Clearly, the book of mormon does teach that the son of god was begotten by the holy ghost, just as the bible also states. Contradictions in the bible is first and foremost a website dedicated to the bible. Many of the names in the book of mormon are just plucked directly from the bible, e. Contradictions between the bible and book of mormon life. The book of mormon also teaches that a seer is greater than a prophet mosiah 8. The book of mormon derives its names from a book that has semitic sources, i.
The bible further teaches that all men will be judged by the word of god. I pray that you search these many contradictions out for yourself so that. Usually its quite easy to show that these are only seeming contradictions. Below are just some of the contradictions weve found between the bible and the book of mormon. The bible is a collection of writings from different authors, times, places, and. The opponents of christianity often use them in their attempts to discredit christianity. It generally does not include contradictions with bible passages, since mormons consider the bible to have many translation errors, and since the bible itself is often ambiguous and subject to varying interpretations. Contradictions in the bible as numbered in the sab book. Sometimes these attacks undermine the faith of christians who either dont understand the issues or dont have the resources to deal with them. We make no apology for using only the bible to answer any.
This proves, they say, that this cannot be gods book, its no different from any other human book with the usual errors and mistakes. The companion volume to this book is demolishing supposed bible contradictions volume 2. Yet he didnt make the light producing objects the sun and the stars until the fourth day 1. Bible contradictions explained come reason ministries. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place.
Archived from the original pdf on september 10, 2008. In nearly all cases, the book of mormon presents theology consistent with the bible, but different from the doctrine and covenants, from which the majority of mormon doctrine comes. Books on the book of mormon 19892011 by an authorized editor of byu scholarsarchive. This brief tract will examine another book which claims inspiration, the book of mormon and how it measures up to the test of unity. There are also contradictions within the book of mormon itself. Disproves mormonism using the bible, mormon scripture, statistical analysis and common sense. Changes, contradictions, and errors is a musthave resource for anyone who knows or witnesses to mormons. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible. The mormon church promotes the book of mormon as an inspired writing. Apr, 2010 yes, the book of mormon contradicts the bible. For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new york state where. Here, lenny responds to several objecions and shows why the approach of these skeptics fails. But arent there over 100 contradictions in the bible that have been shown to discredit the bible s divine inerrancy. To be fully god means freedom from finite forms and from helplessness, and to be full man means the absence of divinity.
Mormon leaders insist that there are no contradictions in mormonism. His bestselling book christianity in crisis, was awarded the gold. Apologists have many criticisms about identifying contradictions, and in many cases they go out of their way to add things to the bible in order to explain them away. Jesus said, upon this rock i will build my church matt. Doctrinal mastery core document the church of jesus christ of. Read the book of mormon and pray about it, and you will not only gain a stronger, deeper relationship with and knowledge of jesus christ, but by the holy ghost, you will also come to realize that joseph smith is a true prophet of god. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to. The bible says this here, but says the opposite over here. Oct 30, 2012 this video covers but a few of the many contradiction between the book of mormon and the word of truth, the holy bible. Three simple ways to show contradictions in the mormon belief.
Bible difficulties, or apparent bible contradictions, exist. Genesis god creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. The book of mormon contains numerous passages that contradict the bible. Provides examples of contradictions between what the bible teaches, what the books of the mormon church teach. For the most part, the questions listed in this book are the actual wordforword questions, or the criticism of a skeptic or professed atheist, that was found on the internet. The church of jesus christ of latterday saints or mormons claim that, along with the bible, the book of mormon 1 is a revelation from god. That is to say that it is a website about the very nature of the biblical text itselfa nature, moreover, which is readily perceivable from a cursory glance at the bible s table of contents. List of bible contradictions contradictions are widespread in the bible. In fact, a bible believer would expect there to be contradictions between the two, since the bible never gives any legitimacy to the book of mormon, but actually condemns it cf. Works that have been suggested as sources include the king james bible, the wonders. We are told that biblical stories are fine for children, and. The book of mormon quotes jesus as saying that he that hath the spirit of. This video from our friends at the bible project might help explain some confusing things in the bible.
