Historicity of The Book of Mormon

[Uncle Ted]

Sure, but that's small potatoes. In editions of the Book of Mormon between about the 1880s and 1920 (I'd have to look up the exact years) there were footnotes, authored by Orson Pratt, that gave actual locations of Nephite cities and whatnot.

Some large, more modern potatoes...

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[Solon]

So does this signal a permanent shift in church teaching? Decades ago the church was preaching the BoM lands were in MesoAmerica...even going to the length of producing that Evidences of the BoM video or whatever it was called that all the old people on this board showed on their missions. Heck, we even called the people in South America lamanites...which I guess you could still claim they could have had some intermingling with the heartland people.

At what point do the BoM tour guides to Mexico and Honduras stop claiming to be showing people the ancient lands of the BoM?

I'll bet they deliberately tried to make it look like it takes place in Nowhere, Western Hemisphere.

The ability to suggest an actual model for Book of Mormon geography would suggest a level of sophistication and appreciation of intellectual nuance that elude the folks who make LDS movies - at least, judging by past efforts.

I do, however, wholeheartedly endorse the video Spiritual Crocodiles. It's a superb work of spiritual terrorism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnPfO13XONM

[Northwestcoug]

So does this signal a permanent shift in church teaching? Decades ago the church was preaching the BoM lands were in MesoAmerica...even going to the length of producing that Evidences of the BoM video or whatever it was called that all the old people on this board showed on their missions. Heck, we even called the people in South America lamanites...which I guess you could still claim they could have had some intermingling with the heartland people.

At what point do the BoM tour guides to Mexico and Honduras stop claiming to be showing people the ancient lands of the BoM?

Judging from the tour my uncle took his 7 adult kids on a couple of years ago, I don't think that's going away anytime soon.

[jay santos]

I've been out of it. Did this video come out? Is it available online?

[Moliere]

I've been out of it. Did this video come out? Is it available online?

It was shown on Sunday between sessions. I can't find it online yet, but I caught some of it last week. It wasn't really focused on the BoM in particular or on proving its historicity, but it was chalk full of poorly produced scenes from ancient scripture.

[Donuthole]

Historicity of The Book of Mormon

It was shown on Sunday between sessions. I can't find it online yet, but I caught some of it last week. It wasn't really focused on the BoM in particular or on proving its historicity, but it was chalk full of poorly produced scenes from ancient scripture.

. Don't most chapels have whiteboards these days?

[DrumNFeather]

. Don't most chapels have whiteboards these days?

In our building the RS room does and that is it. I still have to wheel in a chalk board for my eq lessons. Just another example of inequality.

[cougjunkie]

. Don't most chapels have whiteboards these days?

We have a fairly new chapel (less than 5 years old) and all of the rooms have chalk boards.

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[SCcoug]

We have a fairly new chapel (less than 5 years old) and all of the rooms have chalk boards.

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Ours was built in the last 2 years and is the same.

[Joe Public]

We have a fairly new chapel (less than 5 years old) and all of the rooms have chalk boards.

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Ours was built in the last 2 years and is the same.

One might say your chapels are chock-full of chalk boards.

[Uncle Ted]

I frak'n love the national geographic...

"Great Surprise"—Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins

Oldest human genome reveals less of an East Asian ancestry than thought

Nearly one-third of Native American genes come from west Eurasian people linked to the Middle East and Europe, rather than entirely from East Asians as previously thought, according to a newly sequenced genome.


Based on the arm bone of a 24,000-year-old Siberian youth, the research could uncover new origins for America's indigenous peoples, as well as stir up fresh debate on Native American identities, experts say.


The study authors believe the new study could also help resolve some long-standing puzzles on the peopling of the New World, which include genetic oddities and archaeological inconsistencies.


"These results were a great surprise to us," said study co-author and ancient-DNA specialist Eske Willerslev, of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.


"I hadn't expected anything like this. A genome related to present-day western Eurasian populations and modern Native Americans as well was really puzzling in the beginning. How could this happen?"
[...]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...eria-genetics/

OK, the timing may be off a bit (and even predates Adam) but we'll take it.

[beefytee]

At least until the next study contradicts it.

[SeattleUte]

I frak'n love the national geographic...


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...eria-genetics/

OK, the timing may be off a bit (and even predates Adam) but we'll take it.

Adam is a literary character.

[Pelado]

Adam is a literary character.

Adam is batman.

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[Uncle Ted]

Adam is batman.

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Then who's Robin?