Book of Mormon - myth that it is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. 

The foundation of the church was completed almost 2,000 years, by Christ and the Apostles. You can only build on that foundation. So I probably have the Catholics angry with me already, so to be fair I might as well have the Mormons mad at me too.
The same logic I use regarding the false claim by the Catholic Church that their traditions have equal weight with that of the Bible, applies to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and their Book of Mormon. In the Introduction the first paragraph of the Book of Mormon says this:
" The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fullness of the everlasting gospel. "
In the sixth paragraph of the Introduction in the Book of Mormon we read:
" Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said:   " I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."    One of the articles of faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is as follows:
" We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly, we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. "
I got this straight from the official web site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and it is one of the basic beliefs of their church, and it reads like this:  " The Bible and the Book of Mormon are the word of God."
I would now like to give you the second, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of the Introduction to the Book of Mormon. This explains the supposed origins of the book, and how according to their teachings, this book was delivered to Joseph Smith.
" The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.

" The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.

" After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, then a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language.

" In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto him and obey the laws and ordinances of his gospel may be saved. "

Now let me summarize this a bit. Basically The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints claims the Book of Mormon is the word of God, like the Bible is. They claim it was put together by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation, and that their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. Then they say that after Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid the plates in the hill Cumorah. Then they claim on September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, then a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language. As well they claim that the Lord Jesus Christ had a personal ministry among the Nephites soon after his resurrection.    Now I would like to analyze these matters a bit.

None of us has any right or authority to add our own human traditions or visions to scripture, and then claim these visions and traditions of men have equal weight with the inspired word of God the Bible. The foundation and corner stone has been lain down already almost 2,000 years ago. That foundation is the Bible. The Bible is complete the way it is. The foundation has been laid already, and all we can legitimately do is build on that foundation. If you decide you don't like the foundation and want to build yourself another foundation, then you are not part of God's true house the true Church of God. 
Ephesians 2:19-22   "  Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. "
So to suggest just because the traditions of your particular church group should deviate from the Bible - then this means your traditions are equal to or even supersede or trump the scriptures is simply folly. 
They claim that  (I shall quote these words from the Book of Mormon)  " The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come. "
There isn't a shred of Biblical proof that Jesus had any such ministry. What Christ taught very clearly was that He was to return to heaven, but would return to earth to set up His Kingdom in the last days. We are living in the last days now. The Holy Spirit was sent down from heaven on the Day of Pentecost, and entered the 120 believers, who were assembled. This was the beginning of the Church of God. This was the day the true church was founded.  Christ then simply worked through the church He founded through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives in God's true church.  There is no proof whatsoever that Christ came down and chose additional disciples, or apostles besides the twelve listed in Acts 2:15-26. Yet the Book of Mormon claims Christ came back after His death and resurrection and chose twelve other disciples, besides the twelve mentioned in the Bible. This can be found in 3 Nephi 19:4-13 note verses 4. The Book of Mormon claims these twelve additional disciples were namely Nephi, Timothy, Jonas, Mathoni, Mathoniihah, Kumen, Kumenonhi, Jeremiah, Shemnon, Jonas,  Zedekiah and Isaiah !  There is no proof of these claims. None whatsoever. There is no evidence to substantiate these matters. So there is no reason to believe them to be accurate and true.  Their claim that the resurrected Moroni (who they say was the son of Mormon) appeared to Joseph Smith, goes contrary to the simple teachings of the Bible regarding the resurrection. The Bible clearly teaches that so far only Christ has risen from the dead, never to die anymore. The resurrection of the saints won't happen until the last trump. 
John 3:13  " And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. "
John 8:21  " Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. "
John 7:33-34   "  Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. "
John 13:33  " Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come;............. "
The parable of the talents that Christ gave illustrates the fact that Christ was to return to heaven, and His servants were to remain here on earth, and after a long time the Master (Christ) is to return and reward His servants according to their efforts. 
Matthew 25:14,19  "  For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. "
verse 19  " After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. " Acts 2:29  " Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. " Acts 2:34  "  For David is not ascended into the heavens.............. "   The Bible teaches that the resurrection of the saints has not happened yet. Only Christ (the first fruits) has been resurrected to die no more. 
1 Corinthians 15:22-23   " For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. " There is no proof from scripture to indicate that the resurrection of the saints has happened yet. The resurrection of the saints happens when Jesus has returned to the earth. Jesus is the firtfruits to raise from the dead to die no more.
The saints are resurrected at the last trump. There are prophecies in Revelation regarding the blowing of seven trumpets by God's Angels. When the seventh, or last trumpet is blown then Christ returns and resurrects the saints. 
Revelation 11:15  "  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. "
1 Corinthians 15:51-52  " Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. "
1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17  "  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. "
There is no Biblical proof that the resurrection of the saints has happened yet. There is therefore no evidence to suggest a resurrected Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith. There is no proof, in the world we live in, that the resurrection of the saints has happened already. 
So they claim a resurrected Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith, yet this teaching does not fit in with Bible doctrine regarding the resurrection. 
You can only build on the true foundation, if you want to be part of God's true Temple. That true foundation consists of the prophets and apostles, with Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. 
We do not need anymore prophets, to add anything to the Bible. The Bible is complete the way it is. The foundation has already been laid. If you want to build an entirely new building with another foundation, then you cannot be part of God's true house here on earth (the Church).