Which Book is more Holy?
Which book is more holy, the Holy Bible or the Book of Mormon? If you (Mormon) say that they are equally holy, why then did Joseph Smith say that "the BOM can bring a man closer to God than any other book", and why then if the BOM is "compatable" with the Holy Bible does the BOM read in 2 Nephi 29:10 that God's word is not only in one book?





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Well it's pretty simple. The
Well it's pretty simple. The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion because it contains everything to obtain eternal life. The BOM works as a foundation to the Holy Bible comfirming all truths. I have definitely have been brought nearer to God with this book then any other book I've read.
Reply for Kevin: If the BOM
Reply for Kevin:
If the BOM is the foundation of the Holy Bible and contains everything to obtain eternal life, why in the last 40 years of its publication have there been over 4000 corrections made to it (not including grammatical errors), whereas the Holy Bible has never been corrected, only rewritten into modern English? (for example: notice the style of English in the King James Version and the New International Version).
Arsenios, this sounds a lot
Arsenios, this sounds a lot like a trolling post. You are making statements that you have not bothered to verify, with the obvious intention to make the Mormons look bad.
You say there have been over 400 changes to the Book of Mormon in the last 40 years of its publication. Not likely. The first version of the Book of Mormon that I owned, when I first learned how to read, was published over 40 years ago. Comparing it with my current version, I'm pretty sure you would not find anywhere near 4000 differences.
As far as your claim that the Bible has not been modified, that also shows serious lack of research. Do you have any idea how many different versions of the Bible are available? Do you have any idea what was involved just in the compilation of the King James version? How many different versions of letters and manuscripts these guys had to sift through, and decide which ones to include and which ones to leave out, not to mention trying to decide what they really meant and how to word them? There have been so many printings of the Bible, just the idea that there have been no printing or spelling errors in any of those printings is ludicrous. I have seen some myself.
If you are referring the the 3,900+ "changes" in the Book of Mormon since the first printing that Sandra and Jerald Tanner counted, see this link for an explanation. Most of them were printing errors or spelling errors. In a work this big, in the rush they were in to get it printed and available to the saints, it's actually pretty amazing that there weren't more changes.
http://www.mormons.org/response/qa/bom_changes.htm
Have you actually READ the Book of Mormon? Do you know why it was written and what it contains? Do you know anyone who could write a comparable work in 3 months?
I am not writing these
I am not writing these letters to make Mormonism look bad, I am challenging Mormon Doctrine, because the LDS Church claims that 'she' is the only true church today, and claims that after the deaths of the Apostles until the calling of Joseph Smith, there was no Christianity, only misguided Christians who changed the true teachings of Christ and got rid of the traditions of the origional Church...which is not true.
That is a claim that shows NO research! There were heresies, but the Church was not lost, and therefore there was no reason for a re-establishment of Christ's Church, because it was still existing and still exists.
Perhaps I should have clarified more concerning the Bible (especially the New Testament=NT), unlike the BOM, the NT was written in Greek and not English. Many of the origional Greek texts still exist today, and the copied texts (in Greek) that were done during that period also exist and are exactly the same as the Greek NT that we can find today. The Old Testament was translated into Greek in the ancient days of the Church as well, called the Septuagint, the exact translation is still used today. I am not defending ALL translations of the Bible, because there are indeed many differing translations and a lot of them are not accepted by most Churches today. Not just because of poor translation, but mistranslation, either by poor research or to suit any new doctrines of a sect (like the New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses). I prefer studying a text in the origional tongue if I am able to, where I can when it comes to the Greek.
I mentioned the King James Version for English reference only, because most of the modern translations are done in English. And the KJV is the most accepted translation from the origional Greek more than any other translation for Bible Scholars everywhere and is used widely as THE English tranlation for the Greek Orthodox Church today.
I know the BOM well and understand its message, although it cannot be inspired by the same GOD of the Holy Bible. The BOM is supposed to be a fulfillment of the Gospel, but it differs so much in its teachings and contradicts what the Apostles wrote. You believe that God the Father and Christ are not the same person, Christ Himself clarified that He and the Father are one and the same in the Gospel. Why would He change his mind later? And even still, you believe that there are yet other people that Christ visited besides those of Palestine & America, if that is so, would not their Gospel be a fulfillment of the BOM? It all contradicts the Origional Gospel (NT). Which is why I claim that the LDS Church is not a Christian Church, but a polytheistic sect with both Christian and Pagan influence and culture. Justy as Islam is a sect with Christian, Jewish and Arabian Pagan influence. They too claim that both Jews and Christians are people of "the Book", but their book (The Qur'an) is the fulfillment of God's word. They say that the Jews and Christians are people of God, but they are missing something and a bit misguided...sound familiar???
Just like Christianity relies on the Gospel as a cornerstone of the faith, we also have writings of the Church Fathers which "support" the teachings of the Gospel. Although Mormons rely on the BOM as their cornerstone, the LDS prophets and writers "contradict" the BOM in many occassions. And the BOM contradicts the Gospel.
If you want, I can proove to you in another LONG letter that the origional manuscript of the BOM was altered.
ARSENIOS.
Atleast we are having an
Atleast we are having an intelligent debate, my friend. Unlike some of the others on this site!
Well, they ARE both equally
Well, they ARE both equally holy amd JS was just trying to get the poin across that the BOM is holy and great.