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Plagiarism In the Book of Mormon

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 by WLPublications

Mormonism Exposed

What about Plagiarism in the Book of Mormon?

Some churches raise money with rummage and bake sales. One group auctioned countless quilts from a very large rented auditorium. Still others follow the example of the first Christians, and “pass the plate” each Sunday (1 Cor. 16:2). Early Mormons, on the other hand, used an unprecedented technique: they raised money by stealing. Consider 3 points:

Point 1: The 1934 book, Holy Murder: The Story of Porter Rockwell says “…Joseph the Prophet … encouraged …robbing…hen roosts….stealing… cattle and horses [and] pillaging… lonely homesteads.” The prophet set a profound precedent for pilfering: he plagiarized 25,000 Book of Mormon words from the Bible’s King James Version. “Plagiarizing” is defined as: “… literary theft”… [presenting] as new and original…material…derived from an existing source.” Lengthy sections were cut from the whole cloth of God’s intellectual property and brazenly sewn into the Book of Mormon. Consider Isaiah 4:1-3:

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, we will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone that is written among the living in Jerusalem.

Those verses became the Book of Mormon’s 2 Nephi chapter 14:1-3:

And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that are escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem.

Mosiah 14 is pilfered from Isaiah 53:3. Nephi 13:1-23 copies Matthew 6:1-23.

Prolific plagiarism proves Salt Lake City’s “holy book’ not from God.

Point 2: The King James Version, was translated in 1611 into “Early Modern English,” spoken from 1500-1700. When the Book of Mormon was published in 1830, today’s English was spoken. Many exposes of Smith were published shortly after in Modern English, and are easily understood by 21st century readers. Language changes with time. The KJV’s “Shakespeare-sounding” text is not in a “Holy” dialect; but the form of English used when it was translated. Modern versions, such as the New King James Version of 1970, are easily understood Why is the Book of Mormon not only filled with KJV verses, but the rest in words mimicking a dialect not spoken in almost 130 years? Jude 3, written before AD 100 says the Christian faith was “once for all delivered to the saints.” But if Smith had revelations, they would have been in the language of the 1800s, a dead giveaway the Book of Mormon is fake.

Third, Mormons claim Smith did not write the Book of Mormon; it was revealed to him. The 2022 LDS FAIR website says, “Critics claim…major portions of [the Book of Mormon] are copied, without attribution, from the Bible. They present this as evidence…Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon …” (The site then argues the book’s message was revealed to Smith). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reprinted and now sells the original 1830 edition. Its title page says, “By Joseph Smith, Junior, Author and Proprietor.”

Many are duped by a cult which vigorously denies Smith’s authorship and boldly confesses it; contradicting claims are completely confusing at best. Yet, Mormons render rigorous research unnecessary to determine the Book’s source. Smith said he wrote it!

Conclusion

Paul by inspiration asked rhetorically in 2 Corinthians 1:17, “Do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yes, yes and no, no at the same time?” Christians answer “of course not.” The Bible doesn’t say in one place it was divinely revealed while in another it was written by mere humans. Smith’s holy book, however does. The message of real scripture is consistent. I Corinthians 14:33 says, “God is not a God of confusion.”

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Was Joseph Smith a Warlock? (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by WLPublications

LDS leaders don’t believe their own religion, yet they force-feed it to members. Little was known about Ancient America in 1830 when the Book of Mormon was published. It was unknown Spanish explorers introduced domestic animals to the New World. Archeology has since proved Book of Mormon tales of livestock before Christ, vast populations, and combat with millions killed, are silly.

A uniquely hellish lie, believed by Mormon masses, made decades of growth possible: LDS leadership presented a church produced by latter day divine revelations, when it resulted from godless magic. The Book of Mormon’s countless lies are from Satan, “the father of lies” (John 8:46) delivered through a peep stone, the American frontier’s crystal ball.

