Book of Mormon Anachronisms

Same Chart with Live Hyperlinks This chart is in response to the fallacious FAIR Mormon Chart

Book of Mormon Witnesses, we don't have their signatures

References

[1] Testimony of Eight Witnesses, June 1829, josephsmithpapers.org
[2] US Declaration of Independence, July 1776, Library of Congress

For more analysis see pages 55-56 "A Letter to a CES Director"

Honest Mormonism in a Parallel Universe

 
Top Left Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Conference Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Top Right Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Salt Lake Temple Square North Visitor Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Bottom Photos
Based on the actual historical record.  As reported by witnesses and documented by scholars and historians.  And acknowledged in obscurity by the LDS church.

"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

Bottom Statement
This is a reference to the standard of honesty taught by the LDS church in Chapter 31 of the Gospel Principles Manual.



"To become completely honest, we must look carefully at our lives. If there are ways in which we are being even the least bit dishonest, we should repent of them immediately."

Credit idea for panel to the author of A Letter to a CES Director

The Mormon God Doesn't Need Plates

References

1 Nephi 4:10-13

10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

 11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.

 12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

 13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

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"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

2 Nephi 5:21 on a Missionary Plaque

2 Nephi 5:21

And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

** "Elder Williams" and his image used with permission

Missionary Plaque as a PDF Pass Along Card:

http://www.afterallwecando.com/Missionary Plaque.pdf

See Also:

The Way of the Mister: Mormonism is Racism

DNA Evidence has forced another edit to the Book of Mormon

References:

[1] "An Analysis of Selected Changes in Major Editions of the Book of Mormon", Jeffrey R. Holland
      Master Thesis, BYU, 1966, page 1

[2] The introduction was modified in 2010

[3] DNA evidence does not support the American Indian as a Lamanite descendant.

[4] Parody of actual Joseph Smith quote: "the Most Correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion"
      History of the Church 4:461

Other Resources:

[A] Book of Mormon, First Edition, 1830, Scanned Online Copy

[B] Book of Mormon, Introduction, Online, lds.org

[C] "3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon", Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Published 1996

Population Growth in the Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon population growth rate would have to have been more than double that of the Roman Empire and other peers.

Nephite/Lamanite Populations with the most conservative estimates possible:

• Population Start (Ps) = 100 
• Number includes both Lehi's family and the Mulekites who colonized during the same period.
• Lamanite army size estimate using the same number of as the Nephite Army
• Even though Mormon 6:8 indicates that the Nephites were "filled with terror because of the greatness of their numbers"
• Warrior to Population ratios used is 1:4
• Even though anthropologists say 1:5 is the usual ratio.  And they sometimes go as high as 1:6 depending on the type of battles.

References:

[1]  Mormon 6:8-16

[2]  "An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon", John L. Sorenson, BYU Anthropologist

[3]  Pop. Start = 100, Pop. Finish = 1.8 Million = 1.02% Annual Growth Rate See Note [5]

[4]  "Roman Empire Population", Chris Heaton, unrv.com

[5]  "Calculating Growth Rates", University of Oregon, Bob Parker

Other Resources:

[A]  "Multiply Exceedingly", John C. Kunich, Signature Books
[B]  "Population Growth", Wikipedia, 17th-19th Century Growth Rates

From John C. Kunich's "Multiply Exceedingly"
Table 2 - Growth Rates

DATE	U.N.	Smith; Ehrlich	Hauser	Bogue
1650-1750	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.34
1750-1800	0.4	0.5	-	0.5
1800-50	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.43
1850-1900	0.5	0.8	-	0.68
1900-10	0.8	0.8	-	0.65
1910-20	0.8	0.8	-	0.65
1920-30	0.8	0.8	-	1.07
1930-40	0.8	0.8	1	1.11
1940-50	0.8	0.8	-	1.1
1950-60	1.8	1.8	-	1.83
1960-	2	1.8	2	-

Equation to calculate the Growth of a Population:

Where:

Pf   = Population Final

Ps   = Population Start; Ps = 100

r      = Annual Growth Rate

n     = Years of Growth; n = 984

Apologist Response:
http://www.fairlds.org/authors/danderson-steven/adding-up-the-book-of-mormon-peoples

White And Delightsome Racism In Mormonism

References:

[1]    3 Nephi 2:15, Book of Mormon, Current Edition
[2]    2 Nephi 30:6, Book of Mormon, pre 1981 edition
[3]    1 Nephi 12:23, Book of Mormon, Current Edition
[4]    Improvement Era, December 1960, pp. 922-23, Spencer W. Kimball
[5]    Black Ban Lifted by Spencer Kimball, June 8, 1978, D&C Official Declaration 2, No Apology Given
[6]    Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 10, page 110 (March 8, 1863)
[7]    Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, page 290-291 (October 9, 1859)

Christians agree with Moroni 8:18; Why don't Mormons?

References

[1] Moroni 8:18; Book of Mormon
"For I know that God is not a partial God, neither a changeable being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity."

[2] Lorenzo Snow; “The Grand Destiny of Man,” Deseret Evening News, July 20, 1901, 22
"As man is God once was; as God is man may be"

[3] Joseph Smith Quote; History of the Church, Vol. 6, Ch. 14, p. 305-6; Joseph Smith, Jr. "King Follet Discourse"
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!  That is the great secret. ...I am going to tell you how God came to be God.  We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity.  I will refute that idea, and take away the veil,..."

See also:

http://WeAgreeWith818.com
Isaiah 44:6,8 
Romans 11:33-36