I know Mormons are followers of Joseph Smith who believe they have “restored” the Christianity of the New Testament, but I am trying to learn what exactly is in the book of Mormon.
That would describe just about every Protestant sect.
For a light reading version of the Book of Mormon, I’d recommend a “A Child’s Story of the Book of Mormon”, by Deta Neeley. It’s out of print but used copies of just about any book are available at http://used.addall.com/ If you decide to buy it, be sure to get the “4 volumes in 1” version, as the earlier editions were printed in 4 separate volumes. It’s a heck of a lot easier to read than the real thing, but sticks to the original story line quite closely.
No thinking person can really believe that the Book of Abraham was literally translated, given what’s known about the source papyri. Some LDS believe that it was “inspired” in some way connected to the papyri, rather than translated.
The book of Mormon was delivered to Joseph Smith one day by an “angel of light” after Smith had been looking into his devining device or sometimes thereabouts.
If you’re a guy, Churtle Dawg, and have a wife - tell her to be on the lookout for the pairs of young male Mormon missionaries who come around to women’s houses while their husbands are busy being productive and proselytize them. You see, every extra woman the Mormon men can get into the Mormon church whose stubborn husbands won’t also come in, the Mormon men get to “have” those extra women in their polygamous harems into eternity, where they will be gods, and the women will have the honor of being barefoot and pregnant endlessly for all eternity. (Sound familiar? Think I’m lying? Do some deep research. I’ve just put it in digest form to save you the trouble, but feel free.)
I turned them down one summer well over thirty years ago.
I imagine getting a copy would not be difficult.
Skeptics and most archeologists believe that the Book of Mormon is a hoax, and that it was written in the early 19th century by Joseph Smith or some other individual(s). There are no proofs, but there are some really strong indicators.
Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?