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Please tell us: Where's your scrutiny to be leveled across the board (aimed equally to the Book of Mormon)?

The difference is that the Book of Mormon was compiled by a prophet with specific instruction from God as to what it should contain.

The abridgement of the Book of Mormon contained everything the Lord wanted it to contain. And the prophet Joseph Smith was promised that eventually, in the due time of the Lord, the sealed portion of the plates would be made available to us.

Those that threw out the old world scripture like the Prophecy Ahijah, were not prophets and had no direct communication from God...ever.

God knows all. He knew what men would do, but His wisdom is beyond all. Therefore, He prepared the Book of Mormon to fill the gaps that were lost in the Great Apostasy.

One of it's most important messages is what it represents. God speaking to all men all over the world and leading them by the same means with the same doctrine. Another testament of Jesus Christ.

The abridgement of the Book of Mormon contained everything the Lord wanted it to contain.

Who says? (Chapter & verse of a specific standard work, please -- even a Mormon one)

And the prophet Joseph Smith was promised that eventually, in the due time of the Lord, the sealed portion of the plates would be made available to us.

I have to admit re: this one that as I washed my air right after I posted #620 & #626, I thought to myself: "OK, how might StormPrepper respond to these posts?"

And I guessed a very similar response...that you would indeed appeal to the future...some day...Some Latter day...not this "latter" day, mind you, but some LATER "latter" day...as in...eventually.

And I had to smile widely at that point. Why? Well, I think you can see this one coming based upon my last graph:

Because here you claim to be part of a movement that's already almost 200 years into the so-called "Latter-days"...
...your very identity is locked up as representing the "Latter days..."
...and yet, NOW you're telling us something similar to...

"Oh. I guess the Book of Mormon isn't fully 'Latter-day' enough."

"Eventually" (you promise)...
"In due time" (you assure)...
...we'll be Latter-day Saints 2.0...
...who will "restore" the Latter-day Saints 1.0...
...with a newer "fulness of the everlasting gospel").

Ya know, when you have to render the olde "everlasting" version as in need of a revelational upgrade, it does tend to cast doubt upon having the authentic one to begin with!

If this was all scripted for a movie, the perfect title might be: Latter-day Saints: The Post-Latter-day Sequel!

Gotta break the news to you, StormPrepper: It's kinda hard to chronologically move past "Latter-dayism" into "Post-Latter-dayism" without literally shaking heaven & earth!

The difference is that the Book of Mormon was compiled by a prophet with specific instruction from God as to what it should contain.

First, there is no reason to believe your Prophet when he lies to his own congregation regarding the number of his wives. At the time of this following quote, Smith had at least a dozen wives, acknowledged by your own religion:

"...What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one. I am the same man, and as innocent as I was fourteen years ago; and I can prove them all perjurers." (History of the Church, vol 6, p. 411)

Next, but more importantly, as this alone proves your prophet to be a liar: your prophet openly contradicts the holy scripture by creating many gods when there is only one:

"Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any" (Isa 44:8).

Your prophet also denies salvation sola fide, sola gracia, asserting that salvation is given as a result of our merits, when this also is explicitly ruled out by the scripture:

Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Rom 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Can you explain why we should believe your Prophet when he is a liar, a polytheist, and a teacher of works-righteousness?