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From: joe@beesvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: The case against the Book of Mormon
Message-ID: <203@beesvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-Sep-83 10:56:53 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  3 10:56:53 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Sep-83 19:37:26 EDT
Organization: Beehive International, SLC, UT
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You know, it's amazing to me to see how Jon White tries to discredit 
The Book of Mormon and Mormonism in general.  He tries to give some
arguement and when it is rebutted by some mormon, he passes off the
rebuttal as a "picky histroical detail" or that because the source
of information was from a mormon author it is invalid.  If he can't
do either of those, he will ignore the rebuttal or bring up some other
incident in which he implies mormons are murderers and liars.

Despite all this, he has done something for us mormons, given us 
attention.  In trying to discredit mormonism, he chose to discredit
The Book of Mormon.  I'm glad he tried; because if the Book of Mormon
is false, so is our religion.  If the Book of Mormon is true, then:

1.  Joseph Smith did receive the Golden Plates from an Angel of God
and translated them by the gift and power of God.

2.  Joesph Smith was a prophet of God.

3.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's restored
church here on the earth.  

We as Latter-Day Saints (mormons) allow everyone to find out these truths
for themselves, if they want to.  To do this, all you have to do is read
the Book of Mormon for yourself, think it over in your head and decide if
it is really a fake book as Jon White claims or whether it is a truely
inspired book of God.  THEN, ask God in prayer if it is true.  

If you do this with the sincere desire to know if it is true or not,
God will make you feel of its truthfullness.

I have done this and I know it to be true.  That is why I am a Latter-Day
Saint (mormon) today.

If you really want to know for yourself if the Book of Mormon is true,
then contact a mormon and he'll be glad to send over two missionaries.
They don't bite and all they do is teach you about  the beginings of 
the church, the Book of Mormon and how you can know for yourself if it
is all true.  They don't force you do anything.  

Choose for yourself, do you want to believe people like Jon White 
or do you want to study it out for yourself and ask God if it is true.

Joe Ballif
(Beehive International)
Salt Lake City, Utah