In review: False prophets will arise and many will be deceived.(Matt 11:11,24;2 Peter 2:1) We are not to believe further gospels proposed by anyone, angel of light or otherwise. (2 Corinthians 11:13-15;Galatians 1:8) If I get Mormon doctrine right, and angel supposedly appeared to Joseph Smith and gave him the revelation of the Book of Mormon. And regardless of similarities, the Book of Mormon is an addition to the for mentioned gospels.
Point 3
There are the archaelogical and biological problems present in the Book of Mormon. If you so desire I can go into these in more detail.
Point 4
I no you must be tired of hearing this, but there are the prophesies of Joseph Smith himself.
"Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name:
I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart."
Jeremiah 14:14
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously:
thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy 18:22
What I get from this is that false prophecy is a sure sign, if there is such a thing, of a false prophet. I have done some more research on the matter and am anxious to put it up to your criticism. In any case, if Smith's prophesies do not come true I should not mind him.
"President Smith, in concluding his remarks, said that if the government, which received into its coffers the money of citizens for its public lands, while its officials are rolling in the luxury at the expense of its public treasury, cannot protect such citizens in their lives and property, it is an old granny anyhow; and
I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the wrongs committed upon the Saints in the state of Missouri and punish the crimes committed by her officers that in a few years the government will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there will not be so much as a potsherd left, for their wickedness in permitting the murder of men, women and children, and the wholesale plunger and extermination of thousands of her citizens to go unpunished, thereby perpetrated a foul and corroding blot upon the fair name of this great republic, the very thought of which would have caused the high-minded and patriotic framers of the Constitution of the United States to hide their faces with shame. Judge, you will aspire to the presidency of the United States; and if ever you turn your hand against me or the Latter-day Saints, you will feel the weight of the hand of Almighty upon you; and you will live to see and know that I have testified the truth to you; for the conversation of this day will stick to you through life."
History of the Church, vol. 5, pg. 394, May 1843
To my knowledge the United States never apologized for anything to the Mormon Church. The United States in government was not overthrown. However, some of Mormons teach that the Civil War was the fulfillment of this prophecy. It was not because the United States government was not utterly overthrown and wasted. The Union was preserved. In fact, it is still here. (Yes, I am very much aware that this prophesy is not official church doctrine. But last time I checked, verses I have put forth are not limited to the "official" teachings of a prophet.)
Miscellaneous
Did you really just use a quote of Joseph Smith quoting Paul to prove your point? So, by your definition, I guess that Paul is also false prophet.
You are partly correct in this assumption. Indee Paul does speak of other gods and lords, but not in the same context as Smith.
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is
none other God but one. For though there be that
are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1 Corinthians 8:4-7
Considering how Paul was speaking of idols and the folly of those who worshiped them, it is reasonable to infer that he was speaking in such a context when he refers to there being many gods and many lords. Is it not logical to infer that the verse refers to the wide spread idolatry of the time?
The Bible tells us that there is only one God in all existence. However, it also mentions "other gods." For example there is Adrammelech and Anammelech, Asherah, Baal, Chemosh, Dagon, Molech. But given the context the Bible is not contradicting itself. When the Bible speaks of other gods it is speaking of false gods that have no true existence.
"Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods."
Galatians 4:8
"And have cast their
gods into the fire: for
they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them."
Isaiah 37:19
"Hath a nation changed their
gods, which are yet
no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit."
Jeremiah 2:11
God tells us that he alone is the true God and that all of the invented gods of man do not exist except in their own minds. So, we can see that the Bible is not contradicting itself regarding how many gods there are in existence. There is only one.
Let us compare this to the teachings of Joseph Smith.
"In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it."
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p. 5
"Hence, the doctrine of a plurality of Gods is as prominent in the Bible as any other doctrine. It is all over the face of the Bible . . . Paul says there are Gods many and Lords many . . . but to us there is but one God--that is
pertaining to us; and he is in all and through all..."
History of the Church, Vol. 6, page 474
Can you not see? Smith in referencing these remarks to Paul, he is making it seem as though other gods exist in truth, whereas everywhere else in the scriptures the concept of "other gods" is spoken of as a lie. Yes, there is one God pertaining to us, but that is because He is the
only God!
Well that sums up my position as of the past few weeks.