Book of Mormon site found in Mexico

[SoonerCoug]

Construction work in eastern Mexico exposed an ancient settlement, including 30 skeletons and the ruins of a pyramid, believed to be up to 2,000 years old, archaeology officials announced.

At the site of the graves in the town of Jaltipan, southeast of Veracruz, archaeologists also found clay figurines, jade beads, mirrors and animal remains, according to the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH.

Researchers believe the settlement was occupied from around the first century A.D. until A.D. 600 or 700. Little is known about the people who lived there.


http://www.nbcnews.com/science/myste...ico-6C10626146

[Lost Student]

Construction work in eastern Mexico exposed an ancient settlement, including 30 skeletons and the ruins of a pyramid, believed to be up to 2,000 years old, archaeology officials announced.

At the site of the graves in the town of Jaltipan, southeast of Veracruz, archaeologists also found clay figurines, jade beads, mirrors and animal remains, according to the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH.

Researchers believe the settlement was occupied from around the first century A.D. until A.D. 600 or 700. Little is known about the people who lived there.


http://www.nbcnews.com/science/myste...ico-6C10626146

Horses?

[SCcoug]

Horses?

Probably a curelom or cumom. Too bad F&T meeting was last Sunday.

[Uncle Ted]

Horses?

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[scottie]

Sometimes I wonder what physical evidence of the BOM would mean, if anything. Modern-day Mormon prophets rarely get things right -- why should ancient prophets get a pass/be more trustworthy/provide any proof of the church's truthfulness? It would maybe quiet the horses and steel critics, but what difference does that make.

[MarkGrace]

Probably a curelom or cumom. Too bad F&T meeting was last Sunday.

[grapevine]

The Book of Mormon never will be proven with Archeology and those that demand proof well a sign is the last thing they really want. Lucy Harris wanted proof with manuscript than something happened there. Thing is BOM will be understand by the spirit of the Holy Ghost not archeology or history. It is a family record of God's dealings with some people that were on the American Continent. Proof that God calls prophets in our day and Joseph Smith and his successors are who the Lord has chosen to lead the church and he speaks to us in the dispensation of the fullness of times.

[Guest]

Mormons have the uncanny ability to relate random archaeological artifacts to the BOM. This has been discussed in fair detail in other CS threads. The BOM, whether you believe in it or not, does not claim to be the history of all of ancient America's people's, but lds folks sure talk like it is. I personally think it's made up. But even if it's correct, who's to say that there weren't other groups in the Americas that had nothing to do with the BOM.

[Donuthole]

Mormons have the uncanny ability to relate random archaeological artifacts to the BOM. This has been discussed in fair detail in other CS threads. The BOM, whether you believe in it or not, does not claim to be the history of all of ancient America's people's, but lds folks sure talk like it is. I personally think it's made up. But even if it's correct, who's to say that there weren't other groups in the Americas that had nothing to do with the BOM.

Yawn

[grapevine]

Mormons have the uncanny ability to relate random archaeological artifacts to the BOM. This has been discussed in fair detail in other CS threads. The BOM, whether you believe in it or not, does not claim to be the history of all of ancient America's people's, but lds folks sure talk like it is. I personally think it's made up. But even if it's correct, who's to say that there weren't other groups in the Americas that had nothing to do with the BOM.

I found this guy on a search engine who is adamant no Jaredites survived and pre Colombus everyone here was descendant of Lehi or Muleks people. Rails on some gospel scholars. Not in Bom so can't be. Like protestants not in Bible so can't be. http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...highlight=lehi

[Jeff Lebowski]

Sometimes I wonder what physical evidence of the BOM would mean, if anything. Modern-day Mormon prophets rarely get things right -- why should ancient prophets get a pass/be more trustworthy/provide any proof of the church's truthfulness? It would maybe quiet the horses and steel critics, but what difference does that make.

I am not following your logic here.

[scottie]

I am not following your logic here.

What would the discovery of BOM evidence mean to the religious claims of the LDS church (at least to anyone outside of the church)? I don't think anything, was what I was trying to (poorly) point out.

[myboynoah]

What would the discovery of BOM evidence mean to the religious claims of the LDS church (at least to anyone outside of the church)? I don't think anything, was what I was trying to (poorly) point out.

What about angels, gold plates, and seer stones?

[scottie]

What about angels, gold plates, and seer stones?

Yes.

[myboynoah]

Yes.

That's not helping me understand, scottie. So are you saying that if there was some unrefutable evidence for the validity of the BoM's ancient America origins, that that would have very little affect on people's view of the book and stories of its origins? It's never going to happen, but it would be interesting to watch.