Not "one" bit of archaeological evidence has been found to support the claims of?

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of the Book of Mormon even though Mormons have been looking for decades. How do Mormons reconcile this fact?

Even areas such as in upstate New York where hundreds of thousands of men in large armies armed to the hilt supposedly fought massive battles have not yielded even "one" sword, or anything. How is that posible?

Answer 1

How do Christians and Jews explain the lack of evidence of a civilization wondering through the desert?

If you believe without evidence, the lack of evidence has no effect on your belief.

Answer 2

That's probably the same answer to the question, "Whatever happened to Biblical Archeology and the search for the historical Jesus?"

The answer is that Jesus did not have a historical existence so as with the Book of Mormon, the gold plates found by its founder and the "magic" spectacles that allowed him to read it never did show up.

In all of history, the only thing that matters about religion is how much you believe - even the Cargo God people in the South Pacific have their prayers answered.

Answer 3

history is often viewed in terms of how sacred history can be reconciled with the empirical demands of secular history.

It has often been asked how the Church can reconcile the authenticity of the Book of Mormon with the absence of archeological proof. This difficulty is inherent in all religious history and illustrates how spiritual matters are best verified by spiritual means. For example, the Jewish belief in the reality of the Exodus is not dependent on archeological evidence, but rests on faith.

At a time when many religions are pressured to treat their sacred histories as myths, the Latter-day Saints on the contrary embrace their history as a literal expression of their faith.

Besides, how long did it take before anybody found a dinosaur and actually recognized it for what it was?

Answer 4

How do people understand that very large sculptured Sphinx in Egypt being found and the sand removed from it in 1972 CE. Done 2500 BCE?
Maybe the pryamids look like sand dunes for most of the bible years?
Who is going to dig up the desert, but mostly, what could they have left behind.
Those that lived and traveled that area, what did they have to leave behind.
The dead sea scrolls were supposed to have been found in a cave.
If they can survive, the plates found in by Joseph Smith 1800's in New York,
should have something to show that survived to now.
Then the Native Americans here for years left little evidence they were here.

Answer 5

Or, the ARCHEOLOGICAL BENCHMARK of any actual society...has ANY of the coinage been found, either...

Nope. Not one coin.

There are a number of coins mentioned in the Bible, including the denarius, the lepton (widow's mite), and the shekel. While the nicer coins are marked at a premium, many are common coins and can be purchased for a few hundred dollars. For instance, there are hundreds of thousands of authentic widow's mite coins from 2,000 years ago; in fact, an authentic coin referred to by Jesus in Luke 21:2 can be purchased for just a few dollars in a coin shop or on the Internet.

According to Joe Smith, the Book of Mormon states in Alma 11:4, "Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold, and of their silver, according to their value." Verses 5-19 list several measurements of gold (senine, seon, shum and limnah) and silver (senum, amnor, ezrom and onti). In lower numbers, there were shiblons (worth half a senum), shiblums (half a shiblon), and leahs (half a shiblum). This, according to Alma 11:20, was the measurement of money that the people received for their wages.

The introduction to Alma chapter 11 states that these are "Nephite coins and measures." This explanation comes to us via James Talmage, a Mormon apostle who was commissioned to add both chapter headings and footnotes to the Book of Mormon. James P. Harris, author of The Essential James E. Talmage, noted that Talmage "was customarily meticulous, making sure there were no errors or omissions" (p.xxix).

However....NOT ONE SINGLE COIN HAS EVER BEEN FOUND.

Answer 6

With faith anything is possible, my friend.

People have faith that the moon landing was a hoax, that the dead souls of intergalactic space aliens are the cause of all our personal problems (Scientology), that "the mainstream media is just putting a bad spin on the situation in Iraq," that there's an "international conspiracy" of Jews/Masons/Illuminati that secretly run the world, etc.

People believe what they want to believe.

Answer 7

One word; Scam and gullib..
Two words: Scam and gullibility and nee
Three words Scam and gullibility and need.
More words: The Scammers need someone to scam and the McGullibles need someone to have their way with them - it's a typical Parasite and Host relationship and works very well unless the Host wakes up.

Answer 8

This brings to mind a movie quote:

-I thought the Rocky Rountains would be a lot rockier than this...
-Yea.
-That John Denver's full of sh** man!

~Dumb & Dumber

** Disclaimer** In my experience, Mormon folks can be very nice people, and we could all certainly benefit from their perspectives on taking care of yourself health-wise.

Answer 9

You seem surprised at the lack of ability of a religious organization to prove the claims made in it's primary religious book. Since this is consistent of religions in general across the globe, since NONE of them can prove ANY of the ridiculous stuff they claim, the question becomes WHY does this surprise you???

Answer 10

I left the Mormon church when I started reading oral histories of Native Americans, and couldn't find a reference to Jesus (by any name) in the stories.