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Response to "Difficult Questions for Mormons: General Questions"
A FAIR Analysis of: Difficult Questions for Mormons A work by author: The Interactive Bible
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Response to claim: "Why did the angel take Nephi Plates back to heaven?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why did the angel take Nephi Plates back to heaven? Do they not belong with man? Would not their existence prove once for all that Mormonism is truth? God allowed the Jews to carry the 10 commandments for several centuries in their original physical form, written by the finger of God Himself!"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Will you, as a Mormon, please read the Bible cover to cover and ask God to reveal to you that it contains all of God's message to man"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Will you, as a Mormon, please read the Bible cover to cover and ask God to reveal to you that it contains all of God's message to man and that parts are not lost or altered and that the Book of Mormon is false?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "If the original 1830 Book of Mormon was inspired than why were there so many errors and changes and additions and deletions"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "If the original 1830 Book of Mormon was inspired than why were there so many errors and changes and additions and deletions, when compared to current editions?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "How can we be assured that the translation of the B of M into French or any other language is correct?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "How can we be assured that the translation of the B of M into French or any other language is correct? Only the English translation is claimed to be inspired!"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "How do you account for the stunning parallels in both content and order between the B of M and the View of the Hebrews, by Ethan Smith?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "How do you account for the stunning parallels in both content and order between the B of M and the View of the Hebrews, by Ethan Smith? Published in 1823 (7 years before the B of M) less than 100 miles from the Joseph Smith's parents home."
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why do you only add the phrase, "as far as it is translated correctly" to describe the Bible and not after the book of Mormon?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Mormon Article of Faith #8: "We Believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God." Why do you only add the phrase, "as far as it is translated correctly" to describe the Bible and not after the book of Mormon when in fact there are far more translating errors in the Book of Mormon than the Bible?"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "If the Book of Mormon is true, then why has the Mormon church changed it?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "If the Book of Mormon is true, then why has the Mormon church changed it? Examples are: 1 Nephi 11:21; 19:20; 20:1 and Alma 29:4. Compare these with the original Book of Mormon. (Gerald and Sandra Tanner have counted 3913 changes in the book of Mormon, excluding punctuation changes.)"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "How did Joseph Smith carry home the golden plates of the Book of Mormon, and how did the witnesses lift them so easily?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "How did Joseph Smith carry home the golden plates of the Book of Mormon, and how did the witnesses lift them so easily? (They weighed about 230 lbs. Gold, with a density of 19.3 weighs 1204.7 lbs. per cubic foot. The plates were 7" x 8" by about 6". See Articles of Faith, by Talmage, page 262, 34th ed.)"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "If Moroni devoutly practiced the Mormon Gospel, why is he an angel now rather than a God?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "If Moroni devoutly practiced the Mormon Gospel, why is he an angel now rather than a God? (Doc. & Cov. 132:17,37)"
FAIR's Response
Response to claim: "Why do Mormons emphasize part of the Word of Wisdom and ignore the part forbidding the eating of meat except in winter, cold or famine?"
The author(s) of Difficult Questions for Mormons make(s) the following claim:
Response to claim: "Why do Mormons emphasize part of the Word of Wisdom and ignore the part forbidding the eating of meat except in winter, cold or famine? (Doc. & Cov. 89:12,13)."
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