One of the easiest ways to know the Book of Mormon is not an ancient, authentic record is how Joseph Smith can predict *everything* until 1829 and then he punts to the Book of Revelation.

The problem, however, is that he names the author as the Apostle John - which is incorrect. When Joseph Smith composed the Book of Mormon he includes a lot of biblical scholarship errors because he was limited to the knowledge around him in the 1820s.

The author of Revelation is indeed identified as John, but is a different John than the author of the Gospel of John.

Can we take a moment to look at how the LDS church's scriptures reflect a very clear and uniquely 19th century mindset of white supremacy?

This is going to upset some people, I know, but it is there for all of us to see with our own eyes.

And it's not just the Book of Mormon.🧵

https://twitter.com/KSLcom/status/1637483826858582018

Before we dive into the scriptures of the Mormon church I want to be clear here about the idea of 'white supremacy' by looking at a very basic definition:

"The belief that the white race is inherently superior to other races."

In this case you can add 'in the eyes' of God.

Let's talk about the 'catalyst theory' and the Book of Abraham - this is a great question and an important one especially when reading the Mormon church's essay or their apologetic articles.

This will take a few tweets to get through, so what better time for a little thread. 🧵

https://twitter.com/CaptKolob18/status/1637124029290270721

The 'catalyst theory' is the idea that Joseph Smith *thought* he was translating the Book of Abraham papyri, but God was giving him a revelation completely different to the actual translation.

It's a Mormon apologetic theory that arrived because Joseph got the translation wrong.

There's a lot of talk about 'groomers' online lately, but can we all take a step back and look at the way that Joseph Smith groomed young girls to accept his polygamous and polyandrous proposals as prophet of the Mormon church?

It's uncomfortable, but let's take a look: 🧵 A common theme in Joseph Smith's polygamous proposals was that the girls lived in his home before he would approach them to propose behind Emma's back.

This allowed Joseph to not just have time to soften their rejection, but hold power over them as both prophet and their host.

There's no better way to illustrate how revelation works in Mormonism:
1. Nelson wanted Mormon name change in Apr 1990
2. Hinckley rebuffs Nelson six months later (Oct 1990)
3. Nelson makes change as soon as he becomes prophet
4. Wendy Nelson explains what 'revelation' really is Nelson wanted the Mormon name gone 30 years ago, but the prophets during those 30 years disagreed. The moment Nelson took over, he made the change under the guise of 'impression' from God.

This explains why revelations reflect the *personal* beliefs of prophets through history.

Now that we've had three major attacks on doubters and critics by church leaders in recent weeks/months, I wanted to outline #WhyILeftMormonism and why the problems are real and why the church is working so hard to keep members from looking beyond correlated church materials. If Joseph Smith was a prophet and the Mormon church is true, the following would have happened:

1. We would see that his Book of Abraham translation matches the papyrus.

Instead we learn that we have the source material, and it's almost entirely wrong.

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