Category: The Bible
“No Archaeology for the Book of Mormon”? The Exodus, Jericho, and the Standard Critics Won’t Use on Their Own Book
Critics say no ruins means no Book of Mormon. Run that rule on the Exodus, Jericho, and Ai with mainstream archaeologists, and see whose book survives.
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Who Wrote the Gospels? Anonymous Authors and the Thou Hypocrite Standard
No Gospel names its author in the text. Here’s where Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John got their names, and why the Book of Mormon has the better paper trail.
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Jude Says Enoch “Prophesied”: Why Jude 1:14 Isn’t Paul Quoting a Pagan Poet
Paul quoted pagan poets, so Jude quoting Enoch means nothing? Read how each source is introduced. Paul cites “your own poets.” Jude says Enoch “prophesied,” the verb Jesus used for Isaiah.
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How Did Judas Die? Matthew 27:5 vs. Acts 1:18
Matthew says Judas hanged himself and the chief priests bought the field. Acts says Judas bought the field and fell headlong. Here’s what each text says, the “rope broke” fix that’s in neither one, and why critics won’t give the Book of Mormon the same courtesy.
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Who Killed Goliath? 1 Samuel 17 vs. 2 Samuel 21:19
1 Samuel 17 says David killed Goliath. The Hebrew of 2 Samuel 21:19 says Elhanan did, and the KJV added “the brother of” in italics. Here’s the text, the excuses, and the standard critics would never accept for the Book of Mormon.
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Anachronisms in the Bible (KJV Edition): The Standard Critics Won’t Use on Their Own Book
Critics call every Book of Mormon anachronism a fatal blow. The Bible has camels too early, Philistines too early, a city named Dan before Dan, and Easter in Acts. Same standard for both books, or no standard at all.
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Joseph Told It Four Times, Paul Told It Three: The First Vision Accounts and the Damascus Road
Critics say Joseph Smith’s First Vision accounts don’t match, so he made it up. Acts tells Paul’s Damascus road vision three times, and those accounts differ on who heard the voice, who fell, and who gave Paul his calling. Here’s the side-by-side, and why the standard has to cut both ways.
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“As Far As It Is Translated Correctly”: What the Bible’s Own Manuscripts Say About Textual Variants
“The Book of Mormon has been changed thousands of times!” So has the Bible. Goliath’s height, the longer ending of Mark, the Comma Johanneum, a missing paragraph in 1 Samuel: here is what the Bible’s own manuscripts show, and why Latter-day Saints were never surprised.
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The Hypocritical Book of Mormon Denier: Every Argument That Hits the Bible Harder
No archaeology, no originals, anonymous authors, missing artifacts, a changing text. Critics fire all of it at the Book of Mormon. Every one of those arguments hits the Bible just as hard or harder. Then look at what the Book of Mormon has that the Bible doesn’t.
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“Your Church Changes”… So Does the Bible. The Double Standard That Falls Apart
Christians and atheists love to say ‘your church changes, so it can’t be true.’ But God changed His commands in the Bible, prophets made mistakes, and the creeds came from councils. Hold everything to the standard you hold us to, and it ALL falls apart. With what measure ye mete…
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Deuteronomy 32:8-9 and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Monotheism Isn’t in the Old Testament
The oldest Hebrew copy of Deuteronomy 32:8 says the Most High divided the nations ‘according to the number of the sons of God,’ and YHWH RECEIVED Israel. So who was the Most High handing nations out to?
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“Old Covenant, New Covenant, That’s All”? Where the Bible Says God Stops Making Covenants
Critics say there’s the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, and that’s all we need. Ask for the verse. God made covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel at Sinai and again in Moab, Phinehas, and David, and the prophets promised more. Adding a covenant is the Bible’s pattern, not proof of a false church.
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