7. What is Confusing About the Book of Mormon?

a. People assume that the doctrine in the Mormon Church was derived from it.

b. It contains nothing uniquely found in the Mormon Church.

c. Old theories long ago dispelled are still being perpetuated as factual such as Solomon Spalding's manuscript and The View of the Hebrews by Ethan Smith.

d. The long standing Mormon Church claim that it is a history of the inhabitants of North and South America, and the American Indians descended from Lehi. [The Book of Mormon is clear on its geography, that all its events occurred in a small area in Western New York, that they were a sub-group of a much larger culture, that the Book of Mormon people were purposely wiped out, and any traces of them removed.]

e. Use of the word "plates" in describing the record has garnered visions of a heavy stack of stiff metal plates thicker than tin. More accurate statements use the word "leaves" to describe the sheets which were as pliable as "thick paper" and you could rustle them with a finger like the pages of a book.

f. Use of the word "translate" has attributed powers to Joseph he did not have, and the historical record states clearly that he saw the English, then  dictated it one word or sentence at a time. It is now known that the English is of 16th century origin, not 19th.

8. What is Not Confusing About the Book of Mormon?

a. The gospel it contains is simple, not complicated.

b. The gospel it contains is the "full" or complete gospel of Jesus Christ.

c. It adds no new doctrine to the Bible nor does it need any additional doctrine to be added to it.

d. It is a confirming message from God that what the Bible says about Jesus, his virgin birth, death and resurrection ARE TRUE!

e. It restores the missing instructions on baptism and communion.

f. It can unify an isolated Mormon Church with the body of Christ if followed.

g. It can convert Muslims and Jews by providing for them a Second Witness that what the New Testament says is true.