The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (Official Edition)
by Joseph Smith
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Author: Joseph SmithEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1981-07-01
ISBN: 0967686563
Number of pages: 779
Publisher: Church of Jesus Christ of
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Book Review: ¿Pious Fiction?
Summary: 1 Stars
Martin Luther once used the term "pious fiction" to refer to the apocryphal books not included canonical Scripture. Believing that these books were probably written as fiction for the promotion of the Christian faith, he nonetheless in good faith placed them in his translation of the Bible, advising interested Christians to read them while keeping a suspicious eye. I am afraid that "The Book of Mormon," while maintaining a facade of piety, is only fiction promoted to the destruction of Christian faith.
The casual Christian reader of The Book of Mormon must be warned that while the book claims to be written by inspiration from the Christian Triune God, the god revealed in it one that is foreign to us. He is neither Triune (three persons in one God) nor one personality ~ there are in fact many gods apparently to be seen in the universe and Mormon theology wishes to you how to become one yourself. Any true Christian can see the problems there. The lies and deceptions in this book are hidden behind a veil of pious-sounding phrases and ideas, so as to make the book all the more attractive to real Christians. And there is no doubt that to our sinful flesh the book is attractive - as it was to America of the 1830s. It offers answers to many questions of the era it was written; Where did the Anerican Indians come from? What happened to the lost 10 tribes of Israel? What are people to think about "dark-skinned" people, slaves? All these questions are answered in The Book of Mormon - albiet completely unsatisfactorally.
The version of the book that I am reading is written as Joseph Smith "translated" it by peering into his magical stone. (Again, an observant Christian sees the stark contrast to the NT.) It seems oddly King-James-ish and difficult and yet more modern at the same time. As a Greek and Latin scholar mnyself, I thought it odd that a translation (from ANY ancient language) imparted by a magical stone would flip so strangely from the modern language and phrasing to the archaic. I think that a qoute from Mark Twain will suffice to explain;
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