The Book of Mormon

I am Mormon.I love it,i live it.

Can I just say that I accept all views of this book and respect the people for placing them here. I can only speak from my own experience. I met, welcomed and developed in my faith from two missionaries in my home town. 4 months later I was baptised. I cant thank them enough or the Book of Mormon for their and its teachings. I know some will say I was brainwashed etc but if you knew me, you would see a guy who has truly changed. My life is more peaceful, my heart more toward helping and loving others. You will never persuade me that I made a wrong move to accept Jesus into my life and heart. I am truly changed and give thanks for the missionaries and the work they do. Feel free to insult me as I know you will but know also i am praying for your eyes to be opened. god bless.

@ Kimmieann

What an ignorant thing to say. Truth is defended daily by those who do not understand. If you never had to defend truth, innocent people would not have to go to court.

@ jhaake

You can only claim it is fiction if you can prove the Mormons' claim of it being true is false. Can you prove it? No. You also can only state your claim. Also, for your information, the text of the book has never changed since it was first published. Only minor punctuation has been changed.

For all interested in any religious book: as it says in the New Testament, by your fruits you will know them. If the book and the Church that holds it as true bring forth good fruit, then it is good. If it brings forth evil fruit, then it is bad. You decide, but take care. If the fruit and the church are good, then you should investigate more or you will be denying the truth by choice.

All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle--keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate. If he, according to tradition, merely translated it from certain ancient and mysteriously-engraved plates of copper, which he declares he found under a stone, in an out-of-the-way locality, the work of translating was equally a miracle, for the same reason.



The book seems to be merely a prosy detail of imaginary history, with the Old Testament for a model; followed by a tedious plagiarism of the New Testament. The author labored to give his words and phrases the quaint, old-fashioned sound and structure of our King James's translation of the Scriptures; and the result is a mongrel--half modern glibness, and half ancient simplicity and gravity. The latter is awkward and constrained; the former natural, but grotesque by the contrast. Whenever he found his speech growing too modern--which was about every sentence or two—he ladled in a few such Scriptural phrases as "exceeding sore," "and it came to pass," etc., and made things satisfactory again. "And it came to pass" was his pet. If he had left that out, his Bible would have been only a pamphlet.

Since when was the truth not in need of defense in any context? I add my appreciation for a book that has fundamentally changed my life in simple and profound ways. It is a book that gets better with every read.

The only thing I can say about this book is that can change a person's life.

The Book of Mormon is probably the least read and most criticized of all books. An awesome book detailing the spiritual, political and social events that took place in the Americas.

It gets a little hard to follow in 2nd Nephi where Nephi quotes from Isiah quite a bit. But it is worth plowing through it to the rest of this amazing book.

If it was true, you would'nt have to defend it.

"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day."
--Alma 37:37

If someone wants to truly get insightful meaning from these scriptures, one has to approach it with the right 'attitude' or spirit. Prepare yourself for scripture study. Pray and ask for guidance and understanding. Come to it with an open heart and open mind. Only then can the Holy Spirit 'whisper' the truth to your heart.

Hope that helps and/or inspires!

Have a blessed day!!!

Please, just read it, I have read it many times. I study history and arquealogy specially from the south americas, anyone with a background in history education and new discoveries on metallurgy can immediately acknowlege that many things in the book of mormon are true and can be proven true by those findings.New discoveries on civilizations and their ways of living in the south well prove undeniable proof to those that for years have denied faith in the bible or in a one true god.