Difficult Questions for Mormons
to Answer
- If the Book of Mormon is true, why do Indians fail to turn white when they become
Mormons? (2 Nephi 30:6, prior to the 1981 revision).
- 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.)
- 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.)
- If Moroni devoutly practiced the Mormon Gospel, why is he an angel now rather than a
God? (Doc. & Cov. 132:17,37)
- 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).
- Why did the Nauvoo House not stand forever and ever? (Doc. & Cov. 124:56-60).
- If Jesus was conceived as a result of a physical union between God and Mary, how was
Jesus born of a virgin? (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, page 50).
- How did Nephi with a few men on a new continent build a temple like Solomon's while
Solomon needed 163,300 workmen and seven years to build his temple? (1 Kings 5:13-18
and 2 Nephi 5:15-17).
- Why was Joseph Smith still preaching against polygamy in October 1843 after he got his
revelation in July 1843 commanding the practice of polygamy? (Doc. & Cov. 132; and
History of the Church Vol. 6, page 46, or Teachings of the Prophet, page 324).
- God rejected the fig leaf aprons which Adam and Eve made (Gen. 3:21). Why do Mormons
memorialize the fall by using fig leaf aprons in the secret temple ceremonies?
The above information was taken from a booklet entitled, "Ask Your Bishop" by
Ira T. Ransom
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