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 Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:01 am
This is really interesting. I was surfing the web the other day and I came across this. I wanted to share it with you guys, not only because I believe in the Book of Mormon, but also because like I've said it's interesting...and well I wanted to hear your thoughts and opinions on it too. Baptist Minister believes the Book of Mormon is true.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:55 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:43 pm
A population of 300,000 million people and no archaelogical evidence whatsoever to prove that they even existed is a very very large hurtle to get across.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:45 pm
Now I've never read the Book of Mormon and I don't know much about the religion beyond what I've learned from some of my Mormon relatives, but I don't believe that Christians should be living in accordance with anything other than the Bible.
I tend to be wary of anything that claims to supplement the Bible, but I'm naturally a suspicious person. I couldn't honestly tell you the Book of Mormon is true or false, but I can tell you that living according to the Bible is all you need. :]
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:34 pm
Semiremis A population of 300,000 million people and no archaelogical evidence whatsoever to prove that they even existed is a very very large hurtle to get across. Ever heard of the Mayas, the Incas, Aztecs, the people on the Easter Islands? Yea those were the people from the Book of Mormon.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:35 pm
Savvy Bee Now I've never read the Book of Mormon and I don't know much about the religion beyond what I've learned from some of my Mormon relatives, but I don't believe that Christians should be living in accordance with anything other than the Bible.
I tend to be wary of anything that claims to supplement the Bible, but I'm naturally a suspicious person. I couldn't honestly tell you the Book of Mormon is true or false, but I can tell you that living according to the Bible is all you need. :] The Book of Mormon isn't a supplement to the bible. It's just another record of history, written by a group of people who came over to this continent.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:36 pm
Shadows-shine Semiremis A population of 300,000 million people and no archaelogical evidence whatsoever to prove that they even existed is a very very large hurtle to get across. Ever heard of the Mayas, the Incas, Aztecs, the people on the Easter Islands? Yea those were the people from the Book of Mormon. No they weren't. There's no archaelogical evidence supporting your claims.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:53 pm
Semiremis Shadows-shine Semiremis A population of 300,000 million people and no archaelogical evidence whatsoever to prove that they even existed is a very very large hurtle to get across. Ever heard of the Mayas, the Incas, Aztecs, the people on the Easter Islands? Yea those were the people from the Book of Mormon. No they weren't. There's no archaelogical evidence supporting your claims. Maybe you should do some more research into the Book of Mormon then because there is a lot of evidence to support my claims. Those temples built down in Mesoamerica were built by the Nephites, the Mayans were decendents of those people... And I didn't start this thread to debate the truth of the Book of Mormon. I just wanted to have opinions stated about the Baptist Minister finding truth in the message the Book of Mormon gives.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:42 pm
Shadows-shine Semiremis Shadows-shine Semiremis A population of 300,000 million people and no archaelogical evidence whatsoever to prove that they even existed is a very very large hurtle to get across. Ever heard of the Mayas, the Incas, Aztecs, the people on the Easter Islands? Yea those were the people from the Book of Mormon. No they weren't. There's no archaelogical evidence supporting your claims. Maybe you should do some more research into the Book of Mormon then because there is a lot of evidence to support my claims. Those temples built down in Mesoamerica were built by the Nephites, the Mayans were decendents of those people... And I didn't start this thread to debate the truth of the Book of Mormon. I just wanted to have opinions stated about the Baptist Minister finding truth in the message the Book of Mormon gives. I am discussing the opinions stated by the Baptist Minister. The Mayans have been around since long before Joseph Smith claimed that Nephites had came over from the old world. Besides that, the Nephites and the Lamanites (according to the source you provided) had engaged in a great war and all but 24 Nephites had died and soon after, Moroni was the only one left. The Incans, the Mayans and the Aztecs all survived past the time of that great war, and besides that there is no archaeological evidence showing that there was an immense war (300,000 million in the late 4th is not too far back if you go by archaelogical standards, there would have been evidence remaining). The article only opens up more gaps in Mormon theology.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:13 am
Read...Here is an article that talks about the archaelogical evidence from the Book of Mormon. Since no one really knows the exact locations of where the Nephites and Lamanites were, it's kind of hard to research into their civilization. Also the Book of Mormon records may have ended in 400 B.C., but that doesn't mean the civilization doesn't live on from those peoples decendants.
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:37 am
Shadows-shine Read...Here is an article that talks about the archaelogical evidence from the Book of Mormon. Since no one really knows the exact locations of where the Nephites and Lamanites were, it's kind of hard to research into their civilization. Also the Book of Mormon records may have ended in 400 B.C., but that doesn't mean the civilization doesn't live on from those peoples decendants. I checked out the article but still what about a battle between 300 Million people? I don't think the article covered that unless I missed it. There would have been evidence left over from it and we have found nothing, that's a very large amount of people with absolutely no evidence that suggest such an occurrence ever happened. The article talks about pots and how you couldn't tell if a pot in Mesoamerica was actually made from the hebrewss. I don't mean to be rude to the author but he/she seems to be fairly ignorant of archaeology. Archaeologists typically can tell the period which the pottery is from as well as who created it. If there was pottery found that had the signature of someone who fled to the Americas from the Levant/ME area they would have known it. So yet again there is a lack of evidence and no reasonable explanation as to why that is.
