Its almost as palpable as Scientolgy. Make it work cause as of now it seems just a little to fictional and unbelievable.
2006-07-18 23:21:49 · 13 answers · asked by Gynolotrimena Lubriderma-Smith 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In response to Doc...I HAVE read the Bible numerous times, I went to private school for the entirety of my primary schooling (k-12), so yeas I have. I just have a hard time buying into a religion that is less than 200 years old. Which is why I likened the religion to scientology. Both of which I beleive to be works of fiction, your job was to prove me wrong not make personal assumptions on me.
2006-07-19 17:56:29 · update #1
It was a work of fiction dictated by a con man.
Joseph Smith was the L R Hubbard of the 19th Century
2006-07-18 23:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by Vermin 5 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I can tell by the way you phrase your question that you haven't actually read the Book of Mormon, and you don't intend to. You would rather just accept what others told you to think. You should mention that when you ask your question.
You also don't really read the Bible, either, do you?
2006-07-19 09:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. One of the funniest things about it is how it was deliberately written to sound old-timey and ancient. "And it came to pass" and so on. The linguistics of the book betray it as a hokey copy of the bible. Not that the bible is any more coherent, mind you.
2006-07-19 02:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Every now and then somebody gets the idea to write a book and attribute it to God. It happened before Joseph Smith and it'll happen again.
I'm inclined to believe that a god worth worhipping would be one much, much greater than a mere book-writer.
2006-07-18 23:26:33 · answer #4 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Peeing on other people's faith is how the middle east became the paradise it is today.
The book of Mormon isnt any more ridiculous than the Bible or the Qu'ran.
2006-07-19 03:20:56 · answer #5 · answered by Alexander Shannon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know but all scriptures seem somewhat amusing to me. I am going to write my own someday and get rich like those crazy scientologists. What a great racket.
2006-07-18 23:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by pieter U3 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its just as much of a joke as the rest of the "holy" books. they should put the religions and spirituality section in either the myths and folklore section or the jokes and riddles section.
2006-07-19 00:06:47 · answer #7 · answered by The Thpeech Pathologitht™ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
every book created about religion must be considered fiction.
2006-07-18 23:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a just as accurate and prophetic as the bible.
2006-07-18 23:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is material for a psychological case study of self-inflicted insanity.
2006-07-18 23:24:49 · answer #10 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