![]() ![]() Third, a large portion of the Book of Mormon simply quotes the Bible, including translation errors unique to the King James Version. Some of these corrections included significant changes in doctrine. Second, the "most correct of any book on earth" has undergone more than 3,000 textual and grammatical corrections. First, translation of the Book of Mormon did not take place in less than three months it spanned a time period of over a year and Joseph may have been working on the text for years before the date reported as when he started. However, this page addresses some additional concerns. ![]() ![]() The most important point the critics make concerning the writing of the Book of Mormon deals with the possible, the plausible and the probable which can be summarized by this question: What is more probable, that Joseph Smith wrote the book or that a divine being showed a treasure-hunting Joseph of 14 the location of golden plates and then through supernatural use of a scrying with rock in a hat those plates revealed a completely unknown civilization (traces of which still cannot be found)? Critics believe that Occam's razor be used to rule out option 2. (It is reported that no student ever succeeded in his challenge.) The LDS church asserts that for a poorly educated farm boy, this task would be entirely impossible without the power of God. Overview of LDS positionÄuring his tenure at BYU, Hugh Nibley, a Mormon apologist, issued a challenge to see if any student could compose a history similar to the Book of Mormon (BOM) within the space of a semester, just as Joseph Smith "translated the gold plates in less than three months." Not only that, but the history should never contradict itself, observe appropriate literary conventions, and be lavish with cultural and technical details. The Church maintains that the Book of Mormon is of divine origins, and that Joseph Smith, or any other person, was uncapable of inventing a document of such length and complexity. This is why they go to such great lengths to try to disprove the Book of Mormon, for if it can be discredited, the Prophet Joseph Smith goes with it. The enemies of the Church understand this clearly. Just as the arch crumbles if the keystone is removed, so does all the Church stand or fall with the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. The question of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon is the basis for any discussion on the truthfulness of the LDS church. Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon? ![]()
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