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The purpose of this booklet is to:
help you obtain more than a basic understanding of the history, the major doctrines and the teachings of the Mormon church.
show how Mormon church doctrine and teachings differ significantly from biblical Christianity
start your preparation for witnessing to Mormons.
A very brief summary of the major unique non-Biblical teachings of the Mormon Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City, as illustrated by their publications (modern, and old) and Scriptures.
Verses Mormons may use to support their teachings.
Verses Christians would need for refuting the Mormon teachings
Pearl of Great Price Current edition, posted at the official site of the Mormon Church. (See also: Pearl of Great Price)
Where Does It Say That? Scanned pages of original Mormon historical sources, such as the first edition of the Book of Mormon, Journal of Discourses, and rare 19th century Mormon newspapers and diaries, that document the Adam-God doctrine, prophecies of Joseph Smith, the various First Vision accounts, etc. (Note: a printed copy is available as well).
The average person couldn't even begin to locate original copies of the Journal of Discourses, first editions of The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, or copies of the early Mormon newspapers, journals or diaries.
Such books and newspapers are the source documents for the original teachings of the Mormon churches. However, when Mormons see some of these "unbelievable" statements made by their leaders, they will often dismiss them by saying, "That is obviously out of context of misquoted!" In most cases they have never even seen the original source material themselves and what they really mean is, "I cannot believe that my founding prophets and apostles could have meant what they said!"
Thus, the whole purpose for the existence of this volume is to make actual photo-copies of these original documents available to everyone. You now have at your fingertips, selected pages from several thousand dollars worth of rare books, pamphlets, diaries and manuscripts as well as companion quotations from many current Mormon sources. Use them well in your search for truth!
Source: From the back cover of Why This Book? A research tool compiled by Bob Witte. (Link leads to the print edition)
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