Is it worth reading?

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why not read it yourself and find out?

Absolutely It's a funny Fantasy-alternate history romp that won't fail to smise If You have allready read the KJV and can identify the same translation errors.

Mark Twain called it “chloroform in print”.

I don't want to waste my time if it isn't true.

Not really. Some parts are quite entertaining alt-history but a lot of it consists of sermons in cod-KJV language, and large sections are straight copy-and-pasted from the KJV.

ALL men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle--keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate. If he, according to tradition, merely translated it from certain ancient and mysteriously-engraved plates of copper, which he declares he found under a stone, in an out-of-the-way locality, the work of translating was equally a miracle, for the same reason.

The book seems to be merely a prosy detail of imaginary history, with the Old Testament for a model; followed by a tedious plagiarism of the New Testament. The author labored to give his words and phrases the quaint, old-fashioned sound and structure of our King James's translation of the Scriptures; and the result is a mongrel--half modern glibness, and half ancient simplicity and gravity. The latter is awkward and constrained; the former natural, but grotesque by the contrast. Whenever he found his speech growing too modern--which was about every sentence or two--he ladled in a few such Scriptural phrases as "exceeding sore," "and it came to pass," etc., and made things satisfactory again. "And it came to pass" was his pet. If he had left that out, his Bible would have been only a pamphlet.

-Mark Twain

Damn. i want Mark Twain to bash my own book

So I just checked, and the phrase 'it came to pass' occurs 1322 times in the Book of Mormon, accounting for 5288 of the book's 270,000 or so words. So only around 2% of the entire book. The source text of the KJV (i.e. the textus receptus) uses the phrase in Hebrew at around the same frequency, but the translators simply did not translate it the same each time. If it bothers you so much, you can read the plain English version published by the Community of Christ (RLDS) church.

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Are you Mormon?

No, I'm just interested in it. There is an LDS-user who shows up here occasionally though so maybe he will come to this thread.

Neat. If he does I have some questions.

meant to reply to

Mark Twain was also a fucking retard so there you go

mormanon here.

if you like the bible I recommend it. I actually prefer the bible. BOM Is more like an exploration of cultural effects of civilizations being righteous. Its also more literal than the bible.

i don't know why Protestants or Catholics hate it so much. it doesn't teach any unique Mormon doctrines. it's just more Bible stories none of the Mormon stuff comes from BOM.

of course if your an atheistfag then you will still hate.

>the phrase 'it came to pass' occurs 1322 times in the Book of Mormon
Where's Harold Bloom when you need him?

>of course if your an atheistfag then you will still hate.
I dunno man, Mormon porn is amazing and well worth the cost of this book existing.

If I become a sincere convert to Mormonism how difficult is it to find a Mormon wife?

>a Mormon wife
>a

jej

I only need one. I'm not a greedy man.

depends on your age. 20-28? yeah man just come move to Utah valley.

the thing about Mormon girls is they care a lot about things like:
- education
- career prospects
- responsibility
- church
so you can't be a NEET.

of course. they will still make out with Chad given the opportunity, but that's who they are looking to marry.

over age 30?
good luck.

What's so special about 29?

nothing, just giving general ranges. you don't want to be closer to 30 because the good girls are married and the remaining ones either are careeermaxing, have insane standards, crazy, or divorced.

>20-28?
Yes. I am very knowledgeable about the Bible too. Does that help?

I considered Mormonism because of its dedication to community and family values. I'm pretty close to an atheist leaning on agnostic but atheists are generally degenerate in values. I doubt I would ever find a girl who's atheist and conservative. But I don't want to belong to a religion if I don't believe in it, not to mention that 10% tithe.

I'm from Utah and I can tell you that by the time you're 30 the window is closed. All Mormon girls worth marrying have long since gotten married and are probably on kid 2 or 3.
Mormon girls can literally pick whoever hey want and Mormon guys go on missions specifically because it makes them valuable to them.
By the time you're 30 the only girls left are either crazy, fat/ugly, divorced or really focused on a career. Mormons marry early and that's just the way it is. Wait too long and you'll miss out

T. Former Mormon who went on a mission and got married at 28 (after leaving the church)

>Former
Are you Christian?

Mormons are christians, so yes. I'm not so much a "former" Mormon as much as someone who just moved on from the whole church thing and isn't religious anymore. I fell into inactivity.
There was no big moment where I decided "I'm not going to be Mormon anymore for x,y and z reasons".
I even served a 2 year mission in Asia way back when

>true
You might get some ideas on how to create your own religion.

Can't I be 30+ and marry a 18yo Mormon?

Nope.

I don't want to create my own religion.

What if I look young and lie about my age? Also same thing but I don't look young?

Only if you yourself are also Mormon, otherwise you don't have a shot

>Mormon porn
please elaborate

Wearer of Holy Panties detected

Do their women actually wear Holy Panties?
H-hot..

They're not panties. Magic Mormon underwear is huge, unflattering and absolutely NOT sexy. They're like boxers for women

Yeah... hot...

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Why do they do this? What is the purpose?

secret wet t-shirt party orgies

I always knew Mormons were wild. Imagine if they were still into polygamy.

Church control over sexuality

>Church control over sexuality
And that's a good thing!

based digits

checked

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Unironic Mormon here. I will not be replying to (you)s because I don't like talking to people on the internet and I'm too retarded to actually debate.
The church is definitely imperfect, it's history is weird and the historical accuracy of it's texts are dubious at best. However, through study and the Holy Spirit I know
1) Christ is the only way to God
2) God really does sincerely love us and wants the best for us
3) Families are together forever
4) God works with and is aware of our every day lives
5) We can improve and change though hard work and faith in Christ
My favorite scriptures are
Ether 12:27
Alma 37:6
Haggai 1
D&C 6:33-37 (very much this one)
I would recommend reading it because I found it full of good tidbits that changed my life and brought me closer to Christ

I promise that wherever you are in life God knows you, loves you, and wants you to return to him. You can change your ways, start with basic prayers. I honestly don't care if you read the book of Mormon, just tonight try praying to God consistently and it will change your life. Ask to feel his love, ask for the blood of Christ to be applied to your soul and ask to be made strong
He loves you, if you do your best you will make it user. You can do it.

(Also read Anti tech revolution, it's very important but unrelated)

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If God loved us he would have never allowed the reformation to happen.

how can I know the BOM is true though?

Truly nothing turns my attention to Divine intervention proper as the rightful humiliation of the Catholic Church.

based

Read it, ponder on it and think about what you read and how it can affect your life for the better if you live by its teachings, and the sincerely ask God in prayer if it's true.
He'll let you know through the Holy Spirit

Yes. I'm 140k words into my commentary on the work. Ask away.

they wear them when they baptize their dead
not even a meme

I haven't read it yet but it has this painting in the back.

WE

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Usually they hook you up with a jumpsuit that has the same Masonic markings on it and you just wear that and briefs instead of the usual underwear.
Source: signed up for baptisms for the dead again next Saturday

As much as i hate Mormons, i have to admit that their art is kino

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those are some cute kitties