My friend, Stephen Smoot, was recently interviewed by Laura Harris Hales addressing the need for belief in Book of Mormon historicity by Latter-day Saints as opposed to the nonsense theory of the Book of Mormon being "inspired fiction":
The Need for Historicity of the Book of Mormon with Stephen Smoot
A summary of this interview and the points raised therein is on the LDS Living Website:
5 Reasons It's Important to Recognize the Book of Mormon as History, Not Just a Story
What prompted this interview was Stephen's article, published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship titled “Et Incarnatus Est: The Imperative for Book of Mormon Historicity.”
The Need for Historicity of the Book of Mormon with Stephen Smoot
A summary of this interview and the points raised therein is on the LDS Living Website:
5 Reasons It's Important to Recognize the Book of Mormon as History, Not Just a Story
What prompted this interview was Stephen's article, published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship titled “Et Incarnatus Est: The Imperative for Book of Mormon Historicity.”
