There are too many historical problems with the book of Mormon to say that it is "true" +13

RTA

1. The Book of Mormon says that the Jews are the "principal ancestors of the American Indians", +2 but they were not. +1


2. The Book of Mormon mentions several animals, plants, and technologies for which there is currently no evidence in pre-Columbian history +7


3. God would not send his message to humanity through a document that had serious historical problems.


4. God would not send his message to humanity through a document that had no historical support. 

Reasons to disagree

1. There are some aspects of the Book of Mormon that support a literal historical interpretation.  +0

Score:

# of reasons to agree: 4

# of reasons to disagree: -1

# of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 10

# of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0

Total Idea Score: 13

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Also see:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_authenticity_of_the_Book_of_Mormon

Easter Sunday at the LDS Church

It is Easter Sunday and the person was assigned to talk about "The Spirit of Christ". He spoke about how the Spirit of Christ can influence those who are not members of our Church. His example was how Robert E Lee took communion with a black man. He may have been nice, but he lead the South in a fight to keep their slaves.



Also quoted D&C 88 and read these word:



"As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made.



As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made".



So the moon has its own power that is different than the power of the Sun, and the stars?



There were some good parts, but some very boring parts... In Sunday school we talked for about 20 mins about why Christ told us to be like little Children... So many of these concepts have just been beaten to death. Some of it I probably should be reminded of every once and a while, but for 3 hours every Sunday? Its just too much! Right?