Frequently Asked Tough Questions
Posted by JLFuller on August 19, 2008
- Did Joseph Smith utter false prophecies?
- How do we explain Bible passages that say that no man has seen God (John 1:18, 1 John 4:12)?
- Why has no evidence of horses been found in the Americas in Book of Mormon times?
- Joseph Smith declared that the Book of Mormon was “the most correct of any book on earth” (History of the Church 4:461). If this were so, why have there been over four thousand changes to the book since it was first published in 1830?
- Mormons often speak of Joseph Smith as a “martyr” who died for his religious beliefs. But Smith fought off the mob at Carthage with a pistol, killing two of them in the process, which disqualifies him as a martyr. A real martyr willingly lays down his life for Christ.
- How can one justify the change from “white and delightsome” in 2 Nephi 30:6 to “pure and delightsome”?
- Why do Mormons believe we are saved by good works, when the Bible says we are saved by the grace of God?
- Why does Alma 7:10 say that Jesus will be born at Jerusalem when Micah 5:2 and Matthew 2:1-7 speak of Christ being born in Bethlehem?
Are these really tough questions? The Neal Maxwell Institute has some interesting things to say about these and other tough questions. http://farms.byu.edu/faq.php.
