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Originally Posted by Adam
I think the Book of Mormon is great literature. I think it is absurd in places, hard to understand in places, not easily understood in places, but overall a very inspiring AND interesting work of literature. My complaints with the Book of Mormon can be laid upon Tolstoy and Shakespeare and Twain and the Bible too.
I have never understood the complete lack of respect in the world for the Book of Mormon as a piece of literature. The condemnation is universal, so maybe I'm just brainwashed (if anyone isn't brainwashed, its me), but I think the world is wrong on this one.
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It's the language used to convey the stories that make it ordinary. The stories and parables are wonderful, but they are not presented in the great language of the Bible or Shakespeare. It is awkward.