eBay

Has the Book of Mormon been changed since Joseph Smith first published it in 1830? Here's your chance to find out!

You are about to bid on a CD disk containing the First 1830 Edition of The Book of Mormon, in PDF file format.

This fully searchable facsimile copy of the 1830 Book of Mormon contains 590 pages and is a great electronic resource tool for TRUE Christian apologetics in exposing the errors of Mormonism. Additional Bonus material is also included which provides strong refutation of Mormon beliefs from a scientific perspective.

This disk is a great value!

Shipping is FREE to the U.S.A!

Not sure what an "eBook" is? See a thorough description at the end of this page.

The Latter Day Saints (LDS) church has declared for generations that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of the Mormon faith. It also claims that it is the only true church of God on Earth, the only church authorized by Jesus Christ to teach his doctrines and perform the rites necessary for "eternal salvation". As well, since Joseph Smith's day, the LDS church has grown to be a multi-billion dollar religious/corporate empire. So, there's a great deal riding on the Book of Mormon being what the LDS church claims it to be.

Church critics, including Richard Abanes and Jerald and Sandra Tanner, claim that the original versions of the Book of Mormon contained substantial evidence that Joseph Smith fabricated the Book of Mormon. Critics also claim that the LDS church has frequently revised the Book of Mormon in order to delete the evidence that shows that the book was fabricated. The Tanners have documented almost 4000 changes in the Book of Mormon on their website; take a look!

According to the Mormon Church’s teaching manual, Gospel Principles, page 53,

Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon into English through the gift and power of God. He said that it is "the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book" (History of the Church, 4:461).

Yet, the book which Joseph Smith declared was "the most correct of any book on earth" (History of the Church, vol. 4, p. 461) has been revised in over 3900 places. Most of these changes were made to correct embarrassing spelling and grammatical errors. However, there are numerous other changes which affect the doctrinal teachings of the Book of Mormon. This should not have been necessary, according to the manner in which Joseph is supposed to have produced this book. According to eyewitness testimony, Joseph Smith gave his scribe a word-for-word dictation of what he read off a magical stone that he had placed in his hat. (This seer stone would later be referred to by the Old Testament name of Urim and Thummim.) The fact that Joseph simply dictated the words he read on the stone was supposed to prove that the Book of Mormon came from God, and not Joseph.

Mormon leaders including General Authority Brigham H. Roberts, expressed a strong desire to abandon the idea that Joseph received the text of the Book of Mormon directly from God. Roberts reasoned that such a view made God responsible for the grammatical and spelling errors and would hinder people from accepting Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon as divinely inspired.

Today the Mormon Church gives potential converts a copy of a corrected and grammatically sanitized Book of Mormon but still points to Joseph Smith’s lack of education as evidence for its divine origin. What is implied is that Joseph could not have produced such a book without divine aid. What they do not say is that Joseph’s poor grammar, so evident in the first edition, is now masked by thousands of changes and corrections made by later LDS leaders. As a result, today we do not have the Book of Mormon as it came from the hand of Joseph Smith, but rather a heavily edited version as it has come through the hands of LDS church leaders.

With this CD you now have the opportunity to see for yourself and to show Mormons proof of the spelling, grammatical and most importantly, the doctrinal changes made in the Book of Mormon over the last 178 years.

A wonderful feature of this CD is the ability to "copy and paste" any of the text from its nearly 600 pages into any other computer application/program. Try doing that with a printed book! Everything on this disk is fully searchable. And with so many pages and chapters to study, having built-in Bookmarks is definitely a time saver!

Do you like audio books? Another time-saving feature not talked about very often is the "Read Aloud" function of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This feature will allow your computer to read the text of the book to you, whether it be one page or the entire book! (Don't be fooled by others on eBay who try to pass off their eBooks as the only ones with this feature, as it will work with nearly any PDF in Adobe Acrobat)

Not sure what an "eBook" is?

The term 'eBook' simply means "electronic book", meant for viewing on your computer or other device. eBooks usually come in Adobe PDF format, as the one being offered in this auction. All that is required to read the eBook is a software program called Adobe Acrobat Reader, which will open PDF files. Most computers already have the Adobe Acrobat reader software already installed, but in the rare instance your computer may not have it, you can download the latest version for FREE at Adobe's site. For viewing on a mobile device such as Kindle, iPhone, Droid, etc. you must have an 'app' installed which allows reading of PDF files.

With an eBook, you can read books on your computer screen and zoom in on the text to make the words as big as you would like them to be to read comfortably! You can also go to any page or chapter in the book with just a few mouse clicks, even if the book has thousands of pages! You can also print out any or all pages you like at your convenience. With some eBooks, you even have the capability to copy and paste the text of the book into another computer file, instead of retyping by hand. These are just a few of the features and conveniences of having a book in electronic format. I will send this item by postal mail. Sending this item by email or by any other digital delivery method is not allowed and violates eBay policy.

Don't pass up this opportunity to obtain a copy of this awesome Bible reference CD! Original hard copy editions of these works have sold on eBay for hundreds or in some cases, thousands of dollars. With this much more affordable CD you can read the same pages on your computer, or print out any pages you like at your convenience. Not to mention all the space you will save on your shelves! All files are in PDF format and are bookmarked for easy navigation.

Don't forget, shipping is FREE! Due to recent changes in eBay policy, shipping prices have gone up considerably for these items. The cost to send ONE CD via First Class Mail is now over $4.50 (USA), but we still ship for FREE. Beware of others who charge more than this. They might be ripping you off...and laughing all the way to PayPal!

Thanks for looking and Happy Bidding!