According to Bruce R. McConkie,The Book of Abraham contains information on Priesthood and God that is not found in any other scripture- here are the real translations:
http://www.bookofabraham.com/boamathie/BOA_6.htmlhttp://www.bookofabraham.com/boamathie/BOA_7.html...to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --the Book of Abraham could never be laid aside without forfeiting some of that Church's most sacred and distinctive doctrines.
-------------------
And what about plurality of gods? Is that real, or made up? Let's look at the Doctrine and Covenants which is a book of revelations given to Joseph Smith-
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/122can you see where DC 122 begins?
http://www.utlm.org/images/changingtherevelations/changingtherevelations_p177.gifWhen the D&C was reissued in 1844, Section 121 was not included. Section 121 was originally a letter written by Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Lyman Wight, Caleb Baldwin, and Alexander McCrae while inmprisoned in Liberty jail. Published originally in The Times and Seasons in Nauvoo 1840. The 1844 DC did not include any portion of the letter. Since JS oversaw the publication of the Doctrine and Covenants, it is apparent that he did not consider the material in the latter as revelation.
In 1876 the new edition of the Doctrine and Covenants included it, but it was chopped, added to, rewritten with entirely new concepts and material including Plurality of Gods. Entire paragraphs were cut, while portions of sentences were moved around. This became 121, 122, and 123 as part of the new theology being taught in Salt Lake City.
Here is a fantastic layout of the changes in photographic form:
http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changingtherevelations.htmScroll down past the Book of Commandment changes, to the section called Other Changes. Pictures clearly show what was cut, including the authors names, and it shows what was inserted. In the end, section 121,122, and 123, no matter how important, is a complete fabrication.
------------
And what about the Sermon on the Mount given to the Lamanites but changed in the JST?:
3 Nephi 13:25-27:
25. ...Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26. Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? “
Matthew 6:25-27: (from the KJV of the Bible – not the JST)
25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
The passages are identical which is understandable as Jesus may have said the same thing to both groups of people in the Old and the New World.
The Joseph Smith Translation of those same passages in the LDS Bible for Matthew 6:25-27
25. And, again, I say unto you, go ye into the world, and care not for the world: for the world will hate you, and will persecute you, and will turn you out of their synagogues.
26. Nevertheless, ye shall go forth from house to house, teaching the people; and I will go before you.
27. And your heavenly Father will provide for you whatsoever things ye need for food, what ye shall eat; and for raiment, what ye shall wear or put on.”
Joseph Smith corrected the Bible. In doing so he also corrected the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is the most correct book and was translated a mere decade before the JST. The BOM was not corrupted over time and did not need correcting. How is it that the BOM doesn’t match the JST?
Another Example:
3 Nephi 14:6
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew 7:6
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
JST Matthew 7:10-11
10 And the mysteries of the kingdom ye shall keep within yourselves; for it is not meet to give that which is holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your pearls unto swine, lest they trample them under their feet.
11 For the world cannot receive that which ye, yourselves, are not able to bear; wherefore ye shall not give your pearls unto them, lest they turn again and rend you.
--------------
The Book of Commandments was the first book of revelations published in 1833. It was later reissued as the Doctrine and Covenants in 1835. At the time of the publication of the 1833 Book of Commandments, Jesus Christ said that it was correct and approved by Him.
Book of Commandments Chapter 1:7
>1:7 [S]earch these commandments, for they are true and faithful, and the prophecies and promises which are in them, shall all be fulfilled. What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself, and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice, or by the voice of my servants, it is the same: For behold, and lo, the Lord is God, and the Spirit beareth record, and the record is true, and the truth abideth forever and ever: Amen.
Here's a very good resource to see the changes
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc_main.shtmlChanges to Joseph Smiths Authority:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc4.shtmlChanges to Oliver Cowderys (Rod of Aaron) revelation:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc7.shtmlChanges to the Parchment of John the Revelator:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc6.shtmlChange- note the difference between 24:7 and 20:6
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc24.shtmlChanges to the revelation to Emma:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc26.shtmlChange to the revelation to consecrate the property of the Gentiles:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc44.shtmlChanges to Priesthood revelation:
http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc28.shtml