My Mormon bishop friend recently presented a lecture about how statistics show that the Book of Mormon defies naturalistic explanations. How did Joseph Smith as a "subsistence farmer" write something so amazing and long in only 65 days?
Let's jump into some of these statistical claims to see if the Book of Mormon is truly a miracle and that it shows that Joseph Smith had to be translating an ancient record.
Sources Cited:
"The Insane Statistical Impossibility of the Book of Mormon’s Origin | Matt Vallejo"
Pomeroy Tucker, Origin, rise, and progress of Mormonism (pp. 17-18)
Dan Vogel, Early Mormon Documents (p. 130)
"Captain Kidd: Joseph Smith's hero?" Analyzing Mormonism
Lucy Mack Smith, History (p. 87)
"Appendix: Docket Entry, 20 March 1826 [State of New York v. JS–A]"
Wendy Lu, "How I Won NaNoWriMo While Working A Full-Time Job," Wendy Lu Writes, February, 29, 2020.
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