Two honest questions for Bible scholars...

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Originally Posted by non sequitur

I don't see how one can accept that the BoM is not historical and still continue to have have faith in Mormonism. That reconciliation seems like a torturous bit of mental gymnastics. The BoM claims to be a history. JS claimed it was a history. Countless prophets and apostles have also claimed it to be so. That claim is at the very heart of Mormonism. If the BoM is not what it purports to be, then the whole ball of yarn called Mormonism quickly unravels.

I agree with you here. If I reached the conclusion that the BoM was just a bit of inspired fiction, well then I'd move on and be 10% richer.