How to disprove mormonism with the book of mormon youtube. Jackson shows how mormonism diverges from orthodox christianity in key matters of theology, but his tone is that of a careful teacher who seeks to explain rather than merely to debunk. They boldly tie the credibility of their prophet joseph smith to this. The book of mormon and the bible mormons in transition. Lds church debuts first book of mormon video installment. A news release on states, albeit euphemistically, the importance of viewing the mormon view of the plan of salvation in the larger context of the larger mormon worldview.
Presenting the new mormonism with the same old heresies. Aug 15, 2012 steinberg explains that an important part of being a mormon missionary, as romney was for two years, is sharing personal testimony, but that the rules of american public life dictate that romney. Like the last two seasons, a new video will be released every friday until may 15 except for conference and easter weekend. The book of mormon is a document 1st published in 1830. The book of mormon plays a primary role in mormon evangelistic efforts. According to joseph smith, jr, he was led to metal plates that had the appearance of gold by an angel named moroni. The guys who did south park did book of mormon on broadway. For latterday saints, the mortal existence is seen in the context of a great sweep of history, from a preearth life where the spirits of all mankind lived. The book of mormon is really there so one can have book of mormon studies, and archaeology is really there so one can study archaeology, but the two are not wed. So, a closer look reveals that the concept of god taught by mormonism is quite di erent from the god of the bible. The strange but true history of mormonism original series. The second video in the book of mormon series was released. For the strength of the hills by hiram bertoch, the book of mormon. Mar 06, 2012 the title book of mormon refers to a prophet named mormon who wrote most of the book on the gold plates and entrusted them to moroni his son, who appended some final material to the plates and buried them in the hill about four hundred years after christ.
The trailer for season three of the book of mormon videos was released today. The authenticity of the book of mormon is a muchdebated subject. Why were afraid of mormons bu today boston university. The new season, which is planned to begin on march th, will include from mosiah through alma. Youll learn where it came from, what it contains, and how to receive your own free copy. Despite two unsuccessful attempts and being beaten by laman and lemuel, nephi remains faithful and is able to secure the plates for his family. A former missionary reveals the secrets of mormon mind control the first 50 or so pages deals with some of the hidden truths of the mormon sect, polygamy, racism, blood atonement, the adamgod theory, and the general indoctrination techniques that the church uses to make mormon s feel superior to all other religious faiths. Like the bible, the book of mormon is a collection of sacred writings by ancient prophets, except these prophets lived upon the american continent. The limited geography theory or lgt is a nontraditional interpretation of the text, but one that has gained wide acceptance among the book of mormon scholars and readers over the last 60 years. Mormonism and christianity have a complex theological, historical, and sociological relationship. The two most significant are the lds system, introduced in 1879, and the rlds system, which is based on the original 1830 chapter divisions. After the book of mormon was published, mormonism began to spread. Ive read it both ways and both have valuebut one way is more life changing than the other. People tend to call members of the church mormons, because of the book of mormon, the translation of an ancient.
The doctrine and covenants is a book of scripture used by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, whose members are often called mormons. Mormonism teaches important truths regarding the centrality of the family and its eternal destiny. Another testament of jesus christ by anonymous, mormonism. It is based on a close reading of the text, which indicates that the lands inhabited by the lehites could be traversed on foot in only a few. They divided into two groups who fought each other. In two weeks the cast and crew will put a wrap on the third year of filming. Mormons express the doctrines of mormonism using standard biblical terminology and have similar views about the nature of jesus atonement, bodily resurrection, and second coming as traditional christianity. Apr 30, 2008 mormonism explained lays out clearly what mormons believe. God commanded these prophets to keep a record of their teachings, prophecies, missionary labors, and wars so that we could know concerning the doings of the lord in other lands, among people of old 1 nephi 19. Mormons consider the book of mormon a compilation of historical records kept by the primary ancestors of the native americans. At least they are not wed in reality since no book of mormon location is known with reference to modern topography.
Mormons mormonism and rare mormon books related to the lds church. What keeps changing over the years, are the explanations of mormons why the book of mormon is still the most correct book on earth even though it has been contradicted by every discovery in the fields of language, history, geography, archaeology, biology, agriculture, genetics, demographics, etc. Ive read fawn brodies no man knows my history and grant palmers insiders view of mormon origins and i really enjoyed both of them. Lds missionaries encourage prospects to read the book of mormon and pray to receive a spiritual witness or testimony that it is the word of god based on a statement toward the end of the book of mormon in moroni 10. Jul, 2017 as for the book of mormon and other instances of mormons in the mainstream, young said she could appreciate the hit musicals entertainment factor and was even amused by hbos polygamist show. Book of mormon videos behind the scenes 2 nephienos. Gods prophets preach the gospel of jesus christ to people in ancient. The first series of videos from the first two years of filming depicts book of mormon teachings and events from 1 nephi through enos in the. This video provides a brief introduction to the book of mormon.
Book of mormon video series release dates announced watch the. Read the book of mormon letters to a young mormon a profound book every mormon needs to read times and seasons blog posts by adam s. Focus on the storyline and get familiar with the people in the book. Chapters on mormon history are especially enlightening.
Book of mormon mormonism, the mormon church, beliefs. Mormon missionaries usually try to get prospective converts investigators to read it as soon. Lds video encyclopedia what is mormonism video index. Apologist makes goldhilted sword to prove book of mormon is true, concludes nephites used wooden swords because it is so damn useless posted on january 30, 20 by mithryn update as typical, the old summary is gone as hates things that are sceintific and dont point to the church being true. The book of mormon by marian bodine changes to mormon scriptures and scanned 1830 edition of the book of mormon by i. Mormonism calls this doctrine \celestial parentage.
I was just wondering if you had any good book recommendations for learning more about mormonism. Mormons were routinely told that all other creeds were an abomination, that all the churches were wrong, that the congregations were deceived, and that the ministers were hirelings of satan. The book contains the revelations and commandments given to mankind through modern prophets and teaches us the modern. Miller an lds continental philosopher and theologian progressive prophetess an lds teacher on meditation, kundalini yoga, and the spiritual imagination believe. This list is for exmormons by an exmormon score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Dec 26, 2015 a very plausible lost and missing novel by solomon spalding manuscript found, separate and distinct from the oberlin manuscript has not been ruled out by mormon apologists. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to. Nov 25, 2014 there are two ways to read the book of mormon. In fact, thomas stuart ferguson, the head of the only church sponsored archaeological study meant to prove the book of mormon, lost his faith as a result of finding nothing. This year, they filmed storylines in the book of mormon from the time of. Feb 28, 2017 mormons consider the book of mormon a compilation of historical records kept by the primary ancestors of the native americans. Private collector of rare mormon books, the 1830 first edition book of mormon, mormon art and artifacts, historic mormon paintings, autographed historical documents, early mormon historical photographs, mormon imprints from palmyra, zion, kirtland, and nauvoo, and anything related to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. Thus, i would like someone to give me, a nonbeliever, a simplified explanation of mormonism from whatever point of view. The book of mormon vs mormonism by richard packham most people mormons and nonmormons alike assume that the mormon religion is based on its holy book, the book of mormon and that by reading that book one can learn what mormonism is all about.
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