YouTube: The origins of the Book of Mormon
YouTube: The origins of the Book of Mormon
Since Mitt Romney is talking about his faith, we will, too. Here's the true story of Joseph Smith, the golden plates, the seerstones, credulous Martin Harris and his skeptical wife Lucy. (NB: It's from an episode of South Park, so there's a single, mild vulgarity at the very end.)
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And we all know that South Park is a reliable source of religious information.
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Your link is about the South Park movie. Despite the many faults of South Park, their depictions of the origins of the Book of Mormon are accurate, as was their expose of the strange beliefs of another cult, Scientology.
I thought the clip was pretty funny.
For a sobering and in-depth account about Mormonism, read the book "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer.
But to be fair, all religions have their moments of absurdities and contradictions. It just seems that Mormonism has A LOT of them.