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32: Book of Abraham, Part 3: A look at the text itself

LDS Discussions - Mormon Truth Claims Examined

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Joseph Smith's Mixtape Theory

Every single unique element of Mormonism comes from somewhere else that Joseph Smith was aware of. It's incredible that for so long, I thought that Joseph Smith, the astronomy part of the book of Abraham was one of the strongest things for me. And then he realized it was just in contemporary literature. All these details are found in the book Abraham. They're all there for us to see with our own eyes. This isn't just one smoking gun. This is like 20, 50 smoking guns. The church admits in foot no 46 by saying Joseph was aware of those sources.

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