As for the original issue of whether Joseph Smith borrowed words, names or passages from the Apocrypha, or any other source, it does not matter to me because I believe he was inspired to write what he did. It is acknowldedge by LDS scholars that Joseph 'borrowed' from the Bible when writing the Book of Mormon, especially when he was writing something that was similar to what he had read in the Bible. An example is the Isaiah passages found in the Book of Mormon. See the below link:
http://www.fairlds.org/Book_of_Mormo...of_Mormon.html
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/r...gerize_kjv.htm
http://mi.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=4&num=1&id=85
Of course, I fully expect you to simply dismiss all this and accuse me of lying, being a cultist, a 'bad man', going to hell and other insults. In other words, you will just waste my time yet again. In any case, you will not (never will) respond inteligently--point by point--to the scholarly material I send you. You are steeped in prejudice and bigotry and your
pride will allow you to even entertain the thought that I may be right.
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