Is the Book of Mormon the word of God?

Question

Can you put the KJB and the BOM togther and line them up?

Answer 1

I testify to you that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. The Bible is also the word of God. We have great respect for both books, and we use them both to teach, correct, edify, and inspire.

Some will claim to find differences between the doctrines taught in the Bible and the doctrines taught in the Book of Mormon. Some of the supposed differences (Kolob, for example) are not actually mentioned in the Book of Mormon. It is possible to find some differences between what is taught in a particular Christian church regarding the Bible, and what is taught in the Book of Mormon. Ask another Christian and he will say that the Book of Mormon teaching in that instance is the same as the Bible, but he will then find another teaching of the Book of Mormon that conflicts with the teachings of his church. The point is that I can line up the teachings of the KJB and the BOM, but non-Mormons can no more do that then they can get all the Bible believers to agree on anything in the Bible.

Answer 2

Many Mormon-haters will be on here to slander Mormons.

Keep in mind that There are hundreds of branches of Christianity that all use the same bible and disagree on what the Bible does and does not say.

Some people will insist that they do not.

However, read them both sincerely and you'll find that they do. Pray about them both, and you'll find that they do.

Answer 3

I believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God, just like the Bible. I believe taht the Bible and teh Book of Mormon work hand in hand.

BTW, one of the reasons I liked the LDS church was because of how very Biblical it is.

Answer 4

To the Mormons Im sure it is. I doubt very much that you can but as I have never read The Book Of Mormon all the way through I cant say. I do know that it tells of John Smith who is their prophet.

My question to you is why do you discount their book? By asking this question you are doing just that. Do you feel it is any less then the King James Version of the Bible? You must or you would not ask this question.

All religions have their own sacred texts, and each is important to that religion. Even the Wiccan religions has our own sacred texts. I am sure that other religions would not see them as sacred either, but to us they are.

So I guess I must say that to the Mormons the Book of Mormon is the word of their God and as important to them as other sacred texts are to other religions.

Blessings, light and love
Aviana
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Answer 5

Well a Mormon would say it is the word of God but would not say you could line them up. They believe that Jesus taught in the America's another testament to the indians.

Answer 6

What is the Book of Mormon? - Is it True?

According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (a.k.a. "The Mormons"), the Book of Mormon was written c. 400 AD by, among others, a prophet named Mormon and finished by his son, an angel named Moroni. Supposedly, it was originally recorded in reformed Egyptian on several gold plates which were discovered in the back woods of New York state by Joseph Smith, a young farm boy at the time.

It was the angel Nephi who was said to have appeared to Smith up to the printing of the 1851 Pearl of Great Price. It is now accepted as the Angel Moroni who appeared to Smith in 1823 and told him that he would be able to find these golden plates at a hill near his home four years later, in 1827. Smith spent the next three years translating the plates into what is now known as the Book of Mormon, published in 1830. Interestingly, Mormon literature records a story of Joseph Smith running through the woods while carrying these golden tablets to avoid being discovered by those he'd heard in the distance. This seems rather impossible in light of the fact that the total weight of the gold has been calculated to be 276 pounds. It is alleged that Smith ran about 5 miles while carrying the golden tablets.

The claims of the Book of Mormon depend on verifiable truth and the veracity of its sources. Joseph Smith was known in his town as a person given to wild enthusiasms and had a reputation as a person with an overactive imagination. He died in a gunfight while in jail.

The people described in the text, the Nephites and the Lamanites, have no other historical documents or texts from their era (c.600 BC) making mention of them - these people groups are literally unheard-of in history outside the writings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

According to official church position, all one would need to do in order to verify its truthfulness is to read the book, pray about it, and ask God if it is true and indeed from His hand. This is obviously an exercise in subjectivism and has serious implications if the same practice were applied to such historical documents as "Mein Kampf," "The Kama Sutra," or "Alice in Wonderland," for that matter

Answer 7

Absolutely not! The Book of Mormon is the inspired word of Joseph Smith. Have you ever read of any witnesses' accounts of his resurrection from the dead? My Bible, which is the only inspired Word of God has a lot of witnesses' accounts to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

No. There are so many differing doctrines, they are actually incompatible with each other.
One of them obviously does not come from God, because God isn't going to contradict Himself.

Answer 9

The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, I believe it is just as holy as the Bible. Why don't you read it and find out for yourself?

Answer 10

Yes. And they are both right and wrong. "Wend your way" and follow your own path. Sure, Joseph Smith was inspired, but he was also himself. You can learn from him, but if you try to follow him, you will never be able to be as inspired as he was. None of the greatest spiritual leaders followed the path of an organized religion, unless they organized it themselves.