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:05 pm
Semiremis Shadows-shine Read...Here is an article that talks about the archaelogical evidence from the Book of Mormon. Since no one really knows the exact locations of where the Nephites and Lamanites were, it's kind of hard to research into their civilization. Also the Book of Mormon records may have ended in 400 B.C., but that doesn't mean the civilization doesn't live on from those peoples decendants. I checked out the article but still what about a battle between 300 Million people? I don't think the article covered that unless I missed it. There would have been evidence left over from it and we have found nothing, that's a very large amount of people with absolutely no evidence that suggest such an occurrence ever happened. The article talks about pots and how you couldn't tell if a pot in Mesoamerica was actually made from the hebrewss. I don't mean to be rude to the author but he/she seems to be fairly ignorant of archaeology. Archaeologists typically can tell the period which the pottery is from as well as who created it. If there was pottery found that had the signature of someone who fled to the Americas from the Levant/ME area they would have known it. So yet again there is a lack of evidence and no reasonable explanation as to why that is. Since archaeologists don't know the exact location of where the battle took place, they cannot give hard based evidence on it. Just like they aren't sure where the exact location of the settlement was for those people.
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:15 pm
Shadows-shine Semiremis Shadows-shine Read...Here is an article that talks about the archaelogical evidence from the Book of Mormon. Since no one really knows the exact locations of where the Nephites and Lamanites were, it's kind of hard to research into their civilization. Also the Book of Mormon records may have ended in 400 B.C., but that doesn't mean the civilization doesn't live on from those peoples decendants. I checked out the article but still what about a battle between 300 Million people? I don't think the article covered that unless I missed it. There would have been evidence left over from it and we have found nothing, that's a very large amount of people with absolutely no evidence that suggest such an occurrence ever happened. The article talks about pots and how you couldn't tell if a pot in Mesoamerica was actually made from the hebrewss. I don't mean to be rude to the author but he/she seems to be fairly ignorant of archaeology. Archaeologists typically can tell the period which the pottery is from as well as who created it. If there was pottery found that had the signature of someone who fled to the Americas from the Levant/ME area they would have known it. So yet again there is a lack of evidence and no reasonable explanation as to why that is. Since archaeologists don't know the exact location of where the battle took place, they cannot give hard based evidence on it. Just like they aren't sure where the exact location of the settlement was for those people. The world isn't as large as it use to be, a battle of that magnitude with that many casualties would have been found. In the areas mentioned as possibilities there is nothing suggesting that the Mormon story of people coming over to the Americas before Christ was born is historically accurate. There's nothing there to back the claims made in the book of Mormon.
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:27 pm
Semiremis Shadows-shine Semiremis Shadows-shine Read...Here is an article that talks about the archaelogical evidence from the Book of Mormon. Since no one really knows the exact locations of where the Nephites and Lamanites were, it's kind of hard to research into their civilization. Also the Book of Mormon records may have ended in 400 B.C., but that doesn't mean the civilization doesn't live on from those peoples decendants. I checked out the article but still what about a battle between 300 Million people? I don't think the article covered that unless I missed it. There would have been evidence left over from it and we have found nothing, that's a very large amount of people with absolutely no evidence that suggest such an occurrence ever happened. The article talks about pots and how you couldn't tell if a pot in Mesoamerica was actually made from the hebrewss. I don't mean to be rude to the author but he/she seems to be fairly ignorant of archaeology. Archaeologists typically can tell the period which the pottery is from as well as who created it. If there was pottery found that had the signature of someone who fled to the Americas from the Levant/ME area they would have known it. So yet again there is a lack of evidence and no reasonable explanation as to why that is. Since archaeologists don't know the exact location of where the battle took place, they cannot give hard based evidence on it. Just like they aren't sure where the exact location of the settlement was for those people. The world isn't as large as it use to be, a battle of that magnitude with that many casualties would have been found. In the areas mentioned as possibilities there is nothing suggesting that the Mormon story of people coming over to the Americas before Christ was born is historically accurate. There's nothing there to back the claims made in the book of Mormon. Actually there is. OneTwo
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:53 pm
Shadows-shine Semiremis Shadows-shine Semiremis Shadows-shine Read...Here is an article that talks about the archaelogical evidence from the Book of Mormon. Since no one really knows the exact locations of where the Nephites and Lamanites were, it's kind of hard to research into their civilization. Also the Book of Mormon records may have ended in 400 B.C., but that doesn't mean the civilization doesn't live on from those peoples decendants. I checked out the article but still what about a battle between 300 Million people? I don't think the article covered that unless I missed it. There would have been evidence left over from it and we have found nothing, that's a very large amount of people with absolutely no evidence that suggest such an occurrence ever happened. The article talks about pots and how you couldn't tell if a pot in Mesoamerica was actually made from the hebrewss. I don't mean to be rude to the author but he/she seems to be fairly ignorant of archaeology. Archaeologists typically can tell the period which the pottery is from as well as who created it. If there was pottery found that had the signature of someone who fled to the Americas from the Levant/ME area they would have known it. So yet again there is a lack of evidence and no reasonable explanation as to why that is. Since archaeologists don't know the exact location of where the battle took place, they cannot give hard based evidence on it. Just like they aren't sure where the exact location of the settlement was for those people. The world isn't as large as it use to be, a battle of that magnitude with that many casualties would have been found. In the areas mentioned as possibilities there is nothing suggesting that the Mormon story of people coming over to the Americas before Christ was born is historically accurate. There's nothing there to back the claims made in the book of Mormon. Actually there is. OneTwoThanks for the sources but do you have any published by an archaeologist that are widely accepted in the academic world?
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