My critique of the bible versus the book of mormon. There are a number of contradictions between the bible and the book of mormon. If the book of mormon is from god as it claims, then it too should bear the marks of inspiration, but instead of unity the book of mormon has many contradictions within its pages. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. The problem with the book of mormon isnt where it contradicts the christian. This brief tract will examine another book which claims inspiration, the book of mormon and how it measures up to the test of unity. Contradictions between the bible and book of mormon life. In the 1st edition of the book of mormon, 2 nephi 11. The short answer is that the book of mormon does not contradict the bible. Article citing verses in book of mormon that contradict specific. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. The book of mormon contradicts itself and other inspired mormon writings. Are there contradictions between the book of mormon and the doctrine and covenants.
For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new york state where. If both the bible and the book of mormon are inspired by god, then reason demands that they must never contradict one another. An anachronism is when an authors writing contains something from a future time period which couldnt realistically be in the time period theyve written it. Therefore, they believe jesus failed in his promise to preserve his church and his written word. Three simple ways to show contradictions in the mormon belief of. It was the mere presence of the book of mormon itself as an object, which was a visible, palpable object that served as concrete evidence that god had opened the heavens again. As one looks to the bible he is struck by many things which testify to its inspiration. If his joseph smiths claims and declarations were built upon fraud and deceit, there would appear many errors and contradictions, which would be easy to detect. To the lds faithful, the book of mormon is the true historical account of a. However, the book of mormon fails the tests that the bible gives to identify genuine revelations from god.
Some give it credit for having interesting things to say, but most do not consider it to be an authentic ancient document, instead calling it a modern pseudepigraph fabricated by joseph smith. Disproves mormonism using the bible, mormon scripture, statistical analysis and common sense. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which adherents. Seems to me, what youre describing, your own special revelation would, and should, supercede what your prophet says. Mormon leaders insist that there are no contradictions in mormonism. What the book of mormon tells us about itself wunderli, earl m. Joseph fielding smith, the tenth president of the church, said. He would be directly contradicting his own words in. Right, just like the bible never contradicts itself cough, cough nevertheless, given and understood correctly, the bible and.
Having stated that however, there are scriptures in the bible that i would like to point out but the irony of using only the bible for this specific topic is that there are contradicting statements within the bible itself. The book of mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature moroni 8. Keep in mind, however, that what constitutes a valid problem is to some extent a matter of opinion. Apologetics press the bible versus the book of mormon. The supposed contradictions arise from 1 misinterpretation, 2 comparing two verses. Provides examples of contradictions between what the bible teaches, what the books of the mormon church teach. Top ten biggest controversies of the mormon lds church the church of jesus christ of latterday saints mormons is a religion mired in controversy.
So family is throwing these questions from an article and its super frustrating and looking for some lovely people here to help me out with why these are all false and unrealistic, just hate being attacked and wanna be able to defend myself. But the book of mormon contradicts and says that his son, mulek, lived. These lists are meant to identify possible problems in the bible, especially those that are inherent in a literalist or fundamentalist interpretation. I mean, i hear it said so often, but no one ever seems to be willing to step up to the plate and say here it is. Where does the book of mormon contradict the bible. Not only does this mormon belief contradict the bible, it contradicts its own scriptures. At first, smith taught the extreme unity between the father and the son so that the father was the son and the son was the father. It may contradict your interpretation of the bible, but not ours. There are also contradictions within the book of mormon itself. The contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible constitute a most serious obstacle to accepting the book of mormon as latterday scripture supplemental to the bible. Even the book of moroni the last book in the book of mormon teaches that god is unchangeable from eternity to all eternity 8.
Contradictions in the book of mormon with the bible. I know most mormons will deny the contradictions, but will anyone that is willing to be honest tell me some of the contradictions that are in the book of mormon, or even some contradictions between the bible and the book of mormon. Written to the lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of israel. We dont see the book of mormon as contradicting the bible. The contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible constitute a most serious obstacle to accepting the book of mormon as latterday scripture that is supplemental to the bible.
