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LDS members would have me believe that by following God’s instructions, Nephi built an trans-oceanic vessel on his first try, and even shocked people who hated his guts (Laman and Lemuel) into working for him and doing exactly what he needed…

…and this same God, via Joseph Smith, took over 20 editions to get the Book of Mormon right, even with letter-by-letter instructions via seer stone.

The first several editions of the BoM contained thousands of grammar errors, doctrinal changes, and even the wrong characters (Benjamin instead of Mosiah).

The Benjamin -> Mosiah edits alone took at least 2 new editions to get right. They edited out a Benjamin, published it, realized they missed one, and had to go back and edit out another Benjamin. It was an embarrassing scramble to fix Joseph’s plot holes.

Joseph Smith could have reviewed any edition, and stopped these severe problems from being published. He didn’t.

I’m supposed to believe the seer stone can find buried treasure, but can’t tell him which BoM page mistakenly says ‘Benjamin’?

Alternatively, if we blame the printers for the errors, I’m supposed to believe that Joseph Smith was unable to convince the printers to let him review the typesetting before publishing hundreds of copies? And this happened multiple times in a row? (Like… he could have at least stretched forth his hand and shocked the printers to make them work for him, like Nephi did to Laman and Lemuel)

It really sounds like the BoM God didn’t give Joseph Smith, or the Book of Mormon, the same care and attention he gave Nephi.

Bishops happily give temple recommends to Mormons who gorge themselves on meat daily.

There’s no discernment.There’s no calling out their lie, when they say ‘yes’ to following the Word of Wisdom.

D&C 89:12-13

Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;
13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.

D&C 89:15

And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.

LDS, including their leaders, use all sorts of mental gymnastics to convince themselves that God only meant ‘eat meat sparingly’ - and they ignore the explicit instructions to ONLY eat it during famine/winter/cold/excess hunger.

Some think ‘excess of hunger’ is their poor little American bellies missing a meal or 2 on a Fast Sunday.

Most Mormons, from what I’ve seen, just ignore this completely and love gorging themselves on hamburgers and hotdogs.

Personally I’m vegetarian, and I believe in hunting/eating meat only as a last resort. I seem to follow the Word of Wisdom better than most Mormons.

However, there’s plenty of other stuff in the Word of Wisdom that doesn’t make sense, especially the promise at the end if they follow these instructions:

D&C 89:18-20

18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings…

20 And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.

Even the strictest Mormon, who avoids meat, gets weary after enough running.