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Holy Moroni ! (Know your Mormon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroni_%28Book_of_Mormon_prophet%29<snip>
The Book of Mormon tells that Moroni served under his father, the commander in chief of 23 groups of about ten thousand Nephites each,[3] who battled against the Lamanites. Upon the Nephites' defeat, Moroni was forced to go into hiding and to wander from place to place to avoid being killed by the victorious Lamanites. (See Cumorah for more information on this battle.) Moroni was the last known survivor of the Nephite nation.
Moroni had been commanded by his father to complete the Nephite record, which Mormon had abridged from previous records. Moroni is the ascribed author of chapters 8 and 9 of the Book of Mormon (Mormon's record within the larger Book of Mormon), the entire Book of Moroni, and the Title Page of the Book of Mormon. He has also added the Book of Ether into the plates, which is primarily an abridgment of Jaredite writings but also contains extensive commentary by Moroni, especially in Ether 4, Ether 5, Ether 8, and Ether 12. Moroni was the last prophet to write in the Book of Mormon.
Moroni then writes that he had seen and spoken to Jesus face to face and that he had been shown extensive visions of the future. Speaking directly to modern-day readers of the Book of Mormon, Moroni writes, "Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing".[4]
Upon completion of the record, written on golden plates, Moroni buried the plates in a stone box in a hill in what is now Wayne County, New York, where they were recovered by Joseph Smith. A 12-meter granite and bronze monument to Moroni has been placed by Latter-day Saints on this hill, which they call Cumorah.
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i recommend the South Park episode on Mormons.
not only does it cover more than my Book of Mormon classes, it is shorter and more enjoyable.
surprisingly, it isn't more funny. 
Okay, I bet I've piqued your curiosity.
ACTUALLY BELIEVE."
This makes as much sense as Jesus, god, Allah etc. All stories about any religion = 
