Well before the plates thing he was very interested in religions, he went to church and he read the bible. I assume being able to read the bible implies he can read and presumably also write, furthermore;
"The Book of Mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the King James Bible. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the Book of Mormon.
Other significant connections between the two books include Book of Mormon words and phrases that only appear in their KJV usage, perpetuation of Bible passages considered by some scholars to have been mistranslated in the King James Version..."
So from that evidence I would say it is safe to assume he could read and write, and also that he just copied lots of the King James Bible.
I mean it could also be one enormous coincidence, but having even copied some of the mistranslated sections of the KJV bible, I think it's pretty clear it was plagiarism.
IIN that atheism really annoys me
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Well before the plates thing he was very interested in religions, he went to church and he read the bible. I assume being able to read the bible implies he can read and presumably also write, furthermore;
"The Book of Mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the King James Bible. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the Book of Mormon.
Other significant connections between the two books include Book of Mormon words and phrases that only appear in their KJV usage, perpetuation of Bible passages considered by some scholars to have been mistranslated in the King James Version..."
So from that evidence I would say it is safe to assume he could read and write, and also that he just copied lots of the King James Bible.
I mean it could also be one enormous coincidence, but having even copied some of the mistranslated sections of the KJV bible, I think it's pretty clear it was plagiarism.