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| <small>[[Main Page|Home]] > Book of Mormon Sandbox</small> | | <small>[[Main Page|Home]] > Book of Mormon Sandbox</small> |
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| | '''Summary:''' Critics have made numerous claims against the Book of Mormon. This page gathers others that respond to the various claims. |
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| ===Authorship===
| | *[[Book of Mormon Authorship]] |
| *[[Book of Mormon]]
| | *[[Book of Mormon Translation Process]] |
| *[[Joseph Smith as author and proprietor of the Book of Mormon|Joseph Smith listed as author and proprietor]]
| | *[[The Gold Plates]] |
| *[[The Spalding Theory of Book of Mormon authorship|Spalding theory]]
| | *[[Book of Mormon and Geography]] |
| *[[View of the Hebrews theory of Book of Mormon authorship|View of the Hebrews theory]]
| | *[[The Book of Mormon and DNA]] |
| *[[The Late War theory of Book of Mormon authorship|Late War theory]]
| | *[[Book of Mormon Anachronisms]] |
| *[[Golden Pot theory of Book of Mormon authorship|Golden Pot theory]]
| | *[[Witnesses to the Gold Plates]] |
| *[[Sidney Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship|Sidney Rigdon theory]]
| | *[[The Bible and the Book of Mormon]] |
| *[[Mushrooms and entheogenics theory of Book of Mormon authorship|Mushrooms and entheogenics theory]]
| | *[[The Book of Mormon and Linguistics]] |
| *[[Creative fiction theories of Book of Mormon authorship|Creative fiction theories]]
| | *[[Book of Mormon Doctrine and Teachings]] |
| *[[Possible 19th Century influences on Book of Mormon]]
| | *[[The Book of Mormon and the Lamanites]] |
| *[[Theory of Book of Mormon place names from area around Joseph Smith's home]]
| | *[[Book of Mormon Miscellany]] |
| *[[Theory of Book of Mormon place names from Comoros Islands]]
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| *[[Understanding accusations of plagiarism]]
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| ===Translation Process===
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| *[[Seer stones and the Urim and Thummim]]
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| *[[Gold plates and the translation process]]
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| *[[Artistic depictions of the translation]]
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| *[[Joseph Smith and the translation process]]
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| ===Gold Plates===
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| *[[Weight and size of the gold plates|Weight and size]]
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| *[[Question: Was the reported weight of the plates too heavy for Joseph to run with?|Plates too heavy to run?]]
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| *[[Engravings on and sealed portion of the gold plates|Engravings and sealed portion]]
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| *[[Stone box where the gold plates were deposited]]
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| *[[Attempts to steal the gold plates from Joseph Smith]]
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| *[[Gold plates and the translation process]]
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| *[[Metal plates in ancient Israel]]
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| <!--* [[Science and the Church of Jesus Christ|Science]]-->
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| * [[Word of Wisdom]] | |
| *[[Latter-day Saint teachings/Clarifying Latter-day Saint Teachings|Clarifying Latter-day Saint Teachings]]
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| ===Geography===
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| *[[Church statements on Book of Mormon geography]]
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| *[[Evaluating Book of Mormon geography theories]] | |
| *[[Old world geography in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Lehi's journey in the Old World]]
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| *[[Possible locations for the Valley of Lemuel]]
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| *[[Possible locations for Shazer]]
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| *[[Possible locations for Nahom]]
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| *[[Possible locations for Nephi's Bountiful]]
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| *[[The Hill Cumorah]] | |
| *[[Mesoamerican Model of Book of Mormon geography|Mesoamerican Model]] | |
| *[[Hemispheric Geography Model of Book of Mormon geography|Hemispheric Geography Model]]
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| *[[Great Lakes Model of Book of Mormon geography|Great Lakes Model]] | |
| *[[Heartland Model of Book of Mormon geography|Heartland Model]]
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| *[[Hoaxes related to Book of Mormon geography claims]]
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| *[[Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon]]
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| ===DNA===
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| *[[DNA and the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Identifying ancient DNA related to Book of Mormon people]]
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| *[[Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | |
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| ===Anachronisms===
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| *[[Principles for assessing anachronisms|Anachronism overview]]
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| *[[Bible passages in the Book of Mormon|Biblical texts]]
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| *[[Horses in the Book of Mormon|Horses]]
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| *[[Elephants in the Book of Mormon|Elephants]]
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| *[[Other animals in the Book of Mormon|Other animals]]
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| *[[Synagogues and churches]]
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| *[[Climate in the Book of Mormon|Climate]]
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| *[[Metals and materials in the Book of Mormon|Metals and materials]]
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| *[[Metal plates in ancient Israel]]
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| *[[Plants in the Book of Mormon|Plants]] | |
| *[[Objects and artifacts in the Book of Mormon|Objects and artifacts]]
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| ===Witnesses===
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| *[[Eleven official witnesses to the Book of Mormon|Eleven official witnesses]]
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| *[[Statement of the Three Witnesses]]
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| *[[The witness of Oliver Cowdery|Oliver Cowdery]]
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| *[[The witness of David Whitmer|David Whitmer]]
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| *[[The witness of Martin Harris|Martin Harris]] | |
| *[[Statement of the Eight Witnesses]]
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| *[[The witness of Christian Whitmer|Christian Whitmer]]
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| *[[The witness of Jacob Whitmer|Jacob Whitmer]]
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| *[[The witness of Peter Whitmer Jr.|Peter Whitmer Jr.]]
