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This page is based on an answer to a question submitted to the FAIR web site, or a frequently asked question.
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I've heard that the rate at which the first edition of the Book of Mormon was printed could only have occurred miraculously. Is there anything to this claim?
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This claim was advanced by a small booklet published and circulated in the Intermountain West by LDS member Gordon L. Weight.[1]
Unfortunately, despite Weight's sincere desire to build faith in the Book of Mormon, his claims cannot be sustained by the evidence. A full review of these claims was published in 2009.[2] A few of the problematic claims include:
Poor arguments for the Book of Mormon's divine origins are ill-advised, since those who build their testimony on faulty reasoning may suffer spiritual damage when the errors which underlie such claims are revealed.
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