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| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"|Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original?"|Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"|Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"|Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"|Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?"|Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?"|Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"|Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"|Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts?"|Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why does the phrase 'the lamb of God' appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"|Response to claim: "Why does the phrase 'the lamb of God' appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"|Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"]] | ||
| + | *[[Countercult ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Influenced by the KJV of the Bible#Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible?"|Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible?"]] | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"== | ||
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| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original?"== | ||
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| + | |claim=Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original? 'Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips' Isa 6:5, The words 'is & am' are deleted in the Book of Mormon." | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"== | ||
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| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"== | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"== | ||
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| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?" | ||
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| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?"== | ||
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| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written? | ||
| + | *1. "oh wretched man that I am" Romans 7:24 / 2 Nephi 4:17 | ||
| + | *2. "earthquake, rocks rent" Matt 27:51 / 1 Nephi 12:14 | ||
| + | *3. "old serpent, which is the devil" Rev 20:2 / 2 Nephi 2:18 | ||
| + | *4. "one faith, one baptism" Ephesians 4:5 / Mosiah 18:21 | ||
| + | *5. "One man perish" Jesus/Laban / John 11:50 / 1 Nephi 4:13" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"== | ||
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| + | |title=Difficult Questions for Mormons | ||
| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"== | ||
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| + | |title=Difficult Questions for Mormons | ||
| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts?"== | ||
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| + | |title=Difficult Questions for Mormons | ||
| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts? Example: Matthew 5:27 and 3 Nephi 12:27 "by them of old time" not included in earliest Greek (should have said "to them of old") Matthew 6:4, 6, 18 and 3 Nephi :4, 6, 18 "openly" added later. Matt 6:13 and 3 Nephi 13:13 "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" should have said, "and do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one"." | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why does the phrase 'the lamb of God' appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"== | ||
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| + | |title=Difficult Questions for Mormons | ||
| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why does the phrase "the lamb of God" appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"== | ||
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| + | |title=Difficult Questions for Mormons | ||
| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?" | ||
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| + | ==Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible?"== | ||
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| + | |title=Difficult Questions for Mormons | ||
| + | |claim=Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible? Examples:o Ammon killed six sheep rustlers with a sling (Alma 17:36) vs. David's killing of Goliath. (1 Samuel 17:50) | ||
| + | *Pillar of Fire. (Exodus 13:21) vs. (1 Nephi 1:6) | ||
| + | *Lord instructs Noah to build the Ark (Genesis 6:14) / Lord instructs Nephi to build ship (1 Nephi 17:8) / Lord instructs Jaredites to build barges (Ether 2:16) | ||
| + | *Jaredites brought flocks, two of a kind, seeds. (Ether 2:1) vs. Noah doing the same in (Genesis 7:9) | ||
| + | *Raising dead. (Matthew 10:8) vs. (3 Nephi 19:4) | ||
| + | *Temple of Solomon supposedly took 180,000 people seven and a half years to build (1 Kings 5, 6) / The few in number Nephites supposedly did it in less than 20 years after arriving (2 Nephi 5). | ||
| + | *Calming Storm (1 Nephi 18:8-21) vs. (Matthew 8:23-27). | ||
| + | *Men in Fire (Helaman 5:22-24) vs. (Daniel 3). | ||
| + | *Feeding Multitude (3 Nephi 20:3-7) out of nothing / In Bible, Christ multiplied existing food (Matthew 14). | ||
| + | *Christ heals masses in Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 17:9) / in Bible Jesus healed as he encountered (Luke 9:42). | ||
| + | *Multitude feels wounds in Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 11:13) / In Bible, Thomas felt wounds (John 20:27). | ||
| + | *Book of Mormon prophecies of Christ specific / Bible prophecies veiled (actually non-existent unless scripture misquoted or "prophecies" stretched to have two meanings). | ||
| + | *Book of Mormon Christ is completely accepted / In Bible he is rejected. | ||
| + | *Aminadi deciphered writing on the wall (Alma 10:2-3) like Daniel (Daniel 5). | ||
| + | *Daughter of Jared danced before the king (Ether 8) like the daughter of Herodias (Matthew 14) (decapitation followed in both cases). | ||
| + | *Daughters of Lamanites abducted like the daughters of Shiloh. | ||
| + | *Jews of Old Testament were monotheists / Pre-Christ Jews of Book of Mormon were not." | ||
| + | }} | ||
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Contents
- 1 Response to "Difficult Questions for Mormons: Influenced by the KJV of the Bible"
- 1.1 Quick Navigation
- 1.2 Response to claim: "Why does the B of M use old KJV type English at a time when it was not currently used"
- 1.3 Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"
- 1.4 Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original?"
- 1.5 Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"
- 1.6 Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"
- 1.7 Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"
- 1.8 Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?"
- 1.9 Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?"
- 1.10 Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"
- 1.11 Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"
- 1.12 Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts?"
- 1.13 Response to claim: "Why does the phrase 'the lamb of God' appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"
- 1.14 Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"
- 1.15 Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible?"