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| *[[The witness of John Whitmer|John Whitmer]]
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| *[[The witness of Hiram Page|Hiram Page]]
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| *[[The witness of Joseph Smith Sr.|Joseph Smith Sr.]]
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| *[[The witness of Hyrum Smith|Hyrum Smith]]
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| *[[The witness of Samuel Smith|Samuel Smith]]
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| *[[Other witnesses to the Book of Mormon]]
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| ===The Bible and the Book of Mormon===
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| *[[Bible passages in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[The New Testament and the Book of Mormon]] | |
| *[[KJV italicized text in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Joseph Smith Translation and the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[The Apocrypha and the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Isaiah and the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[The documentary hypothesis and the Book of Mormon]]
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| ===Language and the Book of Mormon===
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| *[[Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon|Hebraisms]]
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| *[[Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon|Chiasmus]]
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| *[[Names in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Hebrew and Native American languages]]
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| *[[Reformed Egyptian and the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[The Book of Mormon as an ancient text]] | |
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| ===Doctrine and Teachings===
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| *[[Moroni's promise of the Book of Mormon|Moroni's promise]]
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| *[[The Book of Mormon and the fulness of the gospel|The fulness of the gospel]] | |
| *[[The Book of Mormon as the most correct book]]
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| *[[The nature of God in the Book of Mormon|The nature of God]]
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| *[[The name of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon|Name of Jesus Christ]]
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| *[[Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon|Virgin birth of Jesus Christ]]
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| *[[Jesus Christ bled from every pore]]
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| *[[The Holy Ghost in the Book of Mormon|The Holy Ghost]]
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| *[[Baptism in the Book of Mormon|Baptism]]
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| *[[Priesthood authority in the Book of Mormon|Priesthood authority]]
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| *[[Temples in the Book of Mormon|Temples]]
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| *[[The Book of Mormon as the Stick of Ephraim]]
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| *[[Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon|Plural marriage]]
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| *[[Freemasonry and the Book of Mormon|Freemasonry]]
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| *[[Nephite burnt offerings]]
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| *[[The great and abominable church in the Book of Mormon|The great and abominable church]]
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| *[[The tree of life in the Book of Mormon|The tree of life]]
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| *[[Question: Do Doctrine and Covenants 20:37 and 2 Nephi 31:17 or 3 Nephi 12:2 contradict one another regarding the order in which one receives baptism and a remission of sins?|Baptism before or after remission of sins]]
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| *[[Question: Why does the Book of Mormon and Book of Moses describe "God" as creating, while the Book of Abraham describes "Gods?"|One versus multiple creators]]
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| ===Lamanites===
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| *[[Identity of the Lamanites in the Book of Mormon|Identity of the Lamanites]]
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| *[[Native Americans and the Lamanites]] | |
| *[[Relationship of the Maya and the Olmec to the Lamanites and the Jaredites]]
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| *[[Polynesians as descendants of the Lamanites in the Book of Mormon|Polynesians and the Lamanites]]
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| *[[The Lamanite curse]]
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| *[[Wrath of God on the Lamanites]]
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| ===Other===
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| *[[Population and demographics in the Book of Mormon|Population and demographics]]
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| *[[The Nephite calendar]]
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| *[[Biblical archaeology compared to the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Thomas Stuart Ferguson and Mormon archaeology]]
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| *[[Attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright in Canada]]
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| *[[Book of Mormon textual changes|Textual changes]]
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| *[[The Book of Mormon as history]]
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| *[[Legal codes in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Lehi's ancestry and place of residence]]
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| *[[Three days of darkness in the New World following Christ's death|Three days of darkness]]
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| *[[The killing of Laban in the Book of Mormon|The killing of Laban]]
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| *[[Human sacrifice in the Book of Mormon|Human sacrifice]]
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| *[[Warfare in the Book of Mormon]]
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| *[[Events in Ether]]
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| *[[The death of Shiz]]
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