Thread 24783718

It's good.

It's like the Quran (fake) but worse

>>24783736
see
>>>/his/18056757

Should I buy this?

>>24783736
The Quran is real and the Book of Mormon says Jesus is God so IDK >>24783740

>>24783718 (OP)
Is Joseph Smith black?

If the Book of Mormon is fake, then anybody can deceive and make up false miracles.

>>24783740
>Translated
Only Penguin.

>>24783740
Saying this was translated by Joe Smith and not 'written by,' is like when Penguin put out per Moz's request, his "Autobiography" under 'classics;' per his demand. -- It's cheeky.

>>24783817
His Translation was good enough to meet their requisites to be considered a worthy rendition of a classic text in the English language.

>>24783817
>Saying this was translated by Joe Smith and not 'written by,' is like when Penguin put out per Moz's request, his "Autobiography" under 'classics;' per his demand. — It's cheeky.
God is "cheeky" hiding his glorious wisdom in such an obscure place, and sealing it behind the word of man's saying it has to be from the Americas, only to be revealing itself to be from Africa in these last days; it is so good of the Lord to show his hand to us.

>>24783740
It is a classic in its own right; you have to read it to see it for its richness, that it could not have been made in modern times in the method of making a novel, even if inspired; it has to be from the ancient times it claims, even if compiled and redacted.

>>24783740
If you're serious, get the annotated version. I've heard from a mormon friend that it's very good.

>>24783985
>>24783817
2 recommends

>>24783985
based mormon friend haver

This book is really quite something special. It is truly unique. No book confounds the reader like this one.

>>24784466
I wrote a really good novel that is a response to this book. You should read it.

>>24784573
What is it?

The Book of Mormon contains a claimed prophecy of John the Baptist saying Jesus' shoes he was not worthy to unloose. It is easy for a book that is retrospective to insert "prophecies" but what good is it as a secondary witness to Christ?

>>24783718 (OP)
The book used to funnel Africans directly into america?
Hmmmm, i wonder...

>>24786421
BOM

>>24783740
That one has a helpful introduction for women and children who need to understand not to take it too seriously when it says if there are any faults they are the mistakes of men, that it doesn't matter if it's all made up, because it's still pretty good through that visionary lens.

>>24787036
Actually, if you read it as if it were Apocrypha, like the other books like it, there is a lot to gain and not to lose.

>>24783766
Yes

>>24784466
Chloroform in print. Literal entire chapters ripped off the KJV Bible.

>>24787256
So you don't believe in any religion?

>>24787428
I don't believe in miracles, there is no good evidence. I believe in God, but not creedal or communal religions.

>>24787457
>I believe in God
Lmao ok bro

>>24787464
OK? Never heard of Deism before have you. Hopefully you do some research on various religions before you just pick one based on emotion.

>>24787474
The Book of Mormon is truly the ultimate testament of the personal God.
God is omnipresent Wisdom, and would love to appear as such a strange thing.
If you can take it with a grain of salt, it should furnish you with blessings without end.

i just read it for the polygamous sex scenes, like all good fanfics

>>24787474
>>24787705
>>24787729
All of the above, for me.

>>24787745
Gross

>>24787745
>>24787768
Based.

>>24787729
source?

>>24789357
get a load of the cafeteria LDS here who accepts the BoM but not the Prophet's celestial-marriage revelations

>>24789873
Those aren't in the Book of Mormon though, they are a separate volume. And if the Book of Mormon is really from Africa, a separate continent altogether.

>>24783736
I told this to a Mormon, and he told me to call you a nigger

the Book of Mormon has a lot of interpolations by Mormon's hand likely which insert prophecy explanations in a way that in the rough text presentation can be confusing as per the reader trying to determine what is being faithfully copied and compiled and what is being inserted after the fact.

>>24783718 (OP)
Mormons have the same nepotism in-group tendencies as the Jews. Basically the same thing.

>>24783740
If you call any mormon church near your house not only will they give the book for free to you, but they will also deliver it to your house for free with two blonde twinks who will give you lots of attention for some minutes

>>24790863
nasty

>>24783737
>those replies
The fuck, is /his/ overrun by Mormons?

>>24790863
the book is free but how much do they charge for the twinks?

>>24783736
Yes. They are both based on lies and heretical and counter-traditional, one might even say they are outright blasphemous.

If you are interested in such works of the devil, why not read Scientology and Aleister Crowley too while you're at it?

Or go the source of heresies and blasphemies and wank yourself over your gnostic fanfics...

Sure. God is in all things. But the value difference in wisdom and beauty and goodness between the true Word and these false imitation is like the difference in worth and value between Plato's Republic versus F Gardner's bullshit.

