Does the Book of Mormon Contradict the Bible?
Someone, I (@gather_in_podcast) have been chatting with on Threads recently, asked me to read this article, ContradictionsBetween the Book of Mormon and the Bible | Institute for ReligiousResearch (irr.org) and "let the Holy Spirit work". You will notice that firstly, the title of the article gives away the authors conclusion. I have re-titled it as a question. Jared Halverson (BYU, Unshaken Saints) has suggested a formula for examining information critical to our beliefs as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the Three S formula - Selective, Superficial, and Sensational. Most critical writing (or videos etc.) exhibit most, but not necessarily all, of these elements. So, let me just look at the first point made in this article. 1. The Book of Mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature (Moroni 8:8). In contrast, the Bible in Psalm 51:5 clearly teaches that we have sinful nature f