If you found out that the Golden Plates never existed, would you still be a Mormon?

[SoonerCoug]

Originally Posted by Flystripper

The Book of Mormon in its very introduction claims to be literal translation from gold plates of which 11 people testified actually existed. If you don't believe in the plates existence do you believe that Joseph and the 11 witnesses are liars?

If you believe that Joseph and the 11 were liars and it was a big conspiracy, do you ever ask what else Joseph lied about? Did he lie about the 1st vision? How can you believe in a church that was founded on what you believe are a pack of lies?

Point me to the introduction of the Bilble and the Quran that makes the claims that the into to the book of mormon makes. Either the into is a bunch of lies perpetuated to market the Book of Mormon and convert followers thorugh deception or the plates actually did exist. Which is it?

You're oversimplifying the human mind.

This is an awful analogy, but it's a memorable one, so I've got to use it. Did Andrea Yates lie when she said the devil told her to kill her kids?