Since you like word science, you should see how the translation of the Book of Mormon fits in a translation of different authors and not as a fictional story.
I have to rely on the word scientists to understand that minor proof of the truth of the Book of Mormon, but I think it should be a biggy for those of you who have word scientists between you and the Word of God in the Bible.
If you survive the catastrophic chaos following the sudden removal of tens of millions of Christians in the Rapture, remember, Do Not Accept The Mark when commanded to you, because I seriously doubt you have seven years stored up in food, etc. and if you do someone will be taking it from you. Do Not Take The Mark when commanded to you.
What on earth are you talking about??
I hope your nn-English speaking LDS members have complete faith in what their Spanish, German, Japanese ETAL BoM's say; for all they got is a translation of a 'translation'.
You have to rely on the accuracy of ONE man; Joseph Smith; that what was on the plates, got rendered into 17th century English properly.
One man; who, when 116 pages of his translation got stolen; was afraid to retranslate his work.
I can think of only ONE reason: that it would NOT match what was translated before.
Both the plates and the Urim and Thummim were taken from me ; but in a few days they were returned to me, and the Lord said thus unto me:
Now, behold, I say unto you, that because you delivered up those writings into the hands of a wicked man, you have lost them.
And you also lost your gift [of translation] at the same time, and your mind became darkened.
Nevertheless, it is now restored unto you again; therefore see that you are faithful and continue on unto the finishing of the remainder of the work of translation as you have begun. (D&C 10:13.)
The Lord told Joseph Smith that the people who stole the manuscript planned to change some of the words. If Joseph translated the same plates again, the thieves would show the pages they had altered and say that Joseph wasnt a prophet because the two translations werent identical. The Lord long ago commanded the Book of Mormon prophet Nephi to prepare a second set of plates covering the same things, and He told Joseph to translate this set, instead.
(See History of the Church, vol. 1, pages 1824; The History of Joseph Smith, Lucy Mack Smith, pages 128, 133.)
Did you REALLY think the thief(s) would be able to copy your HANDWRITING; too?