Nonmormon archaeologists speak on book of mormon evidence. As lds scholars have attested, time has not diminished the book of mormon s relevance. To dismiss the book of mormon on archaeological grounds is shortsighted, as continuing discoveries provide ever more evidence that is consistent with the book. If joseph smith was a prophet, then the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is the same church that christ established while he was on the earth. Archaeology is not a dead science, and it continues to make new inroads that are applicable to book of mormon studies. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi. In fact, several mormon organizations have been founded in order to prove these very. Full text of the times news idaho newspaper 19860511. Full text of the times news idaho newspaper 19860511 see other formats. With literally no evidence of iron age civilization during that time period in america, for that reason alone, the book of mormon is utter bullshit. If the book of mormon is true, then joseph smith was a prophet. The purpose of the book of mormon is to convince the world that jesus is the christ, our lord and redeemer. Early critics of the book of mormon had a heyday with this one, pointing out that steel did not exist at the time nephi would have written this passage the prevailing knowledge in 1830, so the book of mormon couldnt possibly be true.
It was written by prophets anciently, preserved, and translated in our era by the power of god as a tool to bring souls to christ. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Between 2004 and 2007, a purdue university archaeologist, kevin j. The essence of the graven image that descartes describes, as omniscient, omnipotent, immutable, eternal and so forth is a thought that he holds to be visible to everybody. Then, along came the archaeologists to save the day. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon.
Lost civilizations of north america documentary4, deborah bolnick on haplogroup x. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to adherents, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. Non mormon archaeologists speak on book of mormon evidence. Vaughn, discovered a 2000yearold hematite mine near nazca, peru.
Steel and iron are mentioned several times in the book of mormon. Although hematite is today mined as an iron ore, vaughn believes that the hematite was then being mined for use as red pigment. No evidence has been found in the americas of iron being hardened to make steel in ancient times. As long as human\nnature remains what it is, if the law allows a man to\nclaim his neighbours property without shewing good\ncause for doing so, and insists that the onus of proof \nlies with the injured party, so long under some pretence or other will disputes arise. Intellectual evidence of book of mormon authenticity is an issue worthy of careful consideration. This is a full term paper on institution of deity in apparent horizon of rene descartes. Archaeological evidence and the book of mormon fairmormon. Five compelling archeological evidences for the book of mormon.
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