Mormons believe that a biblical angel revealed prophecies indirectly to Joseph Smith, who wrote it down in the book of Mormon.

Muslims believe that the biblical angel Gabriel revealed prophecies to Muhammad, who wrote it down in the Quran.

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    161 day ago

    Smith stole from any source he could find. Most of the Mormon temple rituals are based on Masonic Temple rituals from around the same time period. John Smith was a member of a Masonic Lodge and assumed no one would notice or tell their new congregation that they used to do the same thing with their drinking buddies back East.

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      101 day ago

      Not to defend Joseph Smith, but so did the entire Christian religion. All the big stories in the Bible were lifted from the religious myths of older civilizations.

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        1 day ago

        Yes, 2000 years ago Christian writers borrowed heavily from the other religions and mystery cults they were living and working with.

        Smith’s copypasta use of Masonic Rituals from New York as “passed down by God” in the 1830s is a -little- different.

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    51 day ago

    So are Christians, they believed that God in the form of Jesus came down and revealed the New Testament to the 12 Disciples and wrote it in the Bible.

    Those of the Jewish faith are still waiting for the savior to show up because they don’t believe Jesus was the one.

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    11 day ago

    I think the main difference here is that Mormons dont teach that everyone not mormon is an infidel who must die.