Book of Mormon poll What do you think of the Book of Mormon? It is just what Joseph Smith and the orthodox Utah church say it is. It is inspired fiction. Joseph Smith had real plates and thought he translated them, but the product is more fiction than fact. Joseph Smith never had any plates. God was merely working through him. The plates were to make the story seem more reasonable. Joseph Smith was intentionally fraudulent in the creation of the story surrounding its coming forth and the creation of the Book of Mormon text itself. There are aspects of the Book of Mormon that are historical, but Joseph Smith leaned too heavily on the King James Version of the Bible for it to all be historical. It doesn’t matter. We should rely on faith and the spirit. Other. Please vote only once. To see updated results on a subsequent visit, press the Vote! button without checking any of the boxes. Other polls Book of AbrahamBook of MormonChurch HistoryJoseph SmithPriesthood Following MormonsThinking MormonsTemples/MasonryDiscriminationBYU In The MediaApologistsPolygamyTheologyOther HomeWhat’s NewLink HereSearch –