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Contents
- 1 Early reactions to the Book of Mormon
- 1.1 "Adding to or taking away"
- 1.2 Blasphemy
- 1.3 Clumsy or obvious forgery
- 1.4 Difficult to explain before the Spalding theory
- 1.5 Grammatical or stylistic errors mean it cannot be inspired
- 1.6 Joseph Smith clearly the author
- 1.7 Joseph Smith clearly not the author
- 1.8 Joseph Smith the "author and proprietor"
- 1.9 Joseph Smith: attacks on intelligence and/or character
- 1.10 Joseph Smith: moneydigger
- 1.11 Joseph Sith: occultism/magic
- 1.12 Joseph Smith: peep stone
- 1.13 Heretical
- 1.14 No intelligent person could believe it
- 1.15 Plagiarized from the King James Bible
- 1.16 Sidney Rigdon
- 1.17 Smith family lazy
- 1.18 Spalding theory
Early reactions to the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon was met by a storm of criticism from early critics. This page archives examples of these early responses.