Many leaders insist Smith “translated” the Book of Mormon with a bulky breastplate, and “Urim and Thummim,” buried with the golden plates nearly 2,000 years, while knowing he ogled a marble-like pebble. I remember LDS Sunday school pictures on classroom walls of a well-dressed Smith decoding ancient records with (unrelated to their Biblical namesakes) ‘Urim and Thummim,” magic eyewear lacking only an engraved pentagram. Instead, a morally bankrupt youth buried his face in a hat and received revelations from a rock while completely veiled from a gullible scribe recording his every word.

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Clay L. Chandler wrote in Scrying for the Lord: Magic, Mysticism and the Origins of the Book of Mormon:
Joseph Smith grew up…when folk magic was part of the landscape. Before he claimed to be a prophet, [he] was a diviner…specifically, a “scryer,” who used his peep stone to [search for] buried treasure. While most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the twenty-first century know nothing about Joseph’s magic practices….they occurred….[LDS apologist] Richard L. Bushman reports…“Joseph Smith possessed a seer stone and was probably involved in “helping people find lost property….” …Smith practiced magic.…Peeping, or glass-looking is an ancient form of divination known as scrying…gazing upon… a crystal ball or mirror until images are seen…The oldest…form of scrying is gazing at the reflective surface of still water…[The] magic [mirror] in the fairy tale Snow White …[is an example]. (accessed October 21, 2022).

Wikipedia states “…Seer stones were used by…Smith… to receive revelations from God.” The February 6, 2017 LDS publication Deseret News said, “Most…[translation accounts] indicate…a seer stone was used….” October 1831 minutes record Smith saying, “It was not intended to tell…all…particulars of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon…, it was not expedient….” Some LDS leaders now absurdly claim the… stone is another term for the much larger, very different Urim and Thummim.

Smith’s crystal ball-like use proves he was no prophet. He was a sorcerer, a male witch, or in other words, a warlock. God condemns devilish occultism: Deuteronomy 18:10-11 says, “There shall not be found among you anyone who… uses divination… practices witchcraft…or interprets omens, or a sorcerer.”

Smith refined his Ouija-board religion by consulting the dead. LDS ally Larry Porter wrote in 1992, “While translating the Book of Mormon…Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery [wondered] about baptism…and went into the woods to pray…. Both record John the Baptist [appeared and] answered: “…In the name of the Messiah, I [reveal baptism is]…by immersion for the remission of sins …” (accessed October 21, 2022). Isaiah. 8:19 says, “And when they say to you, ‘Consult the mediums and the spiritists’ … should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? The chapter continues, “If they do not speak according to this word, …no light in them” (Isaiah 8: 20, NKJV). Who can forget Exodus 22:18 in the KJV ? “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”

Christians in the Bible spurned the dark arts at great personal cost. Acts 19:19 states, “Many…who practiced magic… [burned their magic books] in the sight of all” worth 50,000 pieces of silver. What followed? “The word…was growing mightily” (Acts 19:20).

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A LOVE OF MONEY PERVADES THE LDS CHURCH (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 by WLPublications

Joseph Smith Sr. did absolutely anything for the money needed to support his family–but work. He constantly searched for pirate treasure he pretended was buried on his property. When that didn’t provide ready cash, Joseph Smith Sr. tried forging money. One-time neighbor Judge Daniel Woodward wrote, “He …[was] …implicated in counterfeiting, but turned state’s evidence and escaped the penalty.” In 1837, the Latter-day Saints movement was rapidly growing in Kirtland, Ohio. Here, Joseph Smith Jr., true to his upbringing, plunged the cult into a financial fiasco which would force him to flee the region. He established a bank “by the revelation of God,” naming it the “Kirtland Safety Society Bank.” To coerce followers to deposit their savings, the “prophet” quoted Isaiah 60:9, with an addition: “Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold (not their bank notes) with them unto the name of the Lord thy God.” The addition is obvious.

BIGOTRY IN THE MORMON CHURCH: DIDN’T JESUS DIE FOR ALL? (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on July 10, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

Are minorities shunned in the Mormon church?

