If you found out that the Golden Plates never existed, would you still be a Mormon? - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

SoonerCoug · 09-14-2007, 08:13 PM

Was Christ simply a great teacher and a glorified martyr? Personally, I think that if Christ had lived and died in the 19th century, then Christianity would never have come into existence.

The more modern a religion is, the more it has to stand up to scrutiny. The origin of the Quran and the Old Testament certainly don't stand up to scrutiny either.

By and large, the Book of Mormon does pretty well. A heck of a lot better than Dianetics--that's for sure.

View Poll Results: If you found out that the Golden Plates never existed, would you still be a Mormon?
Yes, the literalness of Joseph Smith's claims don't matter to me.	4	14.29%
Yes, but it would change the way I view the Church.	9	32.14%
No, I couldn't accept the Church as true in such a scenario.	10	35.71%
I'm not a Mormon.	5	17.86%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

09-14-2007, 08:13 PM	#17
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	Was Christ simply a great teacher and a glorified martyr? Personally, I think that if Christ had lived and died in the 19th century, then Christianity would never have come into existence. The more modern a religion is, the more it has to stand up to scrutiny. The origin of the Quran and the Old Testament certainly don't stand up to scrutiny either. By and large, the Book of Mormon does pretty well. A heck of a lot better than Dianetics--that's for sure.