If the Book of Mormon is true, where are all of the artifacts? Where are the ancient cities etc.?

Answer 1

Millions and Millions of dollars have been spent by the Mormon Church trying to find one scrap of historical evidence to prove the existence of the Laminites and the Nephites. None has ever been found.

As far as the tablets of writings produced in this anceint society that make up the book of Mormon the Church official states that once the prophet Joseph Smith translated them the angel Maroni removed them from the earth and returned them to heaven along with the breast plate and seer stones he had to use to translate them.

Sorry I live in a highly Mormon area I hear this on a daily basis, but to answer your questions....no evidence has ever been found.

Answer 2

In contrary to most people here…..
First, Joseph Smith and his witnesses: Joseph died professing his belief, and sealing his testimony with his own blood, no one else’s. He was killed by a mob as he jumped from a window to draw gun fire from his friends. No death bed. Yet he obviously died since there were more then 50 witnesses to his death. And, to his death, he never admitted anything was made up are a lie if it was. Would you die for lie? Neither did he. Three witnesses always profess seeing the Golden plates the BoM came from and never denied seeing them and the angel who held them. Sure those three did remain with the church Joseph started. But think about it, if they were with the church, of course they would say anything for a higher “status”, or what ever. But as non-members that disassociated themselves from Joseph, they had nothing to gain by saying they saw the golden plates, and everything if they denied them. But they never did, to their dying day; they said they saw the Golden Plates on which the BoM was written.

Second historical facts: Some scholars believe the natives found in the Americas first arrived via the bearing straight when it was iced over a long time ago; but, the BoM says that they started in South America. Funny, the further south you go the older the civilization gets, not to mention that no artifacts older then anything in South America has been found.

Although the Aztecs were after the time of the BoM the have been some drawings found of a “white God” that visited and would return. The link below goes into great depth on this. Please note that although the author of this site may be LDS (Mormon) his citations come from unbiased non-Mormon sources.

Lastly, another answered that “The book of Mormon has the same amount of 'proof' that the rest of the Christian Holy Books have going for them”. Which is very true; you don’t have to believe what’s in the BoM, same as the Bible. And although both don’t share the same evidence, it’s obvious that if one is or is not true then the same goes to the other. Just like the Bible, the BoM speaks for itself and millions round the world believe it. If you don’t fine, you’re not ready for what it offers. But, please understand that many believe in the BoM like the Bible; and by mocking it or it’s translator, you mock the Bible.

You want proof? Remember Thomas wanted proof too, when he got it he was ashamed and slightly chastised by Christ. Good luck.

Answer 3

Some artifacts are there and others were destroyed/decomposition. Ancient cities are there. Any other questions? The only thing that isn't really there is the connection between the two. The culture that wrote the book, no longer exists and therefore, it cannot be fully connected to the cities/artifacts that today exist in the new world.

Answer 4

First remember you are talking about people who thought that four poles and a hide was a house, and that one family was a city. I have no problem believing it is all true but I have had help from God too. We are not supposed to be able to absolutely confirm the existence of a lot of these things because that would take away our freedom of choice to believe with faith. You can also say that about all the old testament things also like where is the Ark of the Covenant.

Answer 5

I did some studying of the Book of Mormon also and found there to be many problems with their ideas and theologies.

However, since researching that religion, it also made me question my own at the time which was Christianity.

I now do not subscribe to any religion but believe in God very much so.

If you want to find God, ask Him to show you. That is what I did and now I am closer than ever and without conforming to any religions silly and hypocritical ways.

Good luck!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

The book of Mormon has the same amount of 'proof' that the rest of the Christian Holy Books have going for them...a book that says so.
The tablets and cities are meant to be taken on Faith. If you cannot grasp as base a concept as that, then you do not belong in the religion at all.

Answer 8

Very good question. I don't think it's real. The text of the book is written like it were in King James time and the book of mormon is much much newer than that. The whole book is also supposed to be a forty day period, and it is much to big for that. I would tell that if this is something you are really interested in, go your library and find books on mormonism that is not written by a mormon or the mormon church. That will give you answers.

Answer 9

Here at the Zoo where I live, we have been asking that question. Then my new neighbor in the cage next door, told us she was a Mormon, well she didn't exactly say Mormon she said she was an LDS, or LSD or something like that.

In regards to your question, I think it would be pretty difficult for the Mormons to produce artifacts of that there ancient book their leader found in the fields when he was plowing his corn. Cause when they ran the carbon dating on a few of the pages they found that the book of the mormon was not so ancient and the ink was still a litte wet from the leader's ink pen.

Of course, we knew that it "The Book of the Mormon" was not very ancient, cause the original book there where they sing in Salt Lake City -- any way, the original text was written in modern English. --- boy oh boy was that a miracle or what?

I guess you could call that a translation miracle.
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Answer 10

It's not true. Just some bible-thumping nutcase wanted to be famous, so he made up a story. It happens all the time. People want to hear more about what happened in their own land than overseas, so he provided an answer to that. The Book of Mormon is unnecessary. A very good prank. If Jim Morrison ended up being alive and if he had faked his death, that would be a much better prank though.