Approaching the Book of Mormon With Healthy Skepticism, by Bill McKeever

[apostate]

Congrats!!
I resigned my LDS membership (officially) about 11 years ago--after 50 YEARS! Best move I ever made.
Kinda like going from kindergarten to collage...

[davidandrewwhite]

My grandparents were Reorganized LDS and claimed that an African Canadian family in their church were becoming fairer skinned over the years! When I heard this as a lad I thought that it was funny, bogus & stupid.

[DoctorZisIN]

A few more questions you could ask:
-Joseph Smith was of English/Irish descent. Why did The Book of Mormon say he would be a descendent of Lehi's son, Joseph, despite the Nephites becoming extinct?
-The Book of Mormon says that Nephites kept the law of Moses. How did Enos gained forgiveness just by praying, with no sacrifices, offerings, or even baptism?
-How could they keep the law of Moses without Levites to perform the sacrifices?
-God told Nephi to kill Laban so his people wouldn't fall into unbelief. They did anyway. Was God wrong?
-Why is there a 455 year gap between 2 Nephi and Mosiah? Did nothing important happen in half a millennium except the handing down of plates?
-Why did Joseph had to dig for the plates? Moroni could've just handed them to him, like Joseph handed them back when he was finished.
-If Joseph didn't understand the characters, why use the plates at all? Why didn't God just reveal the whole story?

[elcap]

Yes, it's true; he was a convicted con man.

[mollymu]

IF you are looking into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints be sure to ask a active member not a non member or someone who is having problems at this time in their lives . If you want to know about the Baptist Church go to their site . If you want to learn about us ask us. And ask yourself about the fruit you see from us.

[ImCarolB]

Something else I question about Smith's story of running home with the plates: Why were people there to attack him? Had word gotten around about Smith going to get the plates, meaning he was a braggart? Why didn't three men get together to attack him? In a small town, Smith didn't recognize any of them? Pure theatrics.

[peterpiper]

Wow, Bill McKeever is an excellent speaker. 

[apostate]

Thanks, Pastor Bill!
Very well done video. You nailed many major LDS points!

[bm]

I mentioned that the plates would be too heavy to lift, to the missionaries. Their response Father would have given him ‘super powers’ to enable him to lift them! 😂😂😂😂

[Bartschv]

Joseph smith was a 19th century con- man, a known swindler he was convicted!!

[missrrjohnson]

How did your meeting go? I think you're right, it is a hard task, but you only have to plant the seed; the Lord will water it and send laborers to the harvest when the time is right. I know I'll keep praying for the scales to fall from their eyes. God bless!

[EricSmythChrist]

Can someone explain toe why 1 John 2:6 isn't 2 Nephi 25:23

[apostate]

Joseph did a pretty fair job of making HIMSELF a liar L-O-N-G before Bill M. came along...

[nonkolobian]

Bullshit!
If Joe had any integrity he wouldn't have lied his ass off to Emma, the membership OR the community, concerning his polygamy. IF he had ANY integrity he would have stayed away from teenage girls and other men's wives. HE DID NOT!
IF he had any integrity he would have never threatened women with distruction for resisting polygamy (D&C 132:54). HE DID!
If he had integrity he would have asked Emma for permission to add wives to his harem (D&C 132:61). HE NEVER DID!
A liar til the end...

[apostate]

Or, better still, if the BoM had included a section talking about the Chinese who were already in the Americas. The Nephite writers (supposedly) included meeting up with the last survivors of the Jaredites as well as the Mulekites why not the Chinese. Surely the Nephites would have mentioned taking the Gospel to the numerous Chinese already there when Lehi arrived?
No rocket science needed there either.

[nonkolobian]

"Devious individuals" can be found in any group, religious or not. The actions or INaction of LDS members had nothing to do with my decision to leave. It was strictly the doctrine of Mormonism that convinced me that it was not true because it didn't conform to Christ's ways or his teachings, so, I resigned my membership.

[THERAPTURECOMES]

You should watch a video titled 'The bible vs the book of mormon'

The bible is not fake and is accurate history

[nonkolobian]

I never said it was promoting another church.
All that scenerio infers is that she (Emma) DID NOT support her husband's (Joe's)
Church.
Emma knew her husband better than anyone else. Choosing NOT to go with her husband's church simply means that she KNEW Joe's church was batshit--that she had no confidence that IT WAS "the one and only true church on earth".

[scottd]

With regards to the golden plates...What was the reason for them? In other words if God showed Joseph what to write because he couldn't directly translate them, why did he even need the plates? You could argue that they were a way to convince his close circle of friends of its validity. But they couldn't read them either. So the whole concept sounds a bit strange and illogical to me.

Great speech Bill.

[imtherealthing]

First off, ..I doubt you refer to Moses as "Moe" nor "Peter from the NT as "Pete" etc..."Joe Smith" is Joseph Smith...no one except his enemies (like all the enemies of Christ) ever refered to the prophet as "Joe Smith"..again..unless thier minds are clouded with evil.

Second, does it really matter if it was a "block" of "solid metal" when it is the LORD who strengthens his servants arms? Samson put his hands between two large pillars and pushed on them to have the entire building come down.