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Mosiah Chapter 12
The Book of Mormon ^

Posted on 05/05/2008 8:15:37 PM PDT by Grig

THE BOOK OF MOSIAH

CHAPTER 12

Abinadi is imprisoned for prophesying the destruction of the people and the death of King Noah—The false priests quote the scriptures and pretend to keep the law of Moses—Abinadi begins to teach them the Ten Commandments. About 148 B.C.

  1 And it came to pass that *after the space of two years that Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and began to aprophesy among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me, saying—Abinadi, go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have hardened their hearts against my words; they have repented not of their evil doings; therefore, I will bvisit them in my anger, yea, in my fierce anger will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations.
  2 Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into abondage, and shall be smitten on the bcheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their cflesh.
  3 And it shall come to pass that the alife of king Noah shall be valued even as a garment in a hot bfurnace; for he shall know that I am the Lord.
  4 And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my people with sore afflictions, yea, with famine and with apestilence; and I will cause that they shall bhowl all the day long.
  5 Yea, and I will cause that they shall have aburdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass.
  6 And it shall come to pass that I will send forth ahail among them, and it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten with the beast wind; and cinsects shall pester their land also, and devour their grain.
  7 And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence—and all this will I do because of their ainiquities and abominations.
  8 And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will utterly adestroy them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall leave a brecord behind them, and I will preserve them for other nations which shall possess the land; yea, even this will I do that I may discover the abominations of this people to other nations. And many things did Abinadi prophesy against this people.
  9 And it came to pass that they were angry with him; and they took him and carried him bound before the king, and said unto the king: Behold, we have brought a man before thee who has prophesied evil concerning thy people, and saith that God will destroy them.
  10 And he also prophesieth evil concerning thy alife, and saith that thy life shall be as a garment in a furnace of fire.
  11 And again, he saith that thou shalt be as a stalk, even as a dry stalk of the field, which is run over by the beasts and trodden under foot.
  12 And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle, which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the face of the land. And he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it. And he saith all this shall come upon thee except thou repent, and this because of thine iniquities.
  13 And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what great sins have thy people committed, that we should be acondemned of God or judged of this man?
  14 And now, O king, behold, we are aguiltless, and thou, O king, hast not sinned; therefore, this man has blied concerning you, and he has prophesied in vain.
  15 And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast prospered in the land, and thou shalt also prosper.
  16 Behold, here is the man, we deliver him into thy hands; thou mayest do with him as seemeth thee good.
  17 And it came to pass that king Noah caused that Abinadi should be cast into prison; and he commanded that the apriests should gather themselves together that he might hold a council with them what he should do with him.
  18 And it came to pass that they said unto the king: Bring him hither that we may question him; and the king commanded that he should be brought before them.
  19 And they began to question him, that they might cross him, that thereby they might have wherewith to aaccuse him; but he answered them boldly, and withstood all their questions, yea, to their astonishment; for he did bwithstand them in all their questions, and did confound them in all their words.
  20 And it came to pass that one of them said unto him: aWhat meaneth the words which are written, and which have been taught by our fathers, saying:
  21 aHow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him bthat bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth;
  22 aThy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion;
  23 Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem;
  24 The Lord hath made bare his holy aarm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God?
  25 And now Abinadi said unto them: Are you apriests, and pretend to teach this people, and to understand the spirit of prophesying, and yet desire to know of me what these things mean?
  26 I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways of the Lord! For if ye understand these things ye have not taught them; therefore, ye have perverted the ways of the Lord.
  27 Ye have not applied your ahearts to bunderstanding; therefore, ye have not been wise. Therefore, what teach ye this people?
  28 And they said: We teach the law of Moses.
  29 And again he said unto them: If ye teach the alaw of Moses why do ye not keep it? Why do ye set your hearts upon briches? Why do ye commit whoredoms and cspend your strength with harlots, yea, and cause this people to commit sin, that the Lord has cause to send me to prophesy against this people, yea, even a great evil against this people?
  30 Know ye not that I speak the atruth? Yea, ye know that I speak the truth; and you ought to tremble before God.
  31 And it shall come to pass that ye shall be smitten for your iniquities, for ye have said that ye teach the law of Moses. And what know ye concerning the law of Moses? aDoth salvation come by the law of Moses? What say ye?
  32 And they answered and said that salvation did come by the law of Moses.
  33 But now Abinadi said unto them: I know if ye akeep the commandments of God ye shall be saved; yea, if ye keep the commandments which the Lord delivered unto Moses in the mount of bSinai, saying:
  34 aI am the Lord thy God, who hath bbrought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  35 Thou shalt have no aother God before me.
  36 aThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven above, or things which are in the earth beneath.
  37 Now Abinadi said unto them, Have ye done all this? I say unto you, Nay, ye have not. And have ye ataught this people that they should do all these things? I say unto you, Nay, ye have not.

