Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!decwrl!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Book of Mormon Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 02:41:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 12 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article zappala@larisa.usc.edu (Daniel Zappala) writes: >... If you fled Jerusalem in 600 B.C., wouldn't >you bring with you copies of your culture's scriptures if they >existed? You probably would. Unfortunately, the Book of Mormon quotes substantial chunks of parts of Isaiah that did not exist in 600 BC (the parts now attributed to Deutero-Isaiah). Joseph Smith didn't know this, and so didn't realise that by these quotations he was providing us with clear proof that the BoM is a forgery.