In North America? According to the history recorded in the Book of Mormon should there be?
2007-03-23 16:01:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To rebutt what was said in the first post by Skippy, there is plenty of historical proof that Jesus was a living breathing human being, not Christian proof. There were atheist, pagan, and Jewish scholars all who wrote about Jesus. Whether you believe Jesus is God is up to you, but he definitely existed.
2007-03-23 16:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by J.R. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's important to note that the Book of Mormon took place in a relatively small area (think of maybe 300-500 square miles), and was written by only the most elite members of their civilization. Furthermore, about 2/3 of the book takes place over a specific 100-year period, so the Book of Mormon just doesn't give enough clues for us to look for today.
Finding hard evidence will prove difficult because of destruction from wars and natural disasters, followed by subsequent civilizations living on the same land (by the time the record ends in 400 AD, Moroni is on the run and it's likely that lands formerly inhabited by Nephites would have been overrun by competing civilizations - and not necessarily just Lamanites with Semetic roots). Archaelogical evidence all throughout North, Central, and South America show that there were people here before the Book of Mormon took place, and certainly flourished long after Moroni hid the plates. Civilizations have come and gone, overlapped and intermixed, and have destroyed eachother.
If you're interested in tidbits and parallels that have been found, check out my source below.
2007-03-25 20:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by cw35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the Book of Mormon takes place in Central America. And there are Native American Indians in North, Central and South America.
There is more archaeological evidence than most people want to see.
2007-03-24 15:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was told by the Mormon elders a while ago that this lack of evidence in North America was put here to help us build our faith in the Book of Mormon.
As far as I can see, this is a load of bunk that they dropped here. God saw fit to leave supporting evidence for the Bible but not the BOM!
2007-03-25 19:33:18 · answer #4 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason that there is no proof of Jesus or Jehova?
That is to say..they are made up fairy tales.
Well, as for proof of Jesus, I'm of course talking about the Christian God-boy Jesus, not the historical Jesus. There are curious gaps in that record as well, but I'll give you give you the historical Jesus, just for the sake of argument.
2007-03-23 23:04:40 · answer #5 · answered by Skippy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Cause there wasn't one.
2007-03-23 23:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