I just finished reading the Book of Mormon and all I could think was how stupid it was. The Book of Mormon gives the history of God's dealings with two groups of people: one was led away just before Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians about 600 BC and the other group of people were led away to a land of promise at the time when the languages were being confounded at the Tower of Babel about a hundred years after Noah and the great flood.
Mormon and his son, Moroni, were the two last prophet historians who chose from their records messages to help future descendants and us in our time. There are many stories of people of incredible faith and clear explanations of the Savior's teachings. The highlight of the book is when our Savior, Jesus Christ, appears to some of His "lost tribes" here in what later became the Americas. For nearly 200 years after Christ's appearance the people were so changed that "peace reigned in the hearts of men" and "they had all things in common". There weren't any poor because people actually shared what they had with each other. People were kind and helped each other.
