Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of the lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men. Many people believe the mormon church is simply a denomination or group within christianity. Some of them are substantial doctrines that define key doctrines. Self contradictions of the bible freedom from religion foundation. But does their teaching agree with the bible or contradict it. And in some cases, expand in a way that where we think the story ends in the bible, the book of mormon says, theres more. The complete texts of the bible, quran, and book of mormon, with annotations from a skeptics point of view. The book of mormon speaks clearly that it was not inspired by god when. The bible is not a book but a collection of 66 books, written over a span of 1600 years across 3 continents, by over 40 writers inspired by god in 3 languages yet it has one primary theme the glory of god and salvat. Where does the book of mormon contradict the bible. There were many unique circumstances held by the authors some wrote from prison. This contradicts the bible in which god commanded adam and eve to go and multiply genesis 1.
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 help of oliver cowdery and sidney rigdon, drawing from information and publications available in his time, including the king james bible, the wonders of nature, and view of the hebrews. Contradictions between bible and book of mormon 2 timothy 3. The testimony of christ, the fulfillment of prophecies, the lack of contradictions, etc. One of the teachings found in the both the bible and book of mormon is love. 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. Why does the book of mormon and book of moses describe god as creating, while the book of abraham describes gods. Below are just some of the contradictions weve found between the bible. There are many gods polytheism how many gods there are, i do not know. Lehi supposedly prophesied these things in jerusalem and angered the people who sought to take his life.
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. Instead, we ought to submit to gods voice in the scriptures and adore the one true god in all of existence. Three difficult questions for mormons catholic answers. There are also contradictions within the book of mormon itself. The book of mormon teaching that these divine commands are contradictory, and that god expected adam and eve to figure out that in reality he wanted them to break the latter command of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it in order to keep the former be fruitful and multiply, has no basis in logic or the biblical text, and attributes equivocation to god.
If the book of mormon was translated as mormon history claims, even. Think joseph smith could have gotten that right by sheer chance. Thus, i would argue that we should not pray about the mormon religion and the book of mormon. Critics believe joseph smith came up with all the names in the book of mormon, noting that joseph owned a king james bible with a table listing all the names used in the bible.
This book is an outgrowth of those articles and the public reaction which the articles engendered. The ones that didnt attempted to find contradictions using nonscriptural works, ie. The book of mormon teaches elsewhere that all normal people have the spirit of christ given them, and know good from evil moroni 7. The bible and the book of mormon institute for religious. I have heard people say this before, but i have read both books and i didnt notice any contradictions.
For most of my life i have been able to more fully appreciate the love the savior has for me by reading the book of mormon and the bible. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible. Why we should not pray about the book of mormon tom. They especially cannot believe that a loving god could allow the tragedies and disasters that plague the planet. However, a close look at its key book, the book of mormon, reveals many concerning contradictions between its teachings and the bible. Two books of mormon scripture are the book of mormon and the doctrine and covenants in galatians 1. But the book of mormon contradicts and says that his son, mulek, lived. The egyptian language was a very corrupt language from idol.
The bible is godbreathed, written by over forty authors, over the course of fifteen hundred years, and in three different continents. Another early work of smith is the lectures on faith183435. In the 1st edition of the book of mormon, 2 nephi 11. Parallel passages from the book of mormon and joseph smith translation of the bible. The book of mormon expands on this idea, and explains that existence itself is defined by the presence of two contrasting and competing choices that may broadly be categorized as good and evil, or. Contradictions between the bible and book of mormon life. Latterday saints believe that god is one, but accept the biblical witness that this is a oneness of purpose, intent, mind, will, and love. But there never was a time when there were not gods and worlds. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the book of mormon. God commanded lehi to take his family into the wilderness near the red sea. Lds church members are taught that the book of mormon bom is scripture. The book of mormon also makes a strong point for gods spiritual and eternal unity see alma 11.
The bible the bible teaches that all men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god. If we compare the historical, prophetical, and doctrinal parts of the book of mormon with the great truths of science and nature, we find no contradictions no absurditiesnothing unreasonable. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be. Sometimes the quotation is explicit, as in the second book of nephi, which contains 18 quoted chapters of the book of isaiah. Heathen peoples would still be responsible for the degree to which they observed the law which they had been given through the spirit of christ, and would require forgiveness of sins against that law. He talks about how, one major way that the book of mormon clarifies the bible is not so much to agree in lockstep, but to challenge and correct some of its themes. Latterday saint scripturesupposed contradictions fairmormon. The mormon beliefs are clearly shown and easily contradicted by both the bible and the book of mormon. What is the difference between the bible and the book of. Mormons say joseph smith was a prophet and his writings are scripture. Journal of discourses, joseph smith history, mormon doctrine etc. The book of mormon was written for the intent that we may believe the bible, morm.
The book of mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the king james bible kjv. The old testament, new testament and book of mormon is a library of gods dealings with holy prophets that believed in him and. The first concern to consider is its declaration that the book of mormon is another testament of jesus christ. How could the book of mormon never contradict itself while being an. The book of mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature moroni 8. The book of mormon contradicts itself and the bible.
Apologetics press the bible versus the book of mormon. How could there be so many witnesses of the book of mormon and the plates and not one of them deny their testimony even when some of them became bitter toward joseph smith. Joseph fielding smith, the tenth president of the church, said. This video covers but a few of the many contradiction between the book of mormon and the word of truth, the holy bible. In fact, a bible believer would expect there to be contradictions between the two, since the bible never gives any legitimacy to the book of mormon, but actually condemns it cf. On their website, bad archaeology, two british archaeologists, keith. For 26 consecutive weeks beginning on january 2, 1997, there appeared an accurate and informative series of newspaper articles in the wetumpka herald circulation 4,400 entitled the bible and the book of mormon connecting links. The book of mormon vs the bible christian research institute. The fact that there are numerous disagreements between the bible and the book of mormon does not disparage the bible in any way. There is continual evidence that the first mormon leader taught a form of bitheism. 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. On november 27, 1967 the metropolitan museum of art in new york city made available to the church certain papyri fragments that had once been in.
The book of mormon teaches that god has flesh and bones and that he has a wife with whom they produce spirit offspring in heaven that will inhabit human bodies on earth. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. However, none are more significant than the numerous contradictions between book of mormon teaching and the bible. Oh, i have found contradictions between interpretation, but applying that rule means the ot contradicts the new in many places. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which adherents. What the book of mormon says about evil there are those who cannot believe in god because there is so much evil and suffering in the world. Many book of mormon names are either biblical, formed from a rhyming pattern. Were taught of gods and christs love for us, how we should. The mormon church promotes the book of mormon as an inspired writing. While these actually prove nothing, because they were taken out of context anyway, they were not what the asker asked. The asker wanted book of mormon and bible contradictions. Nelson of the quorum of the twelve apostles taught that scriptural witnesses authenticate each other.
In harmony with the biblical law that in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established 2 corinthians. In all this reading i have never come across a single contradiction between the bible and the bom. However, the book of mormon claims the christian church was established as early as 147 b. If we have the stick of judah record of the jews or the bible, then where is the stick of. The book of mormon contains numerous passages that contradict the bible.
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