Diligently researched over twenty years and now finally published, ‘The Book of Mormon is Literary Grand Theft’ by Elwood Grant Norris exposes how the founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, composed the Book of Mormon by plagiarizing and altering the words of nearly every New Testament writer. Using the Bible in direct comparison, Norris lays the evidence out in raw fashion, to prove just how bad a translator Smith really was. This is a book many devout Mormons will do-doubt initially debunk, but one that hangs their entire belief system in question.
Poway, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/11/2014 -- In just under two-hundred years, the Mormon Church has grown from word-of-mouth preaching by founder Joseph Smith to a community of more than fourteen million; the fastest-growing Christian religion in the world. However, following two decades of research, one former Latter-day Saint is releasing a book to prove that the Book of Mormon is in fact redundant, with Smith plagiarizing the entire thing.
‘The Book of Mormon is Literary Grand Theft’ uses hundreds of side-by-side parallel texts from the Bible and the Book of Mormon to shine a spotlight on what is theology’s most dramatic rip-off.
Synopsis
As the foundational document on which the Mormon Church is based, the Book of Mormon has had more than its share of detractors down through the years. Chief among these are those who have speculated that in reality Joseph Smith made up the book by using the Bible as the base document from which to extensively rip-off text as he saw fit. Until now that has merely been a theory. No one has undertaken the monumental task of setting forth the overwhelming evidence proving that he was in reality a skilled plagiarist. For the first time ever, this book presents the fully documented, unassailable proof, that much of the text, virtually every page of the book is in reality lifted from the Bible and, here and there embellished to distract the reader from that fact. By laying out in a side-by-side fashion, the multitude of extensive Bible verses, as well as a host of other unique Bible phrases found in the Book of Mormon, it is no longer possible to ignore the fact of Joseph Smith’s having committed Literary Grand Theft in presenting to the world his Book of Mormon as a translation of an ancient text derived from gold plates buried in a hill.
“For the first time, I reveal the technique Joseph Smith used to obscure his plagiarism and rip-offs,” explains Norris, an inventor and visionary who was a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints for four decades. “Smith indulged in extensive, lengthy copying of the words of men who would not be born for centuries, and from a Bible rendition of their words that was published 2000 years after the putative brass plates were brought to America. All this bespeaks far more than mere plagiarism; Smith ends up putting first-person words into the mouth of God!”
Continuing, “Also, greater than 19 chapters of Isaiah cited in the Book of Mormon are shown to have all been lifted from the King James Bible, copied verbatim, or nearly so, while at the same time declaring themselves as taken from Brass Plates supposedly written in Egyptian hieroglyphics and carried to America by a small band of Israelites around 600 BC. He had a knack for enlisting God to affirm his errors, further demonstrated by his bad translation that resulted in three prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Elijah becoming six prophets. It really has to be seen to be believed.”
Since its release, the book has garnered rave reviews. For example, Tony comments, “The author seems to have the spiritual interest of the reader at heart. I get the impression he is not attacking the Book of Mormon just to attack it but that because of his love of God and truth he wished the Book of Mormon would have been the true revelation it purports to be and appears more than disappointed when he found out it wasn't.”
Tiffany adds, “I highly suggest you take the time to see what the author has to say. I know he's spent many many years on this and to finally have it published is so exciting. Give it a chance and decide for yourself what you think about the Book of Mormon after you're done. It's enlightening to say the least.”
‘The Book of Mormon is Literary Grand Theft’ is available now: http://amzn.to/1rWcTvJ
All proceeds will be donated to charity.
About Elwood Norris
Elwood Norris was a member of the Mormon Church for more than forty years. He served as local Mission President on three occasions and personally baptized 150 persons. He has always been an avid student of the Scriptures. This book is not based on the personal opinion of the author, it documents in the greatest detail exactly where Joseph Smith got his ideas for the Book of Mormon, its very words, and shows in a side by side manner the multitude of passages in the book that are lifted from a Bible that was almost 2000 years from publication - The King James Bible.