Hello Everyone,

A few days ago I read a yahoo online report about the differences between mormonism and Christianity!
There is a paragraph selected from the report and there are two phrases I can't understand!
Many non-Mormons dispute claims that the faith's central text, the Book of Mormon, is
a valid account of Jesus' dealings with ancient Americans. Mormons believe the book was translated through revelation by founder Joseph Smith from a set of buried golden plates. It's one of three texts from Smith, who also drafted his own version of the Bible, (altering many of its passages
in light of what he said were errors that had
crept into modern translations.) I would like to know here what is meaning of the phrases in the bracket?
Does it mean that Joseph Smith alterted part of the original bible because he thought that the bible translated by others had shifted from the original meaning by translations?
Also I would like to know here whether it is possible for you to tell me the background of
Jesus' dealings with ancient Americans?
Thanks and Best Regards
Sky

