Why would I Believe in the Book Of Mormon?

My cousin, Audrey wrote a blog post that answers this Question ^^ and I know I couldn't have written it better....

The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach the same things, they compliment each other and build upon the same principles, both testifying of Christ.  The Bible contains writings from prophets in and around Jerusalem, while the Book of Mormon contains writing from prophets in the Americas. The Bible gets interpreted so many different ways by so many different people, but the Book of Mormon helps clear that up. If they both teach of Christ and the same principles, then only the interpretation that is in harmony with both books can be the correct one.

       It makes perfect sense to me.  The people spoken of in the bible were not the only ones living on the Earth, and why shouldn't the people living on a distant continent have just as much access to their God, and why wouldn't God bless them with the same knowledge and spiritual opportunities?  

In John 10:16 it says "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must being, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." He will bring all his sheep to the knowledge of Him and He will be shepherd to all of them, not just those around Jerusalem.

      John isn't the only book that shows evidence that the Book of Mormon is a real and true book of scriptures and a testament of Christ, more evidence is found in Ezekial 37:15-17:

15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

        Two sticks, or books, one for Judah and the children of Israel (the Bible), and one for Joseph and Ephraim (the Book of Mormon), and we are to join them and they are to become one in our hand. We have we've brought the two together and we use them as one.

       In case you are unsure how we came to have the Book or Mormon, let me explain that.   Joseph didn't know which church to join so while reading the Bible, he came across James 1:5, which says: "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."  Joseph Smith decided to go to a secluded area of the nearby woods and do just what James said, ask of God.  While there, Joseph was visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ.  When Joseph made his inquire about which church to join, he was informed that he should join none of the churches.  After several angelic visits, he was guided to a hill where he found the gold plates on which the records had been written and later hidden, not to be seen again until Joseph was directed to them.  Years later Joseph was given the opportunity to finally begin translating the records, and they are what we now know as The Book of Mormon. 

            Okay, so a couple things here; first of all, many try to claim that Joseph Smith made it all up, but that makes no sense.  Joseph Smith had a... 3rd grade education I believe, and was not good at reading and writing, so how could he come up with the incredible writings found in the Book of Mormon? The style of writing and language is also far from something that Joseph could logically come up with.  Furthermore, Joseph suffered greatly for his claims and beliefs, he had nothing to gain from telling a tall tale, he was tortured, imprisons, hated, persecuted, and eventually killed for his beliefs, but he never once denied the truthfulness of it all.

      Second, I was a teenager once, I've known many teenagers in my life, and I've never known any that would hold to a lie so tightly as to make their lives miserable by doing so.  Yes, I've known liars, yes lots of kids lie, but when faced with incredible opposition those lies fall apart and stories change.  Joseph Smith's story didn't change, he feared changing his story and offending God more than making the people that hated him happy and removing the trial from his life, and he this was just when was still a kid. Not to mention, the story is too good to be made up by a kid, let alone a kid with little education.

Have you read the Book of Mormon to find out if it's true? I have and know the history of it. I can testify that it is an other testament of Jesus Chris.