Contradictions between the bible and book of mormon life. 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 was written for the intent that we may believe the bible, morm. Were taught of gods and christs love for us, how we should. The book of mormon teaches elsewhere that all normal people have the spirit of christ given them, and know good from evil moroni 7. In harmony with the biblical law that in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established 2 corinthians. The book of mormon is the only explanation for this scripture. God commanded lehi to take his family into the wilderness near the red sea.
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. 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. The bible says believers were first called christians after pauls ministry in antioch. Lehi supposedly prophesied these things in jerusalem and angered the people who sought to take his life. There is continual evidence that the first mormon leader taught a form of bitheism. However, the book of mormon claims the christian church was established as early as 147 b. The book of mormon and the king james bible wikipedia. 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.
But does their teaching agree with the bible or contradict it. This contradicts the bible in which god commanded adam and eve to go and multiply genesis 1. The fact that there are numerous disagreements between the bible and the book of mormon does not disparage the bible in any way. The book of mormon speaks clearly that it was not inspired by god when. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Oh, i have found contradictions between interpretation, but applying that rule means the ot contradicts the new in many places. In all this reading i have never come across a single contradiction between the bible and the bom. Mormons say joseph smith was a prophet and his writings are scripture. They especially cannot believe that a loving god could allow the tragedies and disasters that plague the planet. The asker wanted book of mormon and bible contradictions. The book of mormon shall stand as a testimony against the world, ether 5.
Why does the book of mormon and book of moses describe god as creating, while the book of abraham describes gods. Mormons wont tell you that all their so called scriptures such as the book of mormon, pearl of great price, doctrine and covenants, and even their official mormon doctrine statements contradict each other on major doctrinal points. The book of mormon also makes a strong point for gods spiritual and eternal unity see alma 11. This video covers but a few of the many contradiction between the book of mormon and the word of truth, the holy bible.
Two books of mormon scripture are the book of mormon and the doctrine and covenants in galatians 1. 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. Mormon leaders insist that there are no contradictions in mormonism. However, none are more significant than the numerous contradictions between book of mormon teaching and the bible. In the 1st edition of the book of mormon, 2 nephi 11. Where does the book of mormon contradict the bible. Latterday saints believe that god is one, but accept the biblical witness that this is a oneness of purpose, intent, mind, will, and love. Did joseph smiths doctrine of god change over time.
The book of mormon contradicts itself and 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. Journal of discourses, joseph smith history, mormon doctrine etc. How could the book of mormon never contradict itself while being an. Some of them are substantial doctrines that define key doctrines. 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. 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. Why we should not pray about the book of mormon tom. But there never was a time when there were not gods and worlds. Self contradictions of the bible freedom from religion foundation. 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. The first concern to consider is its declaration that the book of mormon is another testament of jesus christ.
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. Even critics who reject joseph smiths account of how the book of mormon came. 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. The book of mormon vs the bible christian research institute. 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. There were many unique circumstances held by the authors some wrote from prison.
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. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which adherents. What is the difference between the bible and the book of. Sometimes the quotation is explicit, as in the second book of nephi, which contains 18 quoted chapters of the book of isaiah. There are many gods polytheism how many gods there are, i do not know. Apologetics press the bible versus the book of mormon. Below are just some of the contradictions weve found between the bible. On their website, bad archaeology, two british archaeologists, keith. 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. 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. Think joseph smith could have gotten that right by sheer chance. The testimony of christ, the fulfillment of prophecies, the lack of contradictions, etc. The bible and the book of mormon institute for religious. The bible is godbreathed, written by over forty authors, over the course of fifteen hundred years, and in three different continents.
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. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the holy bible. 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 egyptian language was a very corrupt language from idol. This is because mormonism teaches a view of god that is contrary to the bible. But the book of mormon contradicts and says that his son, mulek, lived. Another early work of smith is the lectures on faith183435. 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. Nelson of the quorum of the twelve apostles taught that scriptural witnesses authenticate each other.
Contradictions between bible and book of mormon 2 timothy 3. However, a close look at its key book, the book of mormon, reveals many concerning contradictions between its teachings and the bible. Lds church members are taught that the book of mormon bom is scripture. The bible the bible teaches that all men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god.
The ones that didnt attempted to find contradictions using nonscriptural works, ie. The book of mormon contains numerous passages that contradict the bible. If we have the stick of judah record of the jews or the bible, then where is the stick of. Parallel passages from the book of mormon and joseph smith translation of the bible. Many people believe the mormon church is simply a denomination or group within christianity. Joseph fielding smith, the tenth president of the church, said. Latterday saint scripturesupposed contradictions fairmormon. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible.
Thus, i would argue that we should not pray about the mormon religion and the book of mormon. I have heard people say this before, but i have read both books and i didnt notice any contradictions. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the book of mormon. This book is an outgrowth of those articles and the public reaction which the articles engendered. The complete texts of the bible, quran, and book of mormon, with annotations from a skeptics point of view. The mormon beliefs are clearly shown and easily contradicted by both the bible and the book of mormon. 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. 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. 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. The old testament, new testament and book of mormon is a library of gods dealings with holy prophets that believed in him and. One of the teachings found in the both the bible and book of mormon is love.
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. There are many serious objections to the claim of joseph smith and the lds church that the book of mormon is divinely inspired latterday scripture supplemental to the bible. The book of mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the king james bible kjv. There are also contradictions within the book of mormon itself.
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