The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon - Part 4 of 7

The Book of Mormon claims to be "a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible." Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon declare themselves to be ancient, historical, and reliable rules of faith--the very word of God.

These claims have historically been taken on faith. But is there any evidence to support them one way or the other? Is it even possible to "test" a rule of faith? More to the point, is there any basis for placing one's faith in the Bible or the Book of Mormon?

It's an important question. It's an eternal question. This presentation puts the Bible and the Book of Mormon to the same tests. History, archaeology, textual criticism, and other disciplines combine to shed light on what is true...and what is false.

Truth never fears investigation. Faith need not--and should not--be blind. Discover for yourself which of these books is worthy of being called "scripture" and which is worth of your trust.

Participants: Thomas W. Murphy, William Wilson, Philip Lindholm, Philip Johnston, Peter Williams, Simon Gathercole, Gabriel Barkay, and others.

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[muncastro]

You missed the point. No one expects LDS to prove every single thing in BOM is true. But there is not a scintilla of evidence to show that anything occurring in BOM in North America is historically accurate. Zero. Nada. LDS owns Cumorah. Dig up some evidence that a great battle took place in 400 A.D. Otherwise, say no more about it being a historically correct document.

[PolarisBlu]

The guy at :43 should know that Moroni took the plates back to heaven, duh! Conviently no one even physically saw the plates 'cept for Smith. But it must be true cause so many people just know.

[aimeecurry46]

@MustangMinistries2 The later recanted.

[fastcars1971]

@aimeecurry46 You are sooo right. Total BS..

[MustangMinistries2]

@PolarisBlu I thought David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris were each shown the plates according to the Book of Mormon?

[aimeecurry46]

@PolarisBlu So many people are just gullible! Everything about the BOM is bullshit!

[CounterCultureLives]

@iatibavinsky As far as validating ANYTHING in Bom?? No!!

[iatibavinsky]

@CounterCultureLives Is there any source not affiliated with the LDS church?

[CounterCultureLives]

@muncastro WRONG as usual, "muncastro!! THere is a TON of evidence to support The Book of Mormon!! Here are some websites people should investigate if they want to know THE TRUTH!!:

Foundation for Archaeological Imaginings for Latter Day Saints: FAIL.D.S.org

Foundation for Omniscient Observations for Latter Day Saints: FOOL.D.S.org

Society for Historically Imagined Lands for Latter Day Saints:  SHILL.D.S.org

I KNOW The Book of Mormon is TRUE!! I KNOW that Joseph SmYth was a TRUE PROFIT of GOD

[drummaryan]

@PolarisBlu Did Moroni take all the cities, weapons, clothing, writing, and human remains with him too? haha.