Disproving Mormonism

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I recently viewed a video on The Book Of Mormonism vs. The Bible... here are my notes:


THE BOOK OF MORMONISM:
- The history of America does not match the geography described in the BOM.

- NO records of Israel ever show that the Lamanites were ever a tribe in Israel, but EVERY tribe talked about in the bible ( Benjamites, Phillistines, etc. ) are all backed up by records.

- It is impossible that there was a WHOLE other tribe in Israel that set off in a boat journey (on ancient row boats) to America would leave behind no records or archaeology. Every tribe and city talked about in the bible have been found to exist by archaeologists, why would this one be any different?

- For example, cities talked about in the Bible like the City of David and Bet Sheba STILL EXIST, and have kept the same names.

- The BOM names cities and tells the geography of them, but no city like the ones described in the BOM have ever been found.

- If you want to go to cities named in the Bible like Jerusalem, you can! But if you want to go to Zarahemla (a city in the BOM), you can't because it never existed, and scientists have found NO evidence, geography, or records EVER showing that it did.

- The BOM says that there were HORSES and ELEPHANTS and STEEL in America in ancient times. But, its a commonly known fact that horses were brought by the Spanish in the 1700's. Steel wasn't invented yet, and elephants definiteley weren't in America during those times either! It's just that Joseph Smith (THE PERSON WHO FABRICATED THIS FICTIONAL BOOK) wasn't knowledgable enough to create a setting in America that matched ancient times.

- The BOM describes plants, animals, and metals that DIDN'T exist in America during the time the story of the Lamanites supposedly took place.
-In the BOM it is said that the Nephites were "An Empire of Writing and Literature", yet they left NO records of themselves?

- They have found original pieces of The Bible, but NO original copies of the BOM have been found.
- Joseph Smith supposedly translated the bible from a language called "Reformed Egyptian" to "English". But, he only knew ENGLISH (according to people who knew him.)

- Oh, and also, Reformed Egyptian is a FAKE language that never existed... HE MADE IT UP! Any Scientist that specializes in languages will tell you that no such thing exists or existed.

- The BOM describes coins that they used to use in Ancient America, but nobody has ever found coins in ALL of the American Continents (South and North) that outdate the Europeans.

- Unlike in the bible... it describes coins, and archaeologists have found over 90,000 coins alike the ones described in the bible.

- We've found archaeology and evidence of SMALL battles that were described in the bible, but have found no evidence of ANY battles described in the Book Of Mormon.

- One battle in the BOM supposedly took 2 million lives. That is a HUGE battle, but no evidence was ever found that that existed. But in the bible it describes battles as small as 600 people that have been PROVEN to have happened by Archaeology.

- When they find places like "Jerusalem" that existed in Bible times, Christians are eager to dig them up, and when they do, they find TONS of archaeology... but when Mormons find places they CLAIM to be ancient Mormon cities, they never dig them up, because they fear that they'll find nothing. (Why do they fear that? NOTHING has ever been found before!)

- Mormons refuse to excavate the Hill-Kamora (Spell check).

- The book of Mormon has 1000's of grammatical and geographical and physical mistakes.... all that have been CORRECTED by the board of Mormons who oversee the BOM. Unlike the Bible which hasn't ever been MODIFIED because of mistakes.

- AND this is funny... you know how Mormons will always TELL you they ARE Christians?: The PRESIDENT of the MORMON CHURCH is on video/audio saying:
" We do not believe in the Christian Christ. "

BTW --- Most of my Mormon spellings are wrong, since I only watched a video. So I tried to sound the words out best I could.

 

 

 

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I'm a Catholic and I don't know much about the Mormons but I say you make a very compelling argument. As a matter of interest,Prox, do you have anything against Mormons?

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I'm also a catholic, although non practising, and to be honest I dont know much about the mormons. But i'll have to agree that the argument is compelling in parts but not knowing much, I cant really say whether if I agree or not.

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No. Why would I have anything against Mormons? Some of the nicest people I know are LDS members. I'm a christian and I just want to spread the word about false religions.

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I recently viewed a video on The Book Of Mormonism vs. The Bible...

Just who produced this video? I would be interested in obtaining a copy. My understanding of the BOM, and I quote from its title, is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. The BOM does not vs. the Bible.

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The book of Mormon has 1000's of grammatical and geographical and physical mistakes.... all that have been CORRECTED by the board of Mormons who oversee the BOM. Unlike the Bible which hasn't ever been MODIFIED because of mistakes.

Where did you gather this information; source please? How many translations and interpretations of the bible have there been printed since the original? Certainly you don't presume that no mistakes were made and/or corrected, ever in the history of bible printing. After all, interpretations are indeed corrections of the printed word to fit the writer's beliefs, are they not?

I found an interesting article right here on Trap17 about Mormonism. Although this post questions their historic background, the article I found speaks of their beliefs. I think rather than be caught up with details about whether their historic claims are factual or not, the more important factor is what they teach and practice morally.
Report on Mormonism by a Catholic

 

 

 

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Mich - Do you believe that the end justifies the means? Because if your religion is based on a lie how "true" of a church can it be?

You said "the more important factor is what they teach and practice morally." Not true, if you were a Christian you would know that your actions are not as important as you beliefs;

Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Romans 4.3)

Your belief in Christ is all you have, what you teach and practice morally is a result of that belief. So if your beliefs are flawed and based on lies then isn�t everything you teach and practice flawed also?

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I have been studying as much as I can on the beliefs of Mormons because my two young daughters are in a Mormon home beyond my control. This is the first I have found on the archaeological and geographical history of the Book of Mormon. What I don't understand is why so many Mormons continue to believe in something that has been proven time and time again to be incorrect.

Please pray that God will teach my children His truth. And place His angels over them to protect them from this spiritual warfare we face at this time.

I am an avid beleiver in Christ, but have been doing a lot of studying to make sure I am not missing something like the Jews are.

So far I am finding that I am not.

Thank you!!!
God bless you!!!

-Bridgett

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I suggest that everyone at least visit carm.org, it is a great site with a lot of information on the mormon faith, and other cults and pagan practices and some very good insite on Christianity

-stelvin

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