The book of Mormon, the most correct book?

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   passingthewordposted 12 years ago

   “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (History of the Church, 4:461.)
   The errors of the book of mormon.
   
   "In 1837 Joseph Smith made several editorial changes in the Book of Mormon. Many are relatively innocuous, but one of them is much more substantial. In the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon, the verse we know as 1 Nephi 11:18 reads:
   
   And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of God, after the manner of the flesh.
   
   For the 1837 edition, Joseph inserted "the Son of," so that the verse has read ever since:
   A sampling of the 3913 changes made to the inspired book of Mormon:
   
   This changes section courtesy of the Jerald and Sandra Tanner. For more, order their book, "Mormonism, Shadow or reality?" from: bookstore
   
   Text
      
   
   Original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon
      
   
   Editions 1837, 1888, 1920, 1964, 1978
   
   Title page
      
   
   Joseph Smith, Jr. The author and proprietor of this work
      
   
   Joseph Smith, Jr. the translator of this work
   
   Title page
      
   
   now if there be fault, it be the mistake of men...
      
   
   now if there are faults, they are the mistakes of men...
   
   1 Ne 13:40
      
   
   the lamb of God is the Eternal Father
      
   
   the lamb of God is the son of the Eternal Father
   
   1Nephi 11:21
      
   
   the Eternal Father
      
   
   son of the Eternal Father
   
   1 Nephi 11:32
      
   
   the Everlasting God
      
   
   son of the Everlasting God
   
   1 Nephi 20:1
      
   
   words added
      
   
   or out of the waters of Baptism
   
   2 Nephi 12:9
      
   
   the mean man boweth down
      
   
   the mean man boweth not down
   
   Alma 29:4
      
   
   Yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable
      
   
   words deleted
   
   Alma 37:21,24
      
   
   directors
      
   
   Interpreters
   
   Alma 30:16
      
   
   it is the effects of a phrensied mind
      
   
   it is the effect of a frenzied mind
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   now there was seven churches
      
   
   now there were seven churches
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   there were no blood to shed
      
   
   there was no blood to shed
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   there is two churches
      
   
   there are two churches
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   and also much horses
      
   
   and also many horses
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   these things had not ought to be
      
   
   these things ought not to be
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   as I was a journeying
      
   
   as I was journeying ("a" removed)
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   They did prepare for to meet them
      
   
   They did prepare to meet them ("for" removed)
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   some have arrested the scriptures
      
   
   some have wrested the scriptures
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   when they had arriven
      
   
   when they had arrived
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   having no respects to persons
      
   
   having no respect to persons ("s" removed)
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   they had fell into great errors
      
   
   they had fallen into great errors
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   which was wrote upon the plates
      
   
   which was written upon the plates
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   they were exceeding fraid
      
   
   they were exceedingly afraid
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   they had began to possess the land
      
   
   they had begun to possess the land
   
   Throughout B of M
      
   
   this they done that they might provide food
      
   
   this they did that they might provide food
   
   Alma 23:1
      
   
   nor neither of their brethren
      
   
   nor either of their brethren
   
   Mosiah 21:28; Ether 4:1
      
   
   king Benjamin
      
   
   Mosiah (Benjamin was dead at this time)
   
   1 Nephi 12:18
      
   
   Jesus Christ
      
   
   Messiah (Jesus had not yet been revealed to the Nephites)
   
   1 Nephi 20:1
      
   
   come forth out of the waters of Judah
      
   
   or out of the waters of baptism (these words added after "Judah"
   
   2 Nephi 16:2
      
   
   seraphims
      
   
   seraphim (verse copied from older copy of KJV which made a gramatical error)

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      Disappearingheadposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Are you an ex-Mormon by chance? You appear to be on a quest here.

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         passingthewordposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         oh ya.

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            Shanna11posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I kind of just feel sorry for you that you are so bitter toward Mormons. Learn to let go. Obsessions aren't healthy.

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               passingthewordposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               No you don't have to feel sorry for me. This is my passion to expose all of what i have learned, to share what was hidden from me.
               Like i said, it's a passion not an obsession.
               It's like someone that was fed lies all of their lives and has seen people tricked and manipulated. wouldn't you want people to warn you of these things?
               What i share is not what i have made up. It is the true doctrine of the LDS.

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