Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Bettered This World

Good luck Jason! Better - Good done in the world using Christian morality. BOM - Book of Mormon I guess will debate about rather he is a true prophet. DNA- In 1995 there was a study done by Merriwether, which stated that there was a single migration. The study stated either from Mongolia and China. That is where anti-mormons get this idea from. When in reality a study was done much recently. In 2003 Dillehay says there is evidence for multiple migrations. Also like most places the Americas are a "melting pot" of DNA. There have been genes that are in Jews also in Native Americans. Roger Highfield 2000 The find has led to some speculation that ancient people crossed the Atlantic from the Old World, because evidence of the group has not so far been found in Asia, though [Schurr] stressed that not all central Asian groups had been analysed. Dr Schurr said: "Haplogroup X was brought to the New World by an ancient Eurasian population in a migratory event distinct from those bringing the other four lineages to the Americas." The haplogroup X occurs most among Algonkian-speaking groups such as the Ojibwa [sometimes spelled Ojibwe], and has been detected in two pre-Colombian north American populations. Today, haplogroup X is found in between two and four per cent of European populations, and in the Middle East, he said, particularly in Israel. Book of Mormon Proof: Let's now look at some proofs of the Book of Mormon. There are multiple Hebrew Language structures within the Book of Mormon. In 1830s(Book of Mormon translation) no one new that in ancient time's people wrote on gold plates. There is something called "scriptorio" which means in ancient times they put the title in the back. The Book of Mormon originally had the title in the back. There were gold plates discovered in 2003. Those gold plates look the same way as Joseph Smith and witnesses of the Book of Mormon described the BOM plates. Recently Chiasmus have been discovered in middle eastern poetry, also the Bible. It's a poetry form that goes A,B,C,C,B,A. That poetry form is also used in the BOM. Mosiah 5:10-12: (a) And now it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall not take upon him the NAME of Christ (b) must be CALLED by some other name; (c) therefore, he findeth himself on the LEFT HAND of God. (d) And I would that ye should REMEMBER also, that this is the NAME (e) that I said I should give unto you that never should be BLOTTED out, (f) except it be through TRANSGRESSION; (f') therefore, take heed that ye do not TRANSGRESS, (e') that the name be not BLOTTED OUT of your hearts. (d') I say unto you, I would that ye should REMEMBER to retain the NAME (c') written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the LEFT HAND of God, (b') but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall be CALLED, (a') and also, the NAME by which he shall call you. Hebrew Structure link: http://www.cometozarahemla.org... May 26 Gold Plates Discovered: http://news.bbc.co.uk... Seer Stone: Joseph Smith rarely used a seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith used the Urim and Thummim. Joseph Smith isn't the first prophet that God provided with the Urim and Thumim (Exodus 28:30; 1 Samuel 28:6; Ezra 2:63). When people say Joseph Smith used a seer stone it is all hearsay. To me it doesn't matter what he used, just that it was translated. See above for proofs of BOM. When Joseph Smith used a seer stone it was just because it was more compact. If he did….. That is debatable, but I'm sure God could make a pea translate something. Joseph Smith did use a seer stone with his family to find buried treasure before he translated the BOM. In the 1800's it was common for people to believe in superstition, divination, magic, astrology, treasure digging etc. It is important to note he never did during or after the BOM translation. "It is often difficult for us in the twentieth century to appreciate the world from the perspective of earlier generations.... All of us have a tendency to assume that our progenitors saw the world much as we see it today." Quinn(1987) As far as James Strang, he started a branch off of the church after Joseph Smith died. He claimed he was a prophet. It makes sense he would emulate Joseph Smith by using a seer stone because he is claiming to be a prophet. He also emulated the brass plates. His church was, is and will always be small. The church is nowhere near the 13 million members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nature of God: I am not exactly sure what you are referring to as far as infinite regress of God. I ask you to please link for me. Maybe you are referring to an Adam God issue. I don't know, but link please. Unlike mainstream Christianity we believe in the Godhead, not the Trinity. The Godhead consists of God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. All three are distinct personages with one purpose. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3: 16-17 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that welleth in me, he doeth the works. John 14: 10 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of cGod, and Jesus standing on the fright hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Acts 7: 55-56 That is my rebuttal to why Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God and benefited this world immensely.