Regarding their beliefs that meso america experienced anything that is in the book of mormon.
2007-03-20 07:50:45 · 15 answers · asked by Kenneth W 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lamanai is just like almost every other Mayan site, and it doesnt support Mormon beliefs. What about breast plates, and horses? How about an actual site than can be pointed at as a site described in the Book of Mormon? Also Jeff Lindsay and other apologist have said that the people in the book of Mormon didnt build with stone because they thought it was an abomination to God so how can you now point to a city built of stone and say it supports the BoM?
2007-03-21 10:20:11 · update #1
pinkadot- Its great that someone thought ahead and decided it was best to not question the BoM. Can anything in the BoM be proven that concerns meso america?
2007-03-21 10:22:56 · update #2
NO.
This really gets me.
More importantly, those Indigenous people are still there and their oral histories disagree with the Mormon ones.
Mormons are going to have to back off this claim like they did polygamy, because the whole "white people know the native history better than the natives" thing isn't selling anymore!
2007-03-20 07:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Look up Lamanai's ruins in the country of Belize. The name as recorded by a Catholic priest has an amazing resemblance to the names Laman and Lamoni in the Book of Mormon. Also, if you read in the last book called Moroni in the Book of Mormon, you can hear how shocked and sickened the general Mormon was to see and hear about all kinds of depravity including human sacrifice and cannibalism that was starting to mark the war rituals of the people inhabiting the land. Now if you study the history of the Inca and Aztec cultures, especially, you will see how those rituals developed into a large-scale religion that also shocked and stunned the Spanish explorers and Catholic priests. But since they were coming at the tail end of it in the 1500s and 1600s, those rituals had filled the people's culture to an extent that all of the people had become accustomed to it. It's not too hard to check books about this stuff out from the library, or check back issues of National Geographic. What might be a little harder to find is information on the Lacandon Indians, a white tribe of Indians in Chiapas, Mexico, who traditionally resisted inter-marrying with the Spanish conquistadors. I believe there are only about 500 of them around today. But they do prove that there were indeed people with varying degrees of skin color in the area. Also, there is a cave in Israel called the Beith Lehi cave that contains drawings on the wall illustrating things related to the famous Jewish Tree of Life allegory, and it is located in such a way that it could be the cave that Nephi described where the brothers hid when they returned to Jerusalem for the brass plates. Also, there are other metal plates with other historical items on them from different similar civilizations around the world. Just start studying and you will find quite a lot. Have a happy day, and I send you a gummy bear.
2007-03-20 20:00:02 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Those who are answering that there is no evidence are either misinformed or uneducated to the truth. There are several evidences regarding the Book of Mormon, both in the Old World, near Israel and the Red Sea, as well as in the Americas.
However, the best evidence of all is in the Book itself. If you read it, with real intent, and ask God of its truthfulness, in sincerity of hear, the Lord will reveal the truth of it to you by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost. That is the most vibrant "evidence" of all.
2007-03-20 21:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by Kerry 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
D&C 63:7-12
7 And he that seeketh signs shall see signs, but not unto salvation.
8 Verily, I say unto you, there are those among you who seek signs, and there have been such even from the beginning;
9 But, behold, faith cometh not by signs, but signs follow those that believe.
10 Yea, signs come by faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please, but by the will of God.
11 Yea, signs come by faith, unto mighty works, for without faith no man pleaseth God; and with whom God is angry he is not well pleased; wherefore, unto such he showeth no signs, only in wrath unto their condemnation.
12 Wherefore, I, the Lord, am not pleased with those among you who have sought after signs and wonders for faith, and not for the good of men unto my glory.
I do not look for physical "evidence" because I have read the Book of Mormon and I have asked my Heavenly Father if it is true. I have received countless confirming answers to my prayers and know the Book of Mormon is the most correct book on the earth. Evidence is in the eye (or heart) of the beholder.
Bravo Cookie - I knew she would give a great answer.
2007-03-21 13:56:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Mormon is so horribly in contradiction with the Word of God, that it is pathetic that someone who professes to be a Christian, would follow those people.
I simply cannot understand why anyone
would do that. I wish some mormons would explain to me why they feel its okay that their religion does not coincide with the teachings of Christ.
And no, I know of nothing in the way of evidence to support mormon beliefs, and I don't believe any will ever be found, because it simply doesn't exist.
Mormon folks, wake up for Gods sake if not your own.
2007-03-20 14:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes. Look up some of the work done by Joseph L. Allen PHD.
You'll find the Olmecs were a likely civilization to look closely at.
2007-03-20 15:02:21 · answer #6 · answered by daisyk 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The empty tomb of Jesus Christ is all the evidence reqired to know that "He is risen"! His love extends to Mormons, Christians, Muslims and atheists alike. Praise His Glorious Name
2007-03-20 15:06:44 · answer #7 · answered by mariselasman 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. See the link at the bottom. There is a lot of EVIDENCE. Not proof, but enough evidence to cause a reasonable doubt that it just could be what we and it claims it to be; another testament of Jesus Christ.
2007-03-20 15:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I understand they have a volt or something like the vatican does filled with artifiacts...now whether they are real is another issue.
2007-03-20 14:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by HollyBean 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Realize that the Book of Mormon was written by one of the biggest con-artists of his time and that he was smart enough to know that if he told people it was to take the place of the Bible then he wouldn't make much from it. But he knew that if he offered it in conjunction with the Bible, much like is done now eventhough it differs from the Bible in many different ways (go figure) then he could make something off of it.
2007-03-20 14:55:06 · answer #10 · answered by thstuff9946 2 · 2⤊ 5⤋