In the mormon book doctrine and covenants, a collection of gods. Were precious things found in great abundance by the nephites in america. And where it never challenges, disagrees with or contradicts the orthodox christian creeds. I have heard people say this before, but i have read both books and i didnt notice any contradictions. This is readily refuted by a glance at the book of mormon itself, which teaches that the gift of translating sacred records by divine power. Does the book of mormon used to replace biblical texts. Where does the book of mormon contradict the bible page. This is why im glad there is another testament, namely, the book of mormon that clarifies this. It only contradicts what some people think the bible says. Yes, the book of mormon contradicts the bible the church of jesus christ of latterday saints or mormons claim that, along with the bible, the book of mormon 1 is a revelation from god. From the churchs beginnings in 1820 with the first vision of joseph smith its founder to a present day membership of over 15 million, the church has faced countless obstacles and controversies.
Latterday saints believe the apostles were killed and there was no one with authority capable of preserving the church. Examining mormonism 7 contradictions with itself youtube. The bible plainly states that the gospel, with its inclusion of gentiles, was not fully revealed until after christs death. Scholars today have varying theories about the true authorship of the book of mormon, but most conclude that smith composed the book himself, possibly with. The book of mormon is regarded by the wider world as fiction. As noted earlier, the book of mormon contradicts itself on this in ether 3. Bible q does the book of mormon contradict the bible. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth.
If so what does this mean for the claim that the lds. Contradictions in lds scriptures pdf version click here one god. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place. The revelations of joseph smith show many contradictions in the doctrine of covenants to the book of mormon. Top ten biggest controversies of the mormon lds church. This video covers but a few of the many contradiction between the book of mormon and the word of truth, the holy bible. The only one i noticed was that in the bible it says jesus was born in bethlehem and in the bom it says he was born in jerusalem. The primary evidence comes from his original manuscript and is discussed in john welchs reexploring the book of mormon, deseret book, slc. On the other hand, the book of mormon easily is exposed as fiction when compared to and contrasted with the bible, which mormons claim is the word of god. The book of mormon was supposedly written before the time of christ. Nathan franson grew up in salt lake city, utah where he spent his first 20 years in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints mormons before studying his way out of it.
Points out the contradictions between the bible and book of mormon as well as errors in translation in the king james version kjv of the bible that were copied into the book of mormon. The problem with the book of mormon isnt where it contradicts the christian bible, but where it agrees with the bible but shouldnt. Jesus himself constantly quoted from the old testament scriptures, and. The book of mormon contradicts itself and the bible. Please post your quotations from the book of mormon only. But the bible does a pretty good job of contradicting itself, but that is another topic entirely. Faithful latterday saints have objected to this, and have done their best to defend the position that the book of mormon is what it says it is. In nearly all cases, the book of mormon presents theology consistent with the bible, but different from the doctrine and covenants, from which the majority of mormon doctrine comes. David, we agree that, if you want to know the truth, then the bible is not open to personal interpretation.
Simply put, if both the bible and the book of mormon were inspired by god, then they never would contradict each other. Today radio free mormon continues with its newest episode the amazing contradicting joseph smith this episode discusses the changing and shifting theology of joseph smith and helps us see that while religions strength is not changing and sciences strength is adaptation to new information that joseph found a way to blend the two. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible. Contradictions between bible and book of mormon 2 timothy 3. Three simple ways to show contradictions in the mormon. Some of them are substantial doctrines that define key doctrines. But i did a little studying on that one and bethlehem was like a.
You may disagree that these are, in fact, genuine biblical problems, but it is the authors opinion that a perfect and omnipotent god. Doctrines of the book of mormon compared to the bible and mormon teachings. Is the book of mormon really the most correct of any book on earth. There is always a fine line to walk when challenging the beliefs of others.
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