I live one Cardston block away from the guy who is pushing the Baja Mexico model.... An intellectual and former prof at the Univ of Calgary in History..... Seriously - would love to give him the list below.
When will people start to get it??
Because they do not get it, one last civilization will end in that vicinity; OURS!
I have the quotes to back that.
What is left in America? Just those in the NJ and a few other stragglers. This land will be swept clean of all those who have gone after false gods. All of them.
"Moroni's America" – The North American
Setting for the Book of Mormon
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Posted: 27 May 2019 08:00 AM PDT
The Hill Cumorah is
the ultimate war memorial. It is the site of the final battles of the
Jaredites and the Nephites.
As a military
veteran myself, I pause to remember all those who have served in the
military, both those alive today and those who have passed on.
As a blogger here,
I pause to remember all those who have participated in the discussion about
the Hill Cumorah, including those who have spoken, written or taught about
the location of Cumorah, both those alive today and those who have passed on.
Below is a list of
some of those involved, grouped by where they taught the real Cumorah of
Mormon 6:6 is located. Their credentials are indicated.
Everyone on the
list is an exemplary individual, faithful, devoted, educated,
well-intentioned, etc. They have made their respective positions crystal
clear for everyone to see, as plain as words can be in all cases.
And there is no overlap between
these two groups. They are as distinct as it gets.
Every member of the
Church is free to choose which group to believe and follow when making a
decision about the location of the Hill Cumorah of Mormon 6:6.
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I think this table is completely fair and accurate, but I know there are some individuals in the Mexico column who object to this classification.
However, they know as well as
everyone else that the teachings about Cumorah in each column of the table
are specific and clear. These are facts easily found and verified.
The most common rationalization
among those in the Mexico column is that the people in the New York column
were merely stating their opinions as men.
Everyone is welcome to accept that
interpretation.
Of course, that interpretation would
apply to anything the prophets teach that one wants to reject.
Some of those in the Mexico column
have persuaded themselves that the New York Cumorah is inconsistent with a
Mesoamerican setting for most of the events in the Book of Mormon, which they
take as a given.
But we all see the logical fallacy
there.
The Mesoamerican setting is a mere
assumption, based on a subjective interpretation of the text designed to fit
the assumption. It’s pure circular reasoning.
And, everyone is welcome to accept
logical fallacies, including circular reasoning.
But at the same time, everyone is
welcome to accept the teachings of the prophets.
No one is bound by the teachings of
the intellectuals, except those who don’t know what the prophets have taught.
Which students at CES and BYU never
learn.
But they can learn it here:
Source: Book of Mormon Wars
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Add Hugh Nibley to the left side...
ReplyDelete"The Book of Mormon is a history of a related primitive church, and one may well ask what kind of remains the Nephites would leave us from their more virtuous days. A closer approximation to the Book of Mormon picture of Nephite culture is seen in the earth and palisade structures of the Hopewell and Adena culture areas than in the later stately piles of stone in Mesoamerica."
From: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/09/ancient-temples-what-do-they-signify?lang=eng
I agree with Nibley that a moral society would not be burdening the people with building such massive structures in central America. It still does not mean that the BC period didn't occur in Central America with the AD in period in North America.
ReplyDeleteThe land that Lehi describes in 2 Nephi 1 sounds a lot more like the US than South or Central America. That was 588-570 BC. As far as anyone's exaltation goes, it really doesn't matter, however I have received more light into my life through reading the Book of Mormon with this assumption than otherwise.
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