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Originally Posted by IAmGamerFun
It's because of Joseph smith practice as polygamy that would not allow him to be a member of our church. And Alvin, you do know that is a bit extreme, they were only trying to start a branch. And as for the golden statue. We don't build statues of false idols, that is the angel mormoni, not God. And we don't practice pagan rituals. We are Christian like you, not pagan. And welcome anyone in our church, so long as they are respectful, reverent and don't dress provocatively or inappropriate. But they cannot become members of our church.
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What do you make of the contradictions between the Book of Mormon and the Bible?
The term "Christian" didn't come into use until around
40 AD.
Acts 11:26b And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Yet the Book of Alma,
supposedly describing events around 73 BC, says the Nephites were Christians.
Alma 46:13-15
13 And he fastened on his head-plate, and his breastplate, and his shields, and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he called it the title of liberty) and he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land—
14 For thus were all the true believers of Christ, who belonged to the church of God, called by those who did not belong to the church.
15 And those who did belong to the church were faithful; yea, all those who were true believers in Christ took upon them, gladly, the name of Christ, or Christians as they were called, because of their belief in Christ who should come.
The Bible says there were
three hours of darkness at Jesus' crucifixion.
Lk 23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
The Book of Mormon says there would be
three days of darkness.
Hel 14:20 But behold, as I said unto you concerning another sign, a sign of his death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer death the sun shall be darkened and refuse to give his light unto you; and also the moon and the stars; and there shall be no light upon the face of this land, even from the time that he shall suffer death, for the space of three days, to the time that he shall rise again from the dead.
The Bible says Jesus was born in
Bethlehem.
Mt 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
The Book of Mormon says He would be born in
Jerusalem.
Alma 7:10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.
The last two examples are a case of unfulfilled prophecy, which the Bible says
must be rejected.
Deut 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
You won't find any glaringly obvious contradictions like these in the Bible. Please explain.