* VERSE 1 (ABOUT 148 B.C.).


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Abinadi is one of my personal heroes.
1 posted on 05/05/2008 8:15:37 PM PDT by Grig
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To: Grig

Teancum is one of mine, hence the name, also reminds me to keep my temper. Good post.


2 posted on 05/05/2008 8:19:28 PM PDT by teancumspirit (The name is pronounced Te'anc'um Spirit A Nephite, A Warrior, a man who gave his all)
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To: Grig

My I ask: why are you posting the Mormon religious writings on FreeRepublic. What is it you are hoping to accomplish?


3 posted on 05/05/2008 8:42:50 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: Grig
Are these the same verses Joseph Smith got out of his hat?  I saw it on South Park.

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4 posted on 05/05/2008 9:22:12 PM PDT by JCG
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To: Grig

Interesting! God speaking to Joseph Smith in early modern (KJV) English instead of the vernacular of the mid 1800’s.


5 posted on 05/05/2008 9:27:25 PM PDT by TFMcGuire (Either you are an American, or you are a liberal)
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To: LiteKeeper

Why are there suddenly so many Mormon doctrinal threads here?


6 posted on 05/05/2008 9:36:35 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie (<----- Typical White Person)
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To: Grig
What did Joseph Smith say when confronted with why the BOM sounds so much like the Bible as in King James English?

And why too has there been over 125 different updates to the BOM and why also is it copyrighted when the Bible is not?

And why are we even discussing Mormonism on FR????

7 posted on 05/05/2008 9:38:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice")
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To: Grig
Interesting also is why the BOM is in chapter and verse just like the Bible - and the Koran ... the Bible being the older of those two books .... and in the Bible it starts with “In the beginning ....” whereas the BOM starts with “I” .....
8 posted on 05/05/2008 9:41:01 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice")
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To: Grig

Why did you post this in News/Activism. We have a religion thread, y’know. ; )


9 posted on 05/05/2008 9:57:37 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
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To: SkyDancer
I guess it's the same reason that there are a lot of Catholic threads..........
10 posted on 05/05/2008 10:02:22 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: Tamar1973

The mods have chosen to move all the Mormon open threads out of the Religion forum into the news forum. Take it up with them.


11 posted on 05/05/2008 10:52:56 PM PDT by sevenbak (1 Corinthians 2:14)
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To: Coldwater Creek

But the Catholic stuff is on the religion thread.


12 posted on 05/05/2008 11:18:11 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
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To: Tamar1973
I've seen plenty of Catholic stuff on the “everything threads”. Recently!
13 posted on 05/05/2008 11:28:13 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: Grig; teancumspirit; P-Marlowe
Mosiah 12:4: I will cause that they shall howl all the day long.

Ah, so now we have contextual background for the "Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds" line from Bobby Boris Pickett's classic song:

The zombies were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man
Dracula and his son
The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"
They played the mash
They played the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash
It caught on in a flash
They played the mash
They played the monster mash

14 posted on 05/06/2008 12:21:39 AM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Grig; teancumspirit; P-Marlowe; Elsie; FastCoyote; greyfoxx39
Absolutely amazing facts re: the book of Mosiah's content as found in the Book of Mormon:

(A) From: A BIOLOGIST LOOKS AT THE BOOK OF MORMON by Dr. Thomas Key http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/biologist_looks.htm)

ZOOLOGICAL PROBLEMS "Neas" and "sheum" are mentioned in Mosiah 9:9 as two prominent and abundant plants. Yet, if they were so prominent and important, why are there no references to them in Old World literature, and why have they not survived?

Satyrs (2 Nephi 23:21) and dragons (2 Nephi 23:22,8:9) are mentioned as literal creatures. Chickens (3 Nephi 10:4-6) and dogs (Alma 16:10, Mosiah 12:2, and 3 Nephi 7:8) were non-existent here at the time.

(B)And, now for The "Top Seven" Absurdities from the Book of Mosiah:
(1) Mosiah translated the Jaredite plates by looking at stones in the bottom of a hat -- just like Joseph Smith did with the Book of Mormon! (Mosiah 28:13)
[Absolutely amazing!]
(2) A seer is someone who can translate things by looking at stones in the bottom of a hat. (Mosiah 28:16) [Wow! Deja vu! We have all been here before! We have all been here before!]
(3) Jesus is both the Father and the Son! (Mosiah 15:2-3)
(4) "And a fifth part of their ziff" Oh no! Zeniff made the people give up a fifth of the ziff! Now that would be hard to live with. (Mosiah 11:3)
(5) "King Noah built many elegant and spacious buildings" ornamented with gold, silver, iron, brass, copper, and ziff. Why is there no evidence for these fancy buildings? There were many of them, decorated with gold and silver. Where are they now? And the metallurgy technology for iron and brass didn't exist prior to European contact. But there was plenty of ziff around at the time so that wouldn't have been a problem. (Mosiah 11:8)
(6) "All this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon." (Mosiah 18:30)

(7) [The following is not "absurd," but plagiaristic]: "Yea, even doth not Isaiah say:" Joseph Smith adds another chapter from Isaiah (53) as filler. (Mosiah 14:1)

Above source: "Absurdity in the Book of Mormon" see http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/abs/long.html

15 posted on 05/06/2008 12:38:49 AM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Grig

Just LOOK at the stuff you can get people to believe if you listen to two deceiving spirits!


