PUZZLE #18 - One God Again

2nd Nephi 31:21 does not say that Father, Son and Holy Ghost are 'one in purpose', and it does not say that they are 'one'. It says that Father, Son and Holy Ghost are 'ONE GOD'. The Book of Mormon teaches the tri-une God, but Mormonism does not. What a PUZZLE this is. Mormonism teaches that Father and Son are two separate Gods with physical bodies and that the Holy Ghost is a third God, a personage of spirit.

You will want to read some other passages from the Book of Mormon which teach that Father, Son and Holy Ghost are ONE GOD. Mosiah 15:1-5 (Pages 175-176); Alma 11:26-29, 38-39, 44 (Pages 235-237); Mormon 7:7 (Page 480) Also, the last line of "The Testimony of the Three Witnesses" near the front of the Book of Mormon. Also read Doctrine and Covenants: 20:28

Most Mormons will respond that these passages simply mean that the three are one in purpose. I like to tell them that I have two brothers. Sometimes people might describe us as being 'one' or as being 'one in purpose', but never does anyone describe the three of us as being "one brother".

Each Book of Mormon passage listed above describes Father, Son and Holy Ghost as being ONE GOD. If they were three separate Gods, the text would NOT call them ONE GOD. Additionally, NOWHERE in the Book of Mormon will you find even one verse that says that they are three Gods, as Mormons believe.

Was the Book of Mormon written by a team of men who lived in the eastern part of the United States of America in the early 1800s? Were they Christians? Was their theology Christian theology?

Smith, Harris, Cowdary. Each of these three men came from a Christian background where he would have been taught that the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost are all one and the same God. Did each of these men contribute his understanding and skills to the project?

Joseph Smith did not write the Book of Mormon by himself. He contributed his vivid and well-exercised imagination. He was a skilled story teller, as documented in his own journal and that of his mother.

Oliver Cowdery was skilled in both reading and writing. Probably more important was his acquaintance with, Ethan Smith, author of a book entitled; "A View Of The Hebrews." In 1820, "A View Of The Hebrews" was in its 2nd printing. It was the research and thesis of Ethan Smith, addressing his theory that the American Indians
were descended from Hebrews, who came to this continent centuries before the time of Jesus Christ. This theme became the claim and story of the Book of Mormon. Was that just a coincidence? It's a PUZZLE.