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Correct the text to ensure that it matches the 1830 original. The following pages remain to be reviewed:

Check all occurrences of “fullness” or “fulness” to see if they correspond to the original text.

Compare Isaiah quotations with Isaiah:

• 1 Nephi 20 - Isaiah 48 (D) - done -
• 1 Nephi 21 - Isaiah 49 (D) - done -
• 2 Nephi 7 - Isaiah 50 (D)
• 2 Nephi 8 - Isaiah 51 (D)
• 2 Nephi 12 - Isaiah 2 (P)
• 2 Nephi 13 - Isaiah 3 (P)
• 2 Nephi 14 - Isaiah 4 (P)
• 2 Nephi 15 - Isaiah 5 (P)
• 2 Nephi 16 - Isaiah 6 (P)
• 2 Nephi 17 - Isaiah 7 (P)
• 2 Nephi 18 - Isaiah 8 (P)
• 2 Nephi 19 - Isaiah 9 (P)
• 2 Nephi 20 - Isaiah 10 (P)
• 2 Nephi 21 - Isaiah 11 (P)
• 2 Nephi 22 - Isaiah 12 (P)
• 2 Nephi 23 - Isaiah 13 (P)
• 2 Nephi 24 - Isaiah 14 (P)
• 3 Nephi 17:18-20 - Isaiah 52:8-10 (D)

Note the issues with the Second Isaiah noted as (D) above.

• Fix the display of search pages
• Continue with incorporating Packham’s Linguistic Problems (left off at Names)
• include material from http://zarahemlacitylimits.com/essays/LosingBelief/No_Longer_Believe_1.html
• include material from http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/book/chapter9.htm (and other chapters)
• work on including information from http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/curt_heuvel/bom_bible.html
• find or create a list of quoted bible verses that don’t match the Inspired Version (i.e. Joseph Smith Translation)
• incorporate material from http://www.mormonthink.com/jst.htm
• Incorporate material from Book of Mormon Difficulties
• Incorporate material from Could Joseph Smith have Written the BoM
• Incorporate material from The Changes in the Book of Mormon
• Write about the connection between the Gadianton Robbers and the Anti-Masonry hysteria of the 1820′s
• Write about the DNA evidence contradicting migrations from the Middle East
• Write about the modern concept of Satan espoused by the BoM
• Contrast the Urim and Thummim of the BoM with the historical record
• Cover material from Wikipedia articles like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon_anachronisms and more generally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Mormon
• Gather claims made about the BoM
• Write The Uncommon Faith of Apologists contrasting the beliefs of apologists with what the average Mormon believes. Call into question their lack of motivation to change the faith of their more naive fellow believers.
• Collect trite phrases in the BoM
  • And it came to pass
  • wars and contentions
  • exceeding/exceedingly
  • fine twined linen (Ex. 26)
• Collect evidences for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon
• Expand the Anachronistic Animals article
• Is there evidence that domesticated plants from the Old World were brought to the New World prior to Columbus? (search BoM for seed)
• Discuss the Anton script http://latterdaymainstreet.com/?p=224
• Include info from http://www.lds-mormon.com/bomquest.shtml
• Write article about the conflict between BoM doctrine and LDS doctrine
  • Moroni 8:22-23 says baptism for the dead is a mockery before God
• Examine the claims about unreliability of the Witnesses’ testimony
  • http://www.bible.ca/mor-witness-book.htm
  • http://www.exmormon.org/file9.htm
  • http://mi.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=21
  • http://www.josephsmith.com/content/Joseph_Smith_Book_of_Mormon/David%27sdenial.htm
  • http://packham.n4m.org/witness.htm
  • http://www.janishutchinson.com/threewit.html
• Write out the racism article
• Modern European style of warfare in pre-Colombian America
  • American Holocaust
• Seven-day week incompatible with what we know of American calendars
  • http://www.icwseminary.org/bom_fraud.htm
• Book of Mormon place names suspiciously similar to New England names
  • http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w188/utopian/mormon-place-names.htm
• Include the reasonable aspects of this criticism of the Jaredite voyage
• Include relevant aspects of http://packham.n4m.org/101.htm
• Link between Moroni, Cumorah, and the Comoros http://usu-shaft.com/2010/pirates-buried-treasure-and-the-book-of-mormon/
• write article about the many new Mormon scriptures
  • http://marvelousworkandwonder.com/
    • http://www.rickross.com/reference/mormon/mormon241.html
  • http://www.myldslinks.com/other,texts&writings.html
  • http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/03/07/diverse-latter-day-scripture/
• Add to article that bom has 268,163 and has been cited XXX times (0.058 citations per word) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_words_does_the_Book_of_Mormon_Have while the Bible has

783,137 words and cited XXXX times (0.074 citations per word) http://agards-bible-timeline.com/q10_bible-facts.html - http://scriptures.byu.edu/ 78%

• Include info about http://www.holyfetch.com/talk_faves/BoM_translator.html
• include info from http://packham.n4m.org/contra.htm
• include info about View of the Hebrews (http://usu-shaft.com/2010/view-of-the-hebrews-and-the-book-of-mormon/)
• include info from http://www.postmormon.org/exp_e/index.php/magazine/pmm_article_full_text/211
• discuss Joseph Smith Senior’s 1811 vision http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith,_Sr.%27s_dream_and_Lehi%27s_vision
• include info about nested troy weights (http://www.gilai.com/product_1298/Nested-Troy-Weights-a-Set-of-7(approve sites))