16 posted on 05/06/2008 4:59:10 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Grig

Mark Twain:

Wherever he [Joseph Smith] found his speech growing too modern — which was about every sentence or two — he ladled in a few such Scriptural phrases as “exceeding sore,” “and it came to pass,” etc., and made things satisfactory again. ‘And it came to pass’ was his pet. If he had left that out, his Bible would have been only a pamphlet.

And it came to pass ...

1 Nephi
1:4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 19,
2:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17, 19,
3:1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
4:1, 10, 12, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 37, 38,
5:1, 9, 14, 20,
7:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16 (2), 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (2), 22,
8:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 32, 32, 36,
10:2, 11, 17,
11:1, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19, 25, 29, 30, 32, 36,
12:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 15, 20, 23,
13:1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 34, 38,
14:1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18,
15:1, 2, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21, 32,
16:2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32(2), 33, 34, 35, 39,
17:1, 6, 7(2), 8, 10, 11, 16, 19, 23, 31, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54,
18:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 21(2), 22, 23, 24(2), 25,
19:1, 22(2),
22:1, 20

2 Nephi
1:1
3:20
4:8, 10, 12(2)
13
5:1, 5, 6, 13, 17, 18, 26, 27
30
9:15
10:8
12:2,11
13:24
14:3
17:1, 21, 22, 23
18:21
20:12, 20, 27
21:11
24:3, 4
25:14
26:10, 19
27:6, 15, 19
24
28:3
29:13,14
30:7,8

Jacob
1:1, 12, 15,
4:1,
5:4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16(2), 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 38, 39, 41, 48, 49, 55, 70, 72, 75,
7:1, 2, 6, 13, 15(2), 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26

Enos
1, 9, 12, 19, 21, 25

Jarom
1:7, 10, 12, 13

Omni
1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18(2), 19, 20, 29

Words of Mormon
10, 13, 14, 15, 16

Mosiah
1:2, 9, 15, 18,
2:1, 5, 8,
4:1, 3,
5:1, 9, 10,
6:2, 3, 6,
7:1, 2, 3, 8, 17, 18,
8:1, 4, 5,
9:5, 11, 13, 15, 16,
10:1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 20(2), 10:21,
11:1, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26,
12:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 17, 18, 20, 31
13:5, 25,
16:1,
17:1, 5, 13, 15, 16,
18:1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 30, 32, 34,
19:1, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18(2), 22, 24, 25, 27,
20:2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25(2),
21:1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 33,
22:1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 14, 15,
23:17, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 29, 33, 36,
24:1, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 24,
25:5, 12, 17, 19, 23,
26:1, 6, 7, 9, 14, 25, 33, 34, 37,
27:1, 2, 10, 17, 23, 32,
28:1, 5, 8,
29:2, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46

Alma
1:1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 15, 19, 33,
2:1, 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 19, 20, 23, 26, 29, 30, 35, 38,
3:1, 9, 11, 20, 21,
4:1, 5, 6, 11, 15,
5:1,
6:1, 2, 3, 7,
8:1, 3, 5, 8, 14(2), 18, 21, 22, 28, 32,
9:1, 31, 33, 34,
10:8, 16, 17, 24, 28, 30,
12:19,
13:21,
14:1, 4, 6, 7, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27,
15:1, 5, 6, 14, 16,
16:1, 3, 4, 6, 7,
17:1, 9, 10, 12, 13, 24, 25, 31, 32,
18:1, 8, 12, 15, 16, 40, 43,
19:1, 3, 11, 12, 16, 24, 25, 29, 33, 35,
20:1, 3, 8, 11, 28,
21:4, 10, 12, 17, 18, 23,
22:2, 12, 15, 17, 19, 26, 27, 33,
23:1, 4, 16, 17,
24:1, 17, 20, 25, 26,
25:1, 7, 13,
26:10,
27:1, 2, 11, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26,
28:1,
30:1, 2, 5, 6, 21, 22, 30, 46, 56, 58, 59,
31:1, 19, 36,
32:1, 2,
34:1,
35:1, 3, 6, 7,
36:10, 17,
38:8,
40:12, 13,
43:1, 4, 5, 15, 18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 34, 36, 39, 41, 48, 49,
44:1, 8, 13, 16, 17, 20, 27,
45:1, 2, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23,
46:1, 6, 11, 12, 17, 21, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39,
47:2(2), 7, 10, 11 (3), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 34, 35,
48:1, 6, 7,
49:1, 9, 17, 21, 25(2), 26, 28,
50:1, 7, 9, 13, 24, 25, 28, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39
51:1, 5, 7(2), 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23(2), 25, 28, 29, 30, 32(2), 33, 34,
52:1, 3, 4, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 31, 33, 35, 38,
53:1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 22,
54:1, 2, 15,
55:1, 4, 5, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33,
56:1, 18, 22, 27, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, , 52, 54, 55,
57:1, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 33(2), 36,
58:1, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23(2), 26, 28, 30,
59:1, 3, 4, 5,
60:1,
61:6,
62:1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18(2), 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 42, 46, 52,
63:1, 3, 4, 5, 8(2), 9, 10, 14,

