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SCRIPTURE - CONTRADICTIONS


There are several seeming contradictions in doctrine between the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. Many consider these differences to have resulted from the evolution of Joseph Smith's approach to Mormonism (the Book of Mormon arrived in 1830, whereas the other two books arrived, in various forms, many years later.) Many members of the Utah Church are unaware of these contradictions, or are unable to explain why they exist.

ONE GOD

Book of Mormon, Alma 11: 27-39, 44;  2 Nephi 31:21;  Mormon 7:7;   3 Nephi 11:27. Testimony of the three witnesses.

PLURAL GODS 

Doctrine and Covenants, Section 121:32; 132:18-20,37.

GOD IS A SPIRIT

B of M,  Alma 18:26-28; 22: 8-11.

GOD HAS A BODY

D & C,  Sec. 130:22.

GOD DWELLS IN THE HEART

B of M, Alma 34:36.

GOD DOESN’T DWELL IN THE HEART

D & C,  Sec. 130:3.

CREATION - ONE GOD

B of M,  2 Nephi 2:14;  Jacob 4:9.
Pearl of Great Price Moses, chap. 2.

CREATION - PLURAL GODS

Pearl of Great Price,  Book of Abraham chapters 4 and 5.

NO PRE-EXISTENCE OF MAN

B of M,  Jacob 4:9;  Alma 18:28, 34-36.

MAN PRE-EXISTED

D & C,  Sec. 93:23, 29-33;  Pof  G P. Abraham 3:18, 21-23.

DEATH SEALS MAN’S FATE

B of M,  Mosiah 2:36-39;  Alma 34:32-35.

CHANCE AFTER DEATH

D & C,  Sec. 76:106-112;  88:99. 

HEATHEN SAVED WITHOUT BAPTISM

B of M,  Moroni 8:22-23;  2 Nephi 9:25-26; Mosiah 15:24-27.

BAPTISM FOR DEAD

D & C,  Sec. 128:5.

HEAVEN OR HELL

B of M,  2 Nephi 28:22;  1Nephi 15:35; Mosiah 16:11, 27:31; Alma 41:4-8, 42:16.

3 KINGDOMS IN HEAVEN - MOST SAVED

D & C,  Sec. 76:43, 70:112.

POLYGAMY CONDEMNED 

B of M,  Jacob 1:15, 2:24, 3:5;  Mosiah 11:2.

POLYGAMY COMMANDED

D & C,  Sec. 132:1, 37-39,61.

AGAINST PAID MINISTRY

B of M,  2 Nephi 26:31;  Mosiah 27:5.

FOR PAID MINISTRY

D & C,  Sec. 42:71-73;  43:12-13;  51:13-14.

WICKED PROMISED FORGIVENESS FOR MONEY

B of M,  Mormon 8:32.

TITHED - NOT BURNED

D & C,  Sec. 64:23.
 

ADAM IN  AMERICA

Doctrine and Covenants, Section 107:53;  116: & 117:8. 

ADAM IN OLD WORLD

P of G P,  Book of Moses 3:13. 

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:
  • B of M contains the “fulness of the gospel,”  D & C  Sec. 20:9; 42:12.
  • God is unchanging, B of M, Moroni 8:18; Mormon 9:9; 1 Nephi 10:18.
  • God speaks some words to all people,  2 Nephi 29:8.
  • Book of Mormon condems secret combinations,  Mormon 8:27,40.
  • Must be born again,  B of M  Mosiah 27:24-27.

 - some elements of the table from "Contradictions in Mormon Scripture, by Sandra Tanner, Utah Lighthouse Ministries