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"The majority of Latter Day Saints believe the book to be a record of real-world history" Do we have a source which indicates this clearly? I don't see it in the two sources offered in the lede. A Pew Research survey perhaps? jps (talk) 00:31, 26 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
To be clear, in the text Dan Vogel and Simon Southerton are quoted as being those who claim it is a majority of believers. They might be right, but I don't think either of them actually surveyed the faithful in coming to this conclusion. I was able to read both citations and it comes across as pretty off-handed comment. This may be the kind of "common sense" truth that actually hasn't been properly verified. I think I'd be okay identifying this belief as stereotypically the one held by Mormons, but attesting to its commonality should require a better source than just someone saying thus-and-such without providing evidence. jps (talk) 00:35, 26 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints makes it clear (through their media and leaders) that they believe in “the genuineness of the Book of Mormon.” The Church says that the Book of Mormon is "a collection of histories" and the introduction to the book states that it is a "record … written by many ancient prophets". The majority of members believe in the Book of Mormon and leaders of the Church. So yes, you are right. Knotsworth (talk) 00:52, 15 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
I just added an academic secondary source to the article text to source that info since the unsourced claim on the majority was (rightfully) questioned. Around 50-60% of ~1,500 self-identified LDS members stated they believe the Book of Mormon is a literal, historical account. Pastelitodepapa (talk) 01:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
After reading the referenced book pretty thoroughly, the statistic that you referenced was specifically among a portion of millenials rather than the entirety of the church. MrGumballs (talk) 03:22, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Actually, @ChristensenMJ, NPOV does not at all preclude this idea being discussed, if it's done properly. The claim that the Book of Mormon is a fake is very widespread, and it is not hard to produce sources attesting a lively debate (I happen to have this open in another tab right now). That discussion can certainly be seen as encyclopedic.
Personally, though, I'm more interested in the results of text-critical scholarship. Wikipedia articles on the Bible have quite a different tone from this one: they mention legends of Mosaic authorship etc in passing, but then present the documentary hypothesis as the best available scholarship. That's as it should be. This article, on the other hand, has a tone of taking Smith at his word. Doric Loon (talk) 06:16, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
It looks like the point that ChristensenMJ is trying to make is that it the book of mormon article is about more recent events (by about 2000 years) and could therefore influence the articles composition and way that persons are referenced and portrayed. MrGumballs (talk) 03:25, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
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