I do not accuse Joseph Smith of fraud. Nor do those who hold the book is inspired by God, but not historical. It is not my opinion he made up the names. I feel myself he got the names from the plates.
I saw an advance copy of a new film by FAIR responding to Living Hope Ministries Bible vs. The Book of Mormon. I understand at FAIRS You Tube Channel the film will be online soon. That film adequately handles many archeological criticisms the book gets. I do not know when the DVD will get released.
It does not bother me what others think about my faith. my friend and i parted on good terms. I liked sharing with him Book of Mormon reliability evidences and answering his questions.
He said he brought on two separate occasions LDS missionaries to the true Lord. He said they were Evangelical Christians now. He said he felt promptings from the Holy Spirit to witness to them. I felt he needed to hear i felt Satan was pretending to be his Jesus and led him to vulnerable LDS missionaries. And he needed to be told point blank his Anti-Mormon trivia had answers. And i shared some answers for each point he tried to hit me with one after another.
I do not like debate much. Witnessing conversations where i am the target make me cringe. I hate contention. My interest in defending my beliefs is for self defense and helping others. I much prefer to study Anti-Mormon issues as a fun hobby. But i find if i am upfront about my membership in my church i get religious opposition.
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