Helaman
1:1, 5, 6, 8, 14, 18, 19, 21(2), 30, 33,
2:1, 6, 8, 14, 18, 19, 21(2), 30, 33,
3:1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 32, 36, 37(2),
4:1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20,
5:1, 4, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 40, 42, 46, 50, 52,
6:1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15(2), 18, 20, 22, 32, 37, 38, 41,
7:1, 10, 11, 13,
8:1, 7, 10,
9:1, 3, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 37,
10:1, 2, 3(2), 10, 12, 15, 17, 18,
11:1, 3, 7, 8, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37,
13:1, 2(2), 4, 18,
14:1, 7, 8,
16:1, 13, 17

3 Nephi
1:1, 4, 7(2), 9(2), 10, 12, 15, 19(2), 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28,
2:1, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17,
3:1, 11, 17, 22,
4:1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 20, 23, 31,
5:2(2), 4,
6:1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 26, 27,
7:11, 14, 15, 18, 21,
8:1, 2, 5, 19, 20, 23,
9:1,
10:1, 3, 8, 9, 18,
11:1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18,
12:1,
13:25,
14:1,
15:1, 2, 11,
17:1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19,
18:1, 8, 9, 17, 26, 36, 38,
19:1, 4(2), 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24, 25, 31, 35,
20:1, 3, 10, 20,
21:8, 11, 14, 19, 20,
23:6, 7, 12, 13, 14,
24:1(2),
26:1, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20,
27:1(2), 16, 33,
28:1, 12, 16, 23, 23,

4 Nephi
1:1, 2, 4, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 27, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48

Mormon
1:6, 8, 10, 11(2), 12, 19,
2:1, 2, 3, 4(2), 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20(2), 21, 22, 23, 25(2), 26,
3:1, 2, 4, 7(2), 11, 16,
4:1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 19, 22,
5:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20,
6:1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15,
8:2,

Ether
1:35, 37, 38, 39, 40,
2:1, 4, 5(2), 6, 13, 14, `6, 18, 21
3:1, 6, 21, 28
6:2, 4(2), 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 21, 22, 25(2), 26, 27, 29
30
7:1, 3(2), 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24(2)
8:1, 2, 4, 5, 6(2), 13, 14, 15, 18, 25
9:1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 23, 24(2), 25, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34
10:1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 32
11:2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14(2), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23
12:1, 5, 36, 37
13:15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28(2), 29
14:4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 26, 29(2), 30
15:1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32


17 posted on 05/06/2008 5:39:22 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Colofornian
Mark Twain Roughing it Chapter 16:

The book [of Mormon] seems to be merely a prosy detail of imaginary history, with the Old Testament for a model; followed by a tedious plagiarism of the New Testament.

Mosiah Chapter 12 KJV plagiarisms:

12:21 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth; How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! -- Isaiah 52:7
12:22 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion; Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. -- Isaiah 52:8
12:23 Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem; Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. -- Isaiah 52:9
12:24 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God? The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. -- Isaiah 52:10

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12:34 I am the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -- Exodus 20:2
12:35 Thou shalt have no other God before me. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. -- Exodus 20:3
12:36 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven above, or things which are in the earth beneath. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. -- Exodus 20:4

18 posted on 05/06/2008 5:58:16 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: ChocChipCookie
Why are there suddenly so many Mormon doctrinal threads here?

The mormons are trying to CONVERT you, donchaknow?

19 posted on 05/06/2008 6:14:51 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (FLDS.... making babies with children because their God wants earthly bodies for spirit babies.)
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To: colorcountry; Pan_Yans Wife; MHGinTN; Colofornian; Elsie; FastCoyote; Osage Orange; Greg F; ...

The Flying Inmans take to the skies to fly the Ilky Way! (John 14:6)


20 posted on 05/06/2008 6:17:35 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (FLDS.... making babies with children because their God wants earthly bodies for spirit babies.)
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