Does the Book of Mormon contain the fullness of the gospel?

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I have a lot of Mormon friends and family. They claim that the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel. They also say that it is the most correct book and that man can get closer to God by abiding by its precepts than any other book. How is this even so?
 
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It’s not, but I’ll let others answer this.
The Book of Mormon was composed by one man thousands of years AFTER the Bible.
What makes sense to you? That suddenly, one singular person has a lock on all wisdom regarding Scripture. One person who never attended even a theological school?
I think if you look at this through the lens of CHurch history, Biblical Scholarship, even other mainstream Christian faiths, this cannot be so.

Case in point: Mormons not have a valid Baptism. Baptism is a key topic in Scripture.

I have know many Mormons in my life as I grew up in the Southwest. They are very nice people. Good strong families, lots of talent, pretty much like everyone else.
Except in this.
There is nothing in the Mormon faith that would attract a Catholic that knows their faith.
God bless you. ✝️
 
Lemuel said:
I have a lot of Mormon friends and family. They claim that the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel.
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Please see this link from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism regarding the “Fulness of the Gospel”: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Fulness_of_the_Gospel
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They also say that it is the most correct book and that man can get closer to God by abiding by its precepts than any other book. How is this even so?
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Please see this link from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Book_of_Mormon#Overview

Just curious, someone who logs in as “Lemuel” probably already knows the information I’m sharing here. What’s your story?
 
Mormonism is very different from Biblical Christianity. Search the main Catholic Answers site for the word Mormon and you will find much information.
 
Interestingly the Book of Mormon has animals in it that didn’t even exist at the time, and weapons, not a single piece of evidence to the historical nature has ever been found, and good old Joseph basically stole Bible verses. I like these ones from the Deuterocanonical Books which were present in the 1611 KJV.

“We will assay to abridge in one volume… labouring to follow the rules of an abridgment… But to use brevity … is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.” (2 Maccabees 2:25-31)“I make an abridgement of the record … after I have abridged the record… I had made an abridgement from the plates of Nephi… I write a small abridgement.” (1 Nephi 1:17, Words of Mormon 3, 5:9)

“They commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set … in a conspicuous place; Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury” (1 Maccabees 14:48-49) “And I commanded him … that he should go with me into the treasury … I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings, which were upon the plates of brass” (1 Nephi 4:20,24)

“Then the king, in closing the place, made it holy … many men call it Nephi”. (2 Maccabees 1:34,36) “And my people would that we should call the name of the place Nephi; wherefore we did call it Nephi”. (2 Nephi 5:8)

“And it came to pass … I dreamed a dream by night” (2 Esdras 13:1) “And it came to pass … Behold, I have dreamed a dream” (1 Nephi 8:2)
 
Funny how no evidence has been found to at all support any of the claims found in the “most correct book on earth”, and actually evidence to the contrary has been found. I guess extraordinary claims really do require extraordinary evidence, especially in light of most of the actual evidence we have against the “most correct book on earth.”
 
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Could you ask how it is the most correct of any book? I’m just curious how they would answer.
 
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Just curious, someone who logs in as “Lemuel” probably already knows the information I’m sharing here. What’s your story?
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My story? There’s not much to tell. I’m not a Mormon but have a lot of family and friends who are. Southern California has a lot of your members. I know a bit about your church.

I have a sincere question. If the Book of Mormon is the fullness of the gospel, would you care to explain the nature of God to me only using Book of Mormon references? I think you teach that he has a body of flesh and bones, that he used to be a man like me and that he is progressing eternally. I think you teach that He is one of the Godhead and a separate personage from Jesus Christ. He is one of many Gods. He lives near Kolob. So please teach me these things from your most perfect book that contains the fullness of the gospel, please.

Thanks in advance.
 
The gospel in it’s fullness is a person. A community gathered around that person.They recieved Him fully, only that community
The fullness of the gospel belongs to them. The community that has gathered around Joseph Smith s revelation aren’t gathered around the fullness of the gospel because they aren’t the community that gathered around Him from the beginning
 
I choked on my toast this morning when I read the title of this post.

I don’t know how it can contain the fullness of anything. If you take out the words “and it came to pass” the Book of Mormon would be the size of a leaflet. Reading portions of it felt like I was just going along with a story as it was being made up. It was one of the most excruciating (can’t think of a more appropriate word, haven’t finished my coffees yet) things I’ve ever read, or at least attempted to read.
 
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No. That does not mean that the LDS are not sincere - it is just that they are sincerely mislead.
 
Indeed. I pointed that sort of thing out to my mother, who is not exactly pale.
 
What a commentary! I can relate to pretty much everything he said. Thanks for sharing!
 
pianistclare said:
The Book of Mormon was composed by one man thousands of years AFTER the Bible.
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This statement is incorrect. A correct statement would be that it was translated by one man thousands of years after the Bible.
pianistclare said:
What makes sense to you? That suddenly, one singular person has a lock on all wisdom regarding Scripture. One person who never attended even a theological school?
I think if you look at this through the lens of CHurch history, Biblical Scholarship, even other mainstream Christian faiths, this cannot be so.
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What makes sense to me is 1 Corinthians 1:27

Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong
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Not sure theological school fits as the “weak of the world”
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Case in point: Mormons not have a valid Baptism. Baptism is a key topic in Scripture.
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LDS Baptism is 100% valid. There are priesthood keys authorizing the ordinance, it’s performed by one having Priesthood authority, it’s done by full immersion, and it’s performed in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. There you have it!

for more info see Baptism
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I have know many Mormons in my life as I grew up in the Southwest. They are very nice people. Good strong families, lots of talent, pretty much like everyone else.
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The complement is appreciated! I hope this all helps…
 
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gazelam said:
Just curious, someone who logs in as “Lemuel” probably already knows the information I’m sharing here. What’s your story?
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My story? There’s not much to tell. I’m not a Mormon but have a lot of family and friends who are. Southern California has a lot of your members. I know a bit about your church.
Lemuel said:
I have a sincere question. If the Book of Mormon is the fullness of the gospel, would you care to explain the nature of God to me only using Book of Mormon references? I think you teach that he has a body of flesh and bones, that he used to be a man like me and that he is progressing eternally. I think you teach that He is one of the Godhead and a separate personage from Jesus Christ. He is one of many Gods. He lives near Kolob. So please teach me these things from your most perfect book that contains the fullness of the gospel, please.

Thanks in advance.
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The link I posted earlier plainly states what LDS mean by “Fulness of the Gospel” in both paragraphs 1 & 5 of the article. How do those paragraphs not answer your question?
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“Lemuel said:
I have a lot of Mormon friends and family.
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Hi, Your profile says, “becoming Catholic”. Welcome!
They claim that the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel. They also say that it is the most correct book and that man can get closer to God by abiding by its precepts than any other book. How is this even so?
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Are you asking, “how can they believe that?” I don’t know.

Well, the Book of Mormon was brought to Joseph Smith by the angel, Moroni. If Joseph Smith had been a devout Christian, he would have remembered that the Bible says:

Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

And he would have cast that book into the fire. But he didn’t. And thus, many people have been led astray.
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I would recommend you to check this documentary:“the bible vs Joseph Smith”, although is made from a protestant point of view,I think is quite good
 
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