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I came into this topic expecting a serious flame war. I am deeply disappointed now. What am I to do with this cheddar popcorn and lawnchair?

Don't feel too bad. I came into this topic expecting a debate on the validity of books written by prophets of cultish religions that are their own little "add ons" to the Bible.
Now, I want to inform everyone that I don't take the Bible 100% seriously but I do believe there is SOME truth to it, just not all. For example, like the creation story. But many of the old rituals that the Hebrew people were told to do, well, they really did those things, and there really was a Jerusalem and such. Watch Science of the Bible, it's a good series, and it allows you to come to a conclusion yourself about the validity of the Bible. They begin by examining the New Testiment and the Miricles of Jesus.
Now, what I mean by "add ons" are books like the Book of Mormon, or even books that were re-written to suit another religion's beliefs, like Islam and the Koran.
Mormons for example, believe a tribe of Jews crossed over to the Americas centuries before the Birth of Christ, and that they were split into two groups based on their descent. The Lamanites and the Nephites. The Lamanites were cursed and said to have been the primary ancesters of the native americans. The nephites supposedly died out, but genetic tests between jews and native americans have proved the falsehood of said story.
The way it was written, you can TELL it had one primary author, but Mormons claim that different prophets wrote the different books within the Book of Mormon. Also, the only evidence of any magical golden plates were taken from the word of Joseph Smith and his family and buddies.
But I can say this much for Joseph Smith, he was either a genius or a fool because he created at least three different world religions, and suffered a lot of persecution. Of course, wanting to reinstate polygamy into American society wouldn't exactly make him very popular either, especially when he lead an army against the United States government. The battles of the Book of Mormon I was told were actually based on Battles in the Civil war.
So when you think about it, the Book of Mormon could be looked at as a poorly written book of Literature with some basis on the Bible and some Basis on the civil war. Nevertheless, it's little more than a fantasy or tall tale of early American Civilization and nothing more.