Does the Book of Mormon Contradict the Bible?
My Facebook algorithm has exploited my insatiable interest in religious discourse to serve me an endless barrage of anti-Mormon posts and Mormon apologetic responses to them. I usually know better than to respond directly, but a recent post about a Christian’s experience with the Book of Mormon (He found it contradictory to the Bible and too full of KJV English and anachronisms to take seriously) made me want to present my own story as a case for viewing scripture differently than is commonly represented by both sides. I was born and raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I drank all the Kool-Aid. I heard all the objections and had answers for them all and, most importantly, didn’t think proof was nearly as valuable to me as the spiritual witness through which I felt very close to my Heavenly Father. But then about 4 years ago, things changed. I felt like I fell off a spiritual cliff, like when I prayed, there was no one on the other end of the...