the Translation of the Book of Mormon: Studying It Out in the Mind of Joseph Smith,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5.2 (1996): 57-81. "The Book of Mormon" is the first musical to open on Broadway since "La Cage aux Folles" that has the smell of a send-in-the-tourists hit. Reading this incredibly dull and boring work of badly written 19th Century religious fiction without the burden of Mormon emotional grooming and manipulation will immunize you against these tactics. The Book of Mormon denies that there is a second chance to repent and receive the gospel in the next life. With 12 unique hand lettered designs of favorite Book of Mormon verses, these downloadable sheets slip perfectly into your Book of Mormon Again, doubt me? (Jerry Benson, “The Mormon Testimony: ‘I Testify to You…’“ (caps in original)). His fanfic book of abraham and moses are at least a little interesting though. The Book of Mormon contains the (; The Book of Mormon says that God is eternal and unchanging. Ask God if these things are not true, Moro. The musical tells the fictional story of two young missionaries, Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, who are sent to Uganda to spread the message of their faith. To, at the very minimum, gain a basic knowledge of the Book of Mormon, thanks to having actually have read it. Aussie Mormons reacting ‘pretty well’ to hit musical AS BOOK of Mormon fever sweeps Sydney, Mormons have reacted to the worldwide stage hit. If false, it is one of the most cunning, wicked, bold, deep-laid impositions ever planned upon the world, calculated to deceive and ruin millions who will sinc… Stated plainly, the Mormon dogma that the Book of Mormon doesn’t contradict the Bible is ridiculous to the point of absurdity. Why . (“AFFECTING CHANGE BY REACHING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR AUDIENCES”, Bonneville International website, 2016-02-19). If he, according to tradition, merely translated it from certain ancient and mysteriously-engraved plates of copper, which he declares he found under a stone, in an out-of-the-way locality, the work of translating was equally a miracle, for the same reason…, The Mormon Bible is rather stupid and tiresome to read, but there is nothing vicious in its teachings. 10:4. Rather, the Book of Mormon teaches 19th Century American Restorationism in a way that’s generally aligned with historic mainstream Protestant Christian orthodoxy. No, and’s. Further instructions encouraging this FEELING were given: “As the Spirit confirms to you that those you are teaching are receiving a witness of the Spirit, pause in the discussion and say, ‘Mr. Better yet, read it in a group with a bunch of non-Mormons. But when Stan and his dad meet their new Mormon neighbors, they become fascinated with how genuinely nice they are. It is chloroform in print. [8] John W. Welch, “The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon,” in John W. Welch, ed., Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820-1844 (Provo: BYU Press, 2005), nos. If you read it with another person or two you can – actually must – encourage each other to stick with it despite all that, if you have any hope of “enduring to the end”. . You are beginning to receive YOUR OWN TESTIMONY of the truthfulness of this message.” (Page A-3, No. 8. Brown,” the missionaries were instructed to “TESTIFY” of the truthfulness of their message. So given all that, I can think of no better way to process and respond to this most hyped of all Latter Day Saint scripture – and the book that has always represented Joseph Smith’s prophetic credential than to read it for yourself. As it’s done in the past, the Mormon church appears to have sponsored an advertisement in the musical’s program aimed at reminding theater-goers about the actual Book of Mormon. Over and done! Indeed, in its role of restoring plain and precious biblical truths that had been lost, while adding scores of new truths about Jesus Christ and preparing the way for the complete restoration of his gospel and the triumphant day of his millennial return, the Book of Mormon may be considered the most remarkable and important religious text ever given to the world” (Christ and the New Covenant [1997], 9–10). Mormons recognize it as divinely inspired and equal in authority to the Bible, but others have reason to doubt its claims. As Michael Otterson, former Mormon church public affairs director, put it in a column on the church’s news outlet: “If we Mormons really do follow Jesus Christ in our lives and look to him as an example, then it’s hard for us to ignore the injunction to turn the other cheek.”. The Book of Mormon is not a replacement or substitute for the Holy Bible but After all, you have shown them the respect and honor of reading their holy writ, right? If you doubt me, just pick it up and read it, it’s about as threatening as having to sit through a really, really bad religious play that was written, produced, and performed by a bunch of Junior High Sunday School students whose favorite filler line is, “it came to pass.”