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The Book of Mormon, a book that Joseph Smith seems not to have ever read, teaches the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist in 3 Nephi 12:28-30:
[28]And now behold, this is the commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall not suffer any one knowingly to partake of my flesh and blood unworthily, when ye shall minister it;
[29] For whoso eateth and drinketh my flesh and blood unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to his soul; therefore if ye know that a man is unworthy to eat and drink of my flesh and blood ye shall forbid him.
One of the proofs the Book of Mormon is false is Joseph Smith’s own denial of what it taught. He later taught the Lord’s Supper is only a memorial meal rather than a partaking of the flesh and blood of Christ. This is one of several areas in which Joseph Smith seems to have ignored the Book of Mormon in his teaching. The Book of Mormon also teaches that God is a Spirit and One Eternal God consisting of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The Book of Mormon meant nothing to Joseph Smith once he wrote it. It’s no wonder that when he put a Book of Mormon manuscript in the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple he is reported to have said, “I’ve had more than enough trouble with this thing” before he deposited it.[30] Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out from among you, but ye shall minister unto him and shall pray for him unto the Father, in my name; and if it so be that he repenteth and is baptized in my name, then shall ye receive him, and shall minister unto him of my flesh and blood.