The Book of Mormon goes into amazingly specific detail describing the civilizations erected by the "Nephites" and "Lamanites," who were Jews that fled Palestine in three installments, built massive cities in the New World, farmed the land, produced works of art, and fought large-scale wars which culminated in the utter destruction of the Nephites in A.D. 421. The awkward is the total lack of historical and archaeological evidence to support the Book of Mormon. For example, after the cataclysmic last battle fought between the Nephites and Lamanites, there was no one left to clean up the mess. Hundreds of thousands of men and beasts allegedly perished in that battle, and the ground was strewn with weapons and armor. The truth is that no scientist, Mormon or otherwise, has been able to find anything to substantiate that such a great battle took place.
So why is a "burning in the bossom" the proof of evidence that satisfies Mormons?
2007-10-13 03:17:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Newellness: Pretty vague answer. If there is all of this evidence, then where is it hiding? It seems that your only evidence is from the Book of Mormon, and that's a circular arguement.
2007-10-13 08:43:33 · update #1
the burning in the bosom is heartburn over such a bald face lie...
the total lack of archaeological evidence of any kind shape or form.....
please recall that the vast pre-Colombian culture...the nations/American Indians....all tribes have ancient oral history, memory pictures on skins, rock cravings,etc....
this applies to the central and south American tribes also.....
and many of those ancient tribes of the amazon area, you would have become a shrunken head and / or lunch.....
NOT ONE OF THESE tribes has anything of this in their history....it would have been noticed.....
2007-10-13 06:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The burning in the bosom is all that they can lay hold to. You have rightly said that there is no evidence to support the Book of Mormon. North America has been populated enough that any remnants would be found. There is no trace of the language that the book was written in and science for the last 100 years has disputed the claim that Indians and blacks are cursed Jews.
2007-10-14 09:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by da d 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your question needs a little clarity. First. The groups came in three different times. The first one was by the Jaredites who came out of the tower of Babel. Then the Lehites came out of Jerusalem at 600 bc and the third group came out of Jerusalem while it was being attacked.
There is plenty of evidences that suppport it.
In the Final battle only the Nephite nation was destroyed, what more than likely happened was that the bodies were buried else where while the weapons and the armour was used by the Lamanites.
The Burning in the Bossom is the Holy Ghost baring witness of the truthfulness of the restored Gospel.
2007-10-13 12:52:16 · answer #3 · answered by newwellness 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Please keep in mind that the whole of South America has not been explored. In some places the jungle is just too dense.
I will have to try and find the link to an article that says that about 80% of the jungle has not been explored and many buildings were found by satillite. It is not on an L.D.S. site.
Edit: I can't find the one I am looking for yet, but will post it if I do, but thought this was interesting.
However, in many locations, Mayan ruins have been overgrown by the jungle, becoming dense enough to hide structures just a few meters away. To help find ruins, researchers have turned to satellite imagery. The best way to find them is to look at the visible and near-infrared spectra. Due to their limestone construction, the the monuments affected the chemical makeup of the soil as they deteriorated. Some moisture-loving plants stayed away, while others were killed off or discolored. The effects of the limestone ruins are still apparent today to some satellite sensors.
2007-10-13 12:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by Dublin Ducky 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Mormon Duck Said:
"I will have to try and find the link to an article that says that about 80% of the jungle has not been explored and many buildings were found by satillite. It is not on an L.D.S. site."
I've heard the same statistic on a documentary that was being filmed in Brazil on the "History Channel". You may want to check on their website.
2007-10-13 20:57:58 · answer #5 · answered by Feelin Randi? 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You obvioiusly haven't studied ancient meso-american civilizations. Mayan's, for example, wrote with glyphs, similar to Egyptian hieroglyps. They built cities of cement, traded, flourished, had massive wars and eventually ceased to exist, as described in the Book of Mormon. There was even a stone carving found of the tree of life, as described in the book. Archaelogists have only begun to scratch the surfaced of ancient america, so I would not base my faith or beliefs on what has or has not been "proved."
I assume that your beliefs are not based on the wisdom of man, so why should ours be.
2007-10-13 14:40:30 · answer #6 · answered by whapingmon 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The 'burning in the bosom' is exactly the same as the 'conviction of the holy spirit' Christians claim to experience.
2007-10-13 10:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The burning in the bosom tends to be accompanied by a certain softness in the head.
2007-10-13 10:24:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Where is this big ARK? I won't believe the bible until I see it with my eyes. Hail Doubting Thomas!
2007-10-13 11:32:50 · answer #9 · answered by guest 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why not, belief seems to be enough proof to deny hard science.
2007-10-13 10:21:44 · answer #10 · answered by didi 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