. Just read the book and you’ll see it for yourself. To get support, encouragement, and make new friends while struggling, scraping, and scrapping to make it to the back cover. Jaredite Barges anyone?). Many Mormons are under the utter delusion that one only need to read the Book of Mormon to be utterly and completely persuaded that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God and that the Book of Mormon, Latter Day Saint Restorationism (not to mention their Mormon Denomination’s expression of the Restoration) must be true. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. Here’s how the Bonneville Communications website described HeartSell back in 2015 before it got exposed and they went underground with it: The now-defunct Bonneville Communications webpage that contained the above verbiage. To gain the ability to engage in honest, candid, even blunt analysis and discussion of the Book of Mormon. To gain the “Street Cred” of actually having read the Book of Mormon from cover-to-cover. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. After all, ripping something out of context and then contorting it into something completely else isn’t unknown or unheard of in this world, is it? I suspect that you’ll find it just as interesting as I did. The book was written by many 4). The degree of consistency concerning all these topics in our view overwhelmingly indicates that Joseph Smith could not have written the Book of … About 588–570 B.C.”, “The Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles and will free the prisoners—Israel will be gathered with power in the last days—Kings will be their nursing fathers—Compare Isaiah 49. Left: the title page of the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon, via the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Candidly, even most True Believing Mormons don’t get past 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon (for reasons that we often discuss in the group but I’ll spare you here). I have even had non-Mormon Evangelical Christians tell me that they would never read it out of fear of being deceived by powerful demonic forces leaping forth from its pages and latching onto their face like something from an Alien movie – yes, I’m exaggerating that for effect, but it’s not too far off! To gain an understanding of the Biblical doctrines that disprove both the Book of Mormon and Mormonism. The Book of Mormon If you've always been curious about The Book of Mormon, sometimes called The Mormon Bible (though Mormons call it Another Testament of Christ), but never had time to … (Page A-l) “Keep in mind how you want the family to FEEL… help them FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE GOSPEL.” (Page A-l, No. This book must be either true or false. We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote! Such as the places where the Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible (as mentioned above), modern Mormonism, the Book of Mormon itself (the internal contradictions are really something to behold! 4. Joseph Smith claimed that the Book of Mormon is an ancient text written by ancient Jews who came to the Americas long before Columbus. No, if’s. It’s actually pretty interesting at times and hilarious at other times. We can’t, on one hand, criticize critics of the Bible who are ignorant of it, and then hypocritically engage in exactly the same behavior, can we? The Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decided to have some fun with the opening of the irreverent “Book of Mormon” musical in Salt Lake City this week. The LDS Church Actually Has A Pretty Good Sense Of Humor About 'The Book Of Mormon'. Although modern missionary handbooks [editor’s note “The Uniform System for Teaching Families” was replaced by “Preach My Gospel” in 2005] have removed these embarrassing statements, they are still encouraged to “bear witness” to the truthfulness of their message as they feel the spirits prompting.” And trust me, if you do, you will learn a lot and have a lot of fun getting through what is surely one of the worse pieces of English literature ever published. First staged in 2011, the play is a satirical examination of the beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.. Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt wrote in 1851, “The Book of Mormon claims to be a divinely inspired record. It’s that simple. Journey of Faith chronicles the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. To discover first hand how much of the Book of Mormon has been plagiarized from the Bible. The book is its own proof. All we need to do is read it and declare it! Entire chapters of Isaiah are directly plagiarized; Matthew’s version of the Sermon on the Mount is plagiarized; ditto for other portions of Matthew. This summer's been extra busy but I had a little time on my hands over the weekend. The Book of Mormon is a musical comedy with music, lyrics, and book by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. 5. Within the Book of Mormon itself evidences are provided which attest to its truthfulness. The goal was to quietly, objectively, civilly, and dispassionately consider the Book of Mormon devoid of any of such partisan Latter Day Saint encumbrances. . ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. About 588–570 B.C.”. 8. This includes some of the animals mentioned as well as plants, materials (raw and manufactured), culture(s), words used and more. Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. — Fred W. Anson. The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2200 BC to AD 421. 