Is the Book of Mormon Reliable?
We have examined the Bible and found it to be the most reliable ancient document without a near contender, so how does the Mormon’s “the most correct book on earth"stack up? The Book of Mormon was the result of an encounter between the religions founder, Joseph Smith, and the angel Moroni in 1823. The angel provided the location of ancient golden plates comprising the “fullness of everlasting gospel.” The plates were abridged by Moroni and his father, Mormon, over a millennium before. Smith claims they were written in “reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics.” Smith was quite lucky to find a pair of magical spectacles to interpret the writing. That is how the Mormon’s got their book. To finish Smith’s quote on The Book of Mormon , it is “the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion.” Does evidence back this claim up? Unfortunately for those of the Mormon faith, it falls flat because of a slew of errors. For example, in Ether 3:14, Smith denies the ...