#226 Why The Book of Mormon is America’s Quran

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Joe examines a common argument that LDS and Muslims share over their respect holy books, the Book of Mormon and the Quran. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to address a popular argument I’ve heard both Muslim and Mormon apologists make for why we should believe the Book of Mormon or the Quran is inspired scripture. And the argument goes something like this, don’t the founders Joseph Smith and Muhammad were not smart enough, educated enough, brilliant enough to have come up with these incredible works on their own. You loo...

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Joe examines a common argument that LDS and Muslims share over their respect holy books, the Book of Mormon and the Quran. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to address a popular argument I’ve...

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