He claims that God appeared to him and handed him the Mormon scriptures on Golden Tablets which suddenly disappeared when he was done translating the Ancient Greek (a language with which he was not acquainted).
The finished book, called The Book of Mormon, is very much like another book published at that time.
God used to be like us but He was really good so He got his own planet and faithful Mormons will be Gods on their own planets too. Polytheistic, not in Christian scripture.
Satan and Jesus are brothers. (Not in Christian scripture). Jesus will come back physically and reign over America.
The other Mormon books , 'The Pearl of Great Price' and 'Doctrine and Covenants' contain archaeological claims which are easily refuted. The Christian Bible is supported by modern archeology.
Mormonism has a process theology, that is, it's scripture may be changed at any time by the current "Prophet" (head of the church). Christianity may not be changed by any man.
God 'revealed' to Joseph Smith that he should take many wives, typical of cult leaders - David Koresh and Jim Jones, etc). You must learn the secret handshake and signs to be admitted to Heaven (stolen from Freemasonry, Joseph Smith was a Mason).
The list goes on and on, I could send you to a website if you really want to know more.
I am an exmormon.
Not only that but I am from a family of of Mormons that goes back to 1840. Some of my family came to Salt Lake with the first wagon train.
I do not believe in their mythology.
That being said, pbear, if you think you can “prove” another Christian belief system, any better than the Mormons, you should take them on.
So far as I can see there’s not a lot of “proof” to be had.
I don’t have time here to address all aspects of theology. It’s a study that many have spent lives trying to define, and disagreements go on.
All that being said, I won’t vote for Romney in the primaries, but I’d be surprised if almost all Mormons did not.
Also folks ought to look into Mormon history and they would see the link between the early Mormons persecution and how that related to their antislavery leanings which led to their expulsion form Missouri and their continued Republican loyalty to this day. Oh, and even though I'll not vote for Romney in the primaries, I would surely vote for him in the general election, rather than let the 'Rats win. And when all was said and done we could do worse than a Mormon President.
Uh, what exactly have you been reading? The people of the Book of Mormon knew Hebrew and Egyptian, not Greek.
1 Ne. 1: 2
2 Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
The rest of your post is just as inacurate.