Response to "Difficult Questions for Mormons: Influenced by the KJV of the Bible"
| Influenced by Joseph Smith's background | A FAIR Analysis of: Difficult Questions for Mormons A work by author: The Interactive Bible
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Influenced by happenings of early 19th century America |
- Response to claim: "Why does the B of M use old KJV type English at a time when it was not currently used"
- Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"
- Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original?"
- Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"
- Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"
- Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"
- Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?"
- Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?"
- Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"
- Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"
- Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts?"
- Response to claim: "Why does the phrase 'the lamb of God' appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"
- Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"
- Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible?"
Response to claim: "Why does the B of M use old KJV type English at a time when it was not currently used"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why does the B of M use old KJV type English at a time when it was not currently used."
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why is about 1/8th of the B of M copied directly from the KJV (1611AD) when it was alleged to have been written some 1200-2000 years before the KJV existed?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "How do you explain the fact that Joseph Smith copied from the KJV but deleted the italicized words in the KJV because he figured they were not in the original? 'Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips' Isa 6:5, The words 'is & am' are deleted in the Book of Mormon."
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why are portions of Isaiah quoted off of the plates of brass when these items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why was Paul referred to before his time? (Paul said, "Death where is thy sting")"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why is it that of the 350 names in the Book of Mormon, 100 are found in the Bible, others are place names found on early 19th century maps, and the rest are derivatives of Bible names?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why didn't Joseph Smith ever acknowledge using the KJV of the Bible to 'translate'?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why were the following phrases used out of the New Testament supposedly before the New Testament was even thought of--much less written?
- 1. "oh wretched man that I am" Romans 7:24 / 2 Nephi 4:17
- 2. "earthquake, rocks rent" Matt 27:51 / 1 Nephi 12:14
- 3. "old serpent, which is the devil" Rev 20:2 / 2 Nephi 2:18
- 4. "one faith, one baptism" Ephesians 4:5 / Mosiah 18:21
- 5. "One man perish" Jesus/Laban / John 11:50 / 1 Nephi 4:13"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why is a Greek word like "Christ" used throughout the Book of Mormon?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why does the Book of Mormon always follow KJV errors?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why don't the Book of Mormon quotes from out of the Old Testament agree to earlier Latin, Syriac, Coptic, or Patristic texts? Example: Matthew 5:27 and 3 Nephi 12:27 "by them of old time" not included in earliest Greek (should have said "to them of old") Matthew 6:4, 6, 18 and 3 Nephi :4, 6, 18 "openly" added later. Matt 6:13 and 3 Nephi 13:13 "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" should have said, "and do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one"."
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why does the phrase 'the lamb of God' appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why does the phrase "the lamb of God" appear only in the New Testament portion of the Bible yet it appears in the Book of Mormon over 30 times--28 times in 1 Nephi alone?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why do the words of Malachi 4:1 appear in 1 Nephi 22:15 over a hundred years before Malachi wrote them?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why do so many stories seem like exaggerated borrowings from the Bible? Examples:o Ammon killed six sheep rustlers with a sling (Alma 17:36) vs. David's killing of Goliath. (1 Samuel 17:50)
- Pillar of Fire. (Exodus 13:21) vs. (1 Nephi 1:6)
- Lord instructs Noah to build the Ark (Genesis 6:14) / Lord instructs Nephi to build ship (1 Nephi 17:8) / Lord instructs Jaredites to build barges (Ether 2:16)
- Jaredites brought flocks, two of a kind, seeds. (Ether 2:1) vs. Noah doing the same in (Genesis 7:9)
- Raising dead. (Matthew 10:8) vs. (3 Nephi 19:4)
- Temple of Solomon supposedly took 180,000 people seven and a half years to build (1 Kings 5, 6) / The few in number Nephites supposedly did it in less than 20 years after arriving (2 Nephi 5).
- Calming Storm (1 Nephi 18:8-21) vs. (Matthew 8:23-27).
- Men in Fire (Helaman 5:22-24) vs. (Daniel 3).
- Feeding Multitude (3 Nephi 20:3-7) out of nothing / In Bible, Christ multiplied existing food (Matthew 14).
- Christ heals masses in Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 17:9) / in Bible Jesus healed as he encountered (Luke 9:42).
- Multitude feels wounds in Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 11:13) / In Bible, Thomas felt wounds (John 20:27).
- Book of Mormon prophecies of Christ specific / Bible prophecies veiled (actually non-existent unless scripture misquoted or "prophecies" stretched to have two meanings).
- Book of Mormon Christ is completely accepted / In Bible he is rejected.
- Aminadi deciphered writing on the wall (Alma 10:2-3) like Daniel (Daniel 5).
- Daughter of Jared danced before the king (Ether 8) like the daughter of Herodias (Matthew 14) (decapitation followed in both cases).
- Daughters of Lamanites abducted like the daughters of Shiloh.
- Jews of Old Testament were monotheists / Pre-Christ Jews of Book of Mormon were not."
FAIR's Response
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