>>24792274
>t. hasn't even read Call of the Nigger

>>24790279
False
Mormons don't swear

>>24783751
He was ethnically Irish so yes.

>>24792274
>F Gardner's bullshit.
Do not bring that beautiful man into this argument

>>24793591
This. F Gardner is a chad. His haters are chuds.

It's a good book

>>24790863
>two blonde twinks
What state? When I look up pictures of Mormon Churches, they're all brown.

>>24794792
This

>>24783718 (OP)
someone said something akin to "if the devil were to appear before you now you may mistake him for an angel" and I find that to be a perfect allegory for the mormon church.

It's members appreciate the worldly aspect of the community moreso than the theology.

>>24798714
>It's members appreciate the worldly aspect of the community moreso than the theology.
It is a parable of God that it is as such. And, the Book of Mormon is a word of God in that vein, of wisdom, and of personal self-expression of the Lord to his chosen.

>>24798714
>if the devil were to appear before you now you may mistake him for an angel
That's why the Bible says to test everything, and the Book of Mormon agrees, except every denomination of cult wants people to disregard every scripture and only follow the words of man.

>>24790863
Mmmhh...blondie twinks..

>>24783718 (OP)
Does it cut out all the gay Old Testament stuff? Genuinely can't believe people bother with that Jewish fanfic nonsense.

>>24783718 (OP)
>African bible
Funny enough, your typo is why. Mormonism gets the scrutiny it does because it emerged among White people, who should know better. If some African or Indian came up with it, nobody would care + White liberals would "convert" to it for brownie points, like they do with Buddhism or Islam

>>24783718 (OP)
They banned porn in utah after Mormon girls were being recruited and appearing in BLACKED.

The dumb part is that it only stops them from being able to see it happening, while everyone else watches.

>>24802343
>filtered

>>24790279
The Book of Mormon is the keystone of Joseph Smith's whole output

>>24783718 (OP)
Book written by white man to take advantage of stupid fucking niggers like you

>>24783985
I can concur. Grant Hardy's annotated version is the best way to read the Book of Mormon, although the physical quality of the annotated version leaves a lot to be desired.

>>24783740
I like the Penguin version.

>>24783718 (OP)
Bait thread and all but Smith was a well-known hack and conman who was also 33rd degree mason and basically made up bullshit on a similar scale to scientology to be able to exploit the fools joining his cult by having sexual relationships with their wives and daughters and taking their cash, businesses and more

>>24784466
>>24806093
Is there a proper set reading order? Or should I just read it like a regular book, start to finish?

>>24808049
Read The Bible. Then watch some youtube videos about the history of mormonism. Then read the book start to finish. It is a little bit dense though.

Went into a thrift store in the desert and they had were shelves and shelves of the book of Mormon in Spanish
What's going on big guy

Aren't Mormons all white anyway?

>>24808439
How is it supposed to be taken? Like a literal history, or more of a parable, or a vision, or something such like?

>>24808998
The creation story of the book is written inside of the narrative of the book. They were some written tables that Joseph Smith found and translated (According to him).

>>24808049
>>24808998
Yeah, just read it start to finish. It has a narrative structure, so that's the way it's meant to be read. The annotated version has essays included in it that go over the background of the book and that analyze it from a variety of viewpoints: as a work of history, as fiction, as scripture, as literature, etc.

>>24809665
>a variety of viewpoints: as a work of history, as fiction, as scripture, as literature, etc.
I love how it can work in some ways as all of these

>>24811340
>Mormonism
>worse than human sacrifice
This is your brain on man-made theology.

>>24811355
That which is closer to truth is more dangerous for stealing people away from the truth.

>>24811376
Like your misconception that you are elect without experiencing the Holy Ghost

>>24811376
It also got rid of an omniscient, omnipotent Creator of reality, brought back polytheism, and taught that human being could become gods and get their own planet

>>24811389
The Bible teaches, Ye are gods.

>>24811380
Bitch. You don't know me. That's my purse.

>>24811438
If you are not saved in this life by God's spirit manifest, then you will be judged by your works anyway, and with perfect justice.

>>24789971
Do you have any proof that it is from Africa?

>>24811555
>proof
It's all in Embaye Melekin's commentary
Nobody has ever found a physical location that matches before he did

It's in the reading of the scripture with that in mind that the truth will be revealed.

>>24811555
youtube.com/watch?v=yKxbUW7Nan8
check /his/ as well.

>>24811555
Also this. The liturgical language of Ethiopia is the closest possible thing to the reformed egyptian of Smith, and in Ethiopia by coincidence they have the only complete Book of Enoch, which patriarch Smith restores content about in his Genesis inspired version; you can find it in the "Book of Moses".

>>24811355
>man-made theology.
Why the redundancy?

>>24794792
This

>>24811810
lol