Latter-day Saints remain mired in the muck of malice toward the dark-skinned. Righteous ancient Americans, who “were white, and… fair and beautiful” hated wicked neighbors “…because of… the cursing…upon their skins” (1 Nephi 13:15, Jacob 3:5, Book of Mormon).

Cultists hold punishment by pigment plagued the wicked Canaanites. Moses 7:8 declares, “A blackness came upon all the children of Canaan.” Mormonism repeats an error that just happens to support their racism, the “Curse of Cain,” for killing his brother. God tells Cain in Genesis 4:

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MENTAL HEALTH WOES ABOUND IN THE LDS CHURCH (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on June 9, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

Does the Mormon faith contribute to mental health problems?

Wikipedia, in “Mormonism and Women” stated, “The status of women…has been debate[d] since before the death of Joseph Smith in 1844. A patriarchal system, or a system completely controlled by men, [is] practiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” The humiliating practice of polygamy ceased with a so-called revelation to LDS president Wilford Woodruff in 1890 just when the federal government cracked down on it and signaled it had to stop before Utah territory could achieve statehood.

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WHY DO MORMONS HATE JESUS’S BLOOD? (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on May 7, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

LDS beliefs that mock Christ.

Jesus and his apostles disclosed God’s will in the New Testament.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 states, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be complete…equipped for every good work.” The Bible, completed by AD 100, is the fullness of the gospel. Readers see the minds of its authors. Paul wrote “When you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ” (Ephesians 3:4).

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RED ALERT! DOUBTING YOUR FAITH IS NOT A GOOD THING! (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on April 7, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

A strong faith removes doubt.

Habakkuk 2 says, “The righteous will live by faith,” and our primary source is the Bible. Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ.” Faith is knowing what we haven’t seen. Hebrews 11:1 explains, “Now faith is…the conviction of things not seen.” No one today literally walked with Jesus, yet Christians believe in Him and know they are saved. 1 John 5:13 says, “These things I have written to you who believe (or have faith) in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.” The trendy term is “faith-based.”

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A TRAIL OF INNOCENT BLOOD – MORMON SLAUGHTER (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on March 8, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

Mormonism's dark history.

Since Joseph Smith Jr. was shot to death in 1844, his murder has been monogrammed with the misused moniker of martyrdom. But Smith returned fire. Martyrs don’t shoot back. Shortly after, Brigham Young and 8 other apostles, under indictment for counterfeiting, motivated the majority of Mormons to join their hasty migration to Utah.

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NONSENSE! THE BOOK OF MORMON’S BARGES TO THE NEW WORLD (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on February 10, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

Nonsense in the Book of Mormon.

Book of Mormon silliness shows God had no part in it. In Ether 2:16-17, God specs out vessels to float thousands of miles from the Mideast to America:

…Build, after the manner of barges which ye have hitherto built. And…the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which they had built, according to the instructions of the Lord. And they were small and they were light upon the water, even like…a fowl….And they were…exceeding tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; (Question: Why would a boat be built to hold water? Isn’t the purpose to keep water out?) And the bottom…was tight like unto a dish; and the sides… were tight like unto a dish; and the ends…were peaked; and the top… was tight like unto a dish; and the length…was the length of a tree; and the door…when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.

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CAN THE BOOK OF MORMON BE CONFIRMED BY A FEELING? (Mormonism Exposed)

Posted on January 5, 2022July 30, 2022 by WLPublications

How can I know that the Book of Mormon is true?

Moroni 10:4 in the Book of Mormon says:

And when ye shall receive these things, I… exhort you that ye… ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if [they] are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth [to] you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

LDS missionaries, based on that passage, urge potential converts to ask God to confirm with a feeling the Book of Mormon is divine. Doctrine and Covenants 9:8 commands, after studying the matter out in their minds (whatever that means), potential converts, “must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause…your bosom [to] burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.” Consider four reasons why this prayer contradicts the Bible:

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