4). To Experience the Book of Mormon directly for yourself without outside Mormon influence or pressure. Its code of morals is unobjectionable—it is “smouched” from the New Testament and no credit given.” For more than 30 years, our creative professionals have designed public service and direct response messages for national nonprofit organizations such as the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Boy Scouts of America, National Hospice Foundation, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and The Salvation Army. Just read the book and you earn the right. Want a better, richer, sense of humor? The Book of Mormon states plainly that there is only one God. If you haven’t read it, in Mormon eyes, you simply don’t have Street Cred. If I wanted to read something trying to The show sets the missionaries up at “goofy” and “clueless,” and generally underprepared for the realities of the world. Members of the Church read and revere a book of scripture called the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is glaring: So glaring, in fact, the LdS Church even notes it (without calling it plagiarism) in their header summary of some chapters. Mesoamerica, Heartland, Baja, Hemispherical, Costa Rica, and even Malaysia have been suggested as models for Book of Mormon geography. Some LDS members have balked at the musical’s depiction of their faith, pointing out the church’s humanitarian efforts and accomplishments. The Book of Mormon never claims that the horse was universally known or used in the New World. (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, p. 63. Christ bore testimony that the Book of Mormon is true, D&C 17:6. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Even when it was tough and trying, right? His teachings are the central reason for this sacred Book. (click to zoom). “We do not have to prove the Book of Mormon is true. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Right: Brigham Henry Roberts as an older man (circa 1920s), Church History Library, PH … The Book of Mormon is currently projected to reopen on 12 July 2021.For more information, read here. 9. Because Mormons hype the Book of Mormon and its alleged power I would guess to the average non-Mormon they’re under the impression that it offers some kind of amazingly potent and life-changing transcendent experience if you will just pick it up and read its amazing, astounding transformative words. The goal was to quietly, objectively, civilly, and dispassionately consider the Book of Mormon devoid of any of such partisan Latter Day Saint encumbrances. The playful, some would say “bawdy” musical mercilessly pokes fun at the Mormon faith, a 15-million strong religion globally. To expose Mormon HeartSell and other forms of Mormon emotional manipulation so that you’re inoculated against them. It looks like this channel Living Scriptures plans to have content for this special year of the D&C (Doctrine & Covenants). It is a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel. The Book of Mormon discredits key points of the First Vision. Pretty sure that’s in Mosiah somewhere.— Steven Jackson (@ We can Most of those references were to groups of women, like wives, daughters, children meaning that there are hundred and hundreds of women mentioned within in the pages of the Book of Mormon! And as such, Christ was neither created nor procreated. Experiencing this dreadfully boring, ridiculously absurd book requires a good sense of humor. No, but’s. 11. It’s a pretty simple answer. Doubt me? The Book of Mormon is an easy book to get frustrated with, get fed up with and quit on. Providing another witness of Jesus Christ is the primary purpose of the Book of Mormon. So I group sourced the article that you’re about to read. All we need to do is read it and declare it! So after the last point, you’re probably wondering, “Then how and why does anyone fall for this ridiculous book?” The answer to that is the power of emotional manipulation, such as the LdS Church’s trademarked (no joke, it really is a trademarked product that they sell through Church-owned subsidiary, Bonneville Communications) “HeartSell” system of persuasion. On the whole, though, there hasn’t been large-scale outcry from U.S. Mormons over a show they could rightfully find offensive. As the show’s synopsis details: “Upon their arrival in Africa, Elders Price and Cunningham learn that in a society plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, a successful mission may not be as easy as they expected.”. . The candid, blunt, even brutal discussion of the narrative of the Book of Mormon in the TOYBOM group was (and is) in a word, hilarious. (click to zoom). Christians very rightly get upset with Atheists who criticize the Bible but who have never actually read it – if it’s good for the goose, it’s good for the gander. The Book of Mormon repeatedly condemns the type of secret oaths and combinations that are found in the current Latter-day Saint Temple Endowment ceremony in the strongest terms. Thus no Mormons (members of any Latter Day Saint denomination or splinter group) were allowed in the group so that the group can speak freely, evaluate, analyze and deconstruct the Book the Mormon honestly and openly without having to deal with the typical Latter Day Saint agendas, dogmas, thin-skinned