Mormon Myths

More articles from this series: Part 1 Part 2 Mormon antagonist and Cavalry Admin Travis Anderson presents arguments for the credibility of the Three and Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. His analysis responds to Michael Licona and Gary Habermas's 'A Case for the Resurrection of Jesus,' which compares Mormon witnesses to Jesus's resurrection witnesses. Though Anderson correctly identifies this as a false comparison, his commentary on Bart Ehrman's remarks about the Book of Mormon witnesses reveals an inconsistency. He selectively applies rigorous criticism to Licona and Habermas but not to Ehrman, reflecting a pattern in LDS apologetics where evidence standards shift based on their alignment with LDS truth claims. Anderson states: " None of those that left the church ever retracted or recanted their testimonies they continued to validate and verify what they had seen especially with the three Witnesses two of the witnesses Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris ...

Last week, a follower notified me of this post in the Somewhat Civil Christian Debates FaceBook group by their Mormon moderator: In this article, we are going to explore Smith's arguments & whether or not they hold any water under scrutiny, and I shall do my best to respond point by point. First , I'd like to point out that Smith is not giving credit to his source for these allegations of false prophecies in the Bible.  The content of Smith's forthcoming arguments originates (almost verbatim) from this  FAIRMormon / LDS article  and if one takes the time to compare the two, it is rather plain to see that he is well... plagiarizing his peers arguments here. Of course, Smith is free to do as he pleases on the internet. However I cannot help but wonder, why he didn't bother to just drop the link & point people to the relevant sections to read it for themselves? But I digress.  Those of us who are not believing members of the Mormon religion, may already be famil...