I stole this topic from another forum, but it's a great point. If Joseph Smith made up the Book of Mormon, it makes sense to include a chapter that defends the truthfulness of the book. But why would Moroni write that? Why would he think the people who read his plates wouldn't believe they were true? Isn't the fact that someone is actually reading the plates make their truthfulness self evident?
A statement saying it is a true book would come later, from someone analyzing it, rather than from the original author. Is there any other example of an ancient document that has this type of a promise in it. Do other ancient documents have statements that say "This isn't a fraud, I promise." Remember when they found those long lost letters from Abe Lincoln last year? What if the last couple paragraphs in the letters said "And those of you who are reading these letters, if you don't believe they are true, ask god, and he will tell you these really are true letters..." It might send up some red flags. The Bible doesn't have any similar promises. The dead sea scrolls didn't either. The Book of Breathings don't promise that it is a real book of breathings. Anyway, Moroni's Promise just seems funny now
Why did Moroni write "Moroni's Promise?"
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Why did Moroni write "Moroni's Promise?"
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Re: Why did Moroni write "Moroni's Promise?"
SatanWasSetUp wrote:I stole this topic from another forum, but it's a great point. If Joseph Smith made up the Book of Mormon, it makes sense to include a chapter that defends the truthfulness of the book. But why would Moroni write that? Why would he think the people who read his plates wouldn't believe they were true? Isn't the fact that someone is actually reading the plates make their truthfulness self evident?
As in many other ancient Israelite documents, the authors of the Book of Mormon records were very insecure about their abilities. This is yet another evidence for the truth and antiquity of the Book of Mormon. Insecurity.
“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”
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Except that Moroni knew that his text was going to be buried for a long time and then translated by the power of God....that is assuming he read the book he wrote. Plus there's the whole God inspiring you to write it thing which means odd things could pop out. The book itself is very odd.
We tried to get Moroni to fill the end with porn but the gambit failed.
We tried to get Moroni to fill the end with porn but the gambit failed.