offense, spin-doctoring, and confirmation bias-driven apologetics that typically swirl around the Book of Mormon whenever True Believing Mormons are present. … The Book of Mormon states that God created via nothing but His word – that is. The Book of Mormon states that God is a Spirit. Mormons are very rightly skeptical about and suspicious of outsiders who refuse to read this book given the weight and value that they place on it. We call this uniquely powerful brand of creative “HeartSell”® – strategic emotional advertising that stimulates response.” Screenshot of a poll posted in a Mormon Debate group on Facebook on January 6th, 2020. Pretty much everything you expect to see in a religious text. Easy, just read the Book of Mormon from cover-to-cover to eliminate it. The Book of Mormon teaches that Jesus is Eternal God. On the second point, most people who haven’t actually read the Book of Mormon typically don’t understand that the Book of Mormon doesn’t teach modern Mormonism. The Book of Mormon states clearly that Jesus Christ atoned for the sins of the world on the cross. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote that the Book of Mormon “should be considered the most remarkable and important religious text to be revealed since the writings of the New Testament were compiled nearly two millennia ago. . Read the Book of Mormon. The exterior of the Kansas City Temple, as seen from a distance. In my study I found over 87 references to women. A montage of the Isaiah passages that the LdS Church officially acknowledges are plagiarized from the biblical book of Isaiah via the chapter headers of the affected portions of the book of 2 Nephi. It’s actually pretty interesting at times and hilarious at other times. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle—keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate. Yet as I’ve studied the Book of Mormon looking for women I have been amazed to find so many women I didn’t even know were there. The Book of Mormon ’s book, music and lyrics is a collaborative effort between Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. For example, consider this summary header for 1 Nephi 20: “The Lord reveals His purposes to Israel—Israel has been chosen in the furnace of affliction and is to go forth from Babylon—Compare Isaiah 48. To gain the “Street Cred” of actually having read the Book of Mormon from cover-to-cover. And it’s what kept us all going until we were to the back cover. Consider the screenshot of a Facebook poll by a True Believing Mormon (TBM) in one of the debate groups that I’ve included here. 10. Salt Lake City-based writer Nish Weiseth attended a performance of the musical Wednesday night and tweeted a photo of the good-humored ad. ), or just simply don’t make any sense (Shiz, anyone? Learn how your comment data is processed. Despite all that, I instantly liked Joanna Brooks after seeing her on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart and reading the introduction to The Book of Mormon Girl Stories from an American Faith.. The Book of Mormon is not on trial-the people of the world, including the members of the Church, are on trial as to what they will do with this second witness for Christ”, Essential and Non-Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith, Condemning a Volkswagen for Not Being a Mercedes Benz, Why Non-Mormons Should Read The Book of Mormon, The Book of Mormon: A Testament of Another Jesus Christ, The Book of Mormon Jesus v. The Jesus of the New Testament, “The One Year BOM: Non-Mormons Reading Through the Book of Mormon, Bonneville International website, 2016-02-19, “The Mormon Testimony: ‘I Testify to You…’“. Trey Parker is an American actor, voice actor and creator, who is perhaps best known for creating the animated sitcom South Park. I know this one almost goes without saying, but it’s still important to reemphasize it by saying it right out loud. ©2021 Verizon Media. ( Log Out /  3. Well, as a group of people who have now actually read it we can now tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. No, it’s not rational, and it is fallacious but it is also an escape hatch. And that agenda is this, “Any Non-Mormon here in this group that hasn’t read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover is ignorant, unenlightened, probably bigoted, prejudiced, and most certainly biased and can, therefore, be ignored.”. The humor and camaraderie in the group was the only thing that kept many of us going in those moments (and trust me there were many of them, it was a constant topic of discussion) when it would have been a lot easier to throw in the towel and move on with our lives. Reading the Book of Mormon cover-to-cover gives you the right to do this. I appreciated the insert of some modern culture references like Jeopardy at [3:23]. Psychologists tell us that humor is a coping mechanism and suffice to say, good coping mechanisms are required to read from 1 Nephi 1:1 to Moroni 10:34 in a year. The group agreed on this unanimously! They are an asset to know and to keep on hand for future discussions with Mormons. As it’s done in the past, the Mormon church appears to have sponsored an advertisement in the musical’s program aimed at reminding theater-goers about the actual Book of Mormon. 12. 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