In the early days of the Book of Mormon people who knew Joseph Smith did not believe he had the education, literary training, or writing ability to produce the Book of Mormon on his own. Joseph was not known as a polished writer. He had very little formal education, and the surviving examples of his … Read more
Modern anti-Mormons have to find some way to explain how a book with so many ancient connections, that has influenced the lives of millions of people, could have come from Joseph Smith by any way other than revelation from God. One of their newer rationalizations is that Joseph Smith may have used The Late War … Read more
There are not many modern anti-Mormon arguments. Almost all anti-Mormon claims recycle from earlier generations, but one newer claim the anti’s on X like to use is that Joseph Smith copied the names Moroni and Cumorah from a small island group off the coast of Mozambique. The reason this claim even exists is because of … Read more
For those who deny that the Book of Mormon was received by the gift and power of God, an alternative explanation has to be created. For decades, the explanation was that Joseph Smith was too stupid and uneducated to have written the Book of Mormon, so someone else must have. For decades the claim was … Read more
Critics of the Church cannot explain how the Book of Mormon came to be, how Joseph Smith produced inspired scripture, and that fact frustrates them. Because they cannot account for its existence on its own terms, they are always searching for an alternative explanation. The underlying assumption never changes. Surely Joseph Smith was not capable … Read more