Reference: <a href=http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/the-restoration-of-truth/the-book-of-mormon>Book of Mormon</a>
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Summary:
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<li>None of the people or places named in the BOM have any secular corroboration of having ever existed.
<li>Joseph Smith was a liar - there never were any plates
<li>Joseph Smith was a plagiarist - he copied directly from the Holy Bible (KJV)
<li>Joseph Smith was possessed by a demon - why introduce lies into the Plan of Salvation?
<li>Joseph Smith was a deceiver - he conscripted others to buy into his lie to create `the church`
<li>Joseph Smith, like Lucifer, wanted to be a god
<li>Mormonism believes that the LDS is the Kingdom of God and that noone is saved who is not part of them
<li>Mormonism considers all non LDS Christians as apostate
<li>Mormonism places the BOM above the Holy Bible - it considers the Holy Bible flawed
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Links:
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<li>Failed Prophecies of Joseph Smith http://mit.irr.org/failed-prophecies-of-joseph-smith 
<li>Remembering the Wives of Joseph Smith http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/ 
<li>Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook Plates http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/josephsmithkinderhookplates.htm 
<li>Adam is the Ancient of Days! http://www.sacred-texts.com/mor/dc/dc116.htm 
<li>The Lord needs a house to dwell in!  http://www.sacred-texts.com/mor/dc/dc124.htm>
<li>A Former Morman Speaks Out http://www.exmormon.org/whyileft.htm 
<li>Mormonism and Mason http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement 
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<i>Excerpts from the BOM</i> and <b>Comments</b>:
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<font color=red>To set the context, the quotes are from the BOM which Joseph Smith claims was written before Jesus was born.
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<li><i>if there are faults...</i><br>
<b>Referring to the BOM text.  No where in the Holy Bible does it include such a disclaimer!</b>
<li><i>written on gold plates</i><br>
<b>Where are these plates?  The `messenger` took them - how convenient!</b>
<li><i>most correct of any book on earth</i><br>
<b>No book in the Holy Bible makes such a claim!</b> So the BOM takes precedence over the Holy Bible.
<li><i>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lords kingdom</i><br>
<b>So, only members of the Mormon church are in the kingdom of God!</b>
<li><i>Urim and Thummim</i><br>
Urim and Thummim are never mentioned in the New Testament by Jesus or any of his apostles.
<b>This is pure mysticism - people fall for it all the time.</b>
<li><i>I should be destroyed</i><br>
<b>Jesus never threatened His apostles!</b>
<li><i>taketh his brethren and returneth</i><br>
<b>King James English?  give me a break!</b>
<li><i>believest in the Son of the most high God</i><br>
The only old testament reference to the <b>Son of God</b> is in Daniel 3:25 . <b>There is no emphasis on believing in the Son of God in the Old Testament!</b>
<li><i>lifted up upon the cross and slain for the sins of the world</i><br>
<b>The `revelations` are abviously hind-sight transformations of the New Testament.</b>
<li><i>And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable church;</i><br>
<b>Church is a New Testament term.</b>
<li><i>two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God , and the other is the church of the devil; </i><br>
<b>LDS is the <i>only</i> true church!  I see - typical controlling language - us against them!</b>
<li><i>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 breproach.</i><br>
<b>Ripped right out of Isaiah 4:1 KJV!</b>
<li><i>Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes</i><br>
<b>Ripped right out of Isaiah 5:4 </b>
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