We will only deal with some, but not all, of the contradictions between the book of mormon and other lds scriptures. Contradictions in the book of mormon the annotated bible. In fairness to those who believe in the bible, i make no assumptions that any of these contradictions are true. Church of jesus christ of latterday saints the mormons. Its no different from any other human book with the usual errors and mistakes. The fact that there are numerous disagreements between the bible and the book of mormon does not disparage the bible in any way.
Jesus, the creator and eternal son of god, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that he died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buried, and rose from the dead according to the bible. We will not discuss the ongoing changes in major mormon doctrines over the years, the contradictions in their doctrinal books, or the contradictions between their scriptures and the bible. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. Another book in which they have great confidence is the pearl of great price. Jan 10, 2006 the bible came first, not the book of mormon. Jul 06, 2011 the contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible constitute a most serious obstacle to accepting the book of mormon as latterday scripture supplemental to the bible.
And where it never challenges, disagrees with or contradicts the orthodox christian creeds. And whereas the bible is organically linked to the earthly ministry of jesus christ by extensive surviving manuscript evidence going back as far as a. Demolishing supposed bible contradictions volume 1. The book of mormon was supposedly written before the time of christ. Apologetics press the bible versus the book of mormon. Joseph fielding smith, the tenth president of the church, said. If the book of mormon is from god as it claims, then it too should bear the marks of inspiration, but instead of unity the book of mormon has many contradictions within its pages. The bible prophesied that jesus would be born in bethlehem. Introduction to bible difficulties and bible contradictions. Many people have the impression that the bible is simply an outdated book of fairytales and contradictions. Points out the contradictions between the bible and book of mormon as well as errors in translation in the king james version kjv of the bible that were copied into the book of mormon. This resource is for christians who want to understand the development of mormon theology and how mormon beliefs are often selfcontradictory. Dec 18, 20 this cheeky little book is a straightforward compilation of 144 of the most obvious contradictions that can be found in the bible. There are numerous lists of alleged bible contradictions.
Contradictions about the contradictions as listed in the sab book by topic a short list in the quran in the book of mormon. There are areas of scripture that are difficult to understand. In the book of mormon, the prophet helaman taught his sons, it is upon. Ham wrote in the foreword, many people today buy into the assertion that the bible is full of contradictions, but they havent bothered to look into the claim for themselves. When king james translators were translating the kjv bible between 1604 and. Pdf errors and contradictions in the bible islam pdfs. Bible and book of mormon contradictions by sandra tanner. Is the book of mormon from god jph the bible domain. God, the father, sent his only son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in him. The problem with the book of mormon isnt where it contradicts the christian bible, but where it agrees with the bible but shouldnt. That is to say that it is a website about the very nature of the biblical text itselfa nature, moreover, which is readily perceivable from a cursory glance at the bibles table of contents. In the 1st edition of the book of mormon, 2 nephi 11. More contradictions could be listed, but these are sufficient to show that the book of.
Were precious things found in great abundance by the nephites in america. A list of over 700 inconsistencies in the bible from. It is not, in fact, in direct contradiction to anything joseph smith taught. Its remarkable how many skeptics refer to these lists when they reject the bible, but theyve never truly read the underlying scripture in the bible itself. Book of mormon, church of jesus christ of latterday saints, racism. The answer to 70 apparent contradictions in the king james. Contradictions in lds scriptures pdf version click here one god. A very good book to have is the encyclopedia of bible difficulties by gleason archer, zondervan publishing house, grand rapids, michigan. Because the bible says he was born in bethlehem, critics suggest that the book of mormon must be a fraud.
Still another example of contradiction is the fact that the christian. Latterday prophets contradict the bible and the book of mormon on this point. Article citing verses in book of mormon that contradict specific teaching of the bible both cannot be from god. Book of mormon kjv bible contradictions some epistles.
If his joseph smiths claims and declarations were built upon fraud and deceit, there would appear many errors and contradictions, which would be easy to detect. Posted in september, witnessing tip of the day, tagged contradictions in book of mormon, false doctrines of mormonism, moroni 8. Africans and present as scripture racist texts derived from raiding the graves of our ancestors. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. When people criticize the bible, they often point to contradictions. There are lots of seeming contradictions in the bible. More contradictions could be listed, but these are sufficient to show that the book of mormon is not in harmony with the true holy scriptures, the bible.
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