Where is the evidence for book of Mormon civilizations?

Question

Considering, Mormon 1:7 the whole face of the land had become covered by buildings, and the people were as numerous as it were the sand of the sea and Esther 15:2 had been slain two million (Jaredites). Shouldn't there be some concrete evidence?

Cadisney a number of scholars including Mormon scholars such as Dee F. Green B.H Roberts and Thomas Stuart Ferguson have said there is no archeological evidence to back up the Book or Mormon. They admitted as much in private letters which were later purchased by Sandra Tanner (the great great grangaughter of Brigom Young

Cadisney a number of scholars including Mormon scholars such as Dee F. Green B.H Roberts and Thomas Stuart Ferguson have said there is no archeological evidence to back up the Book or Mormon. They admitted as much in private letters which were later purchased by Sandra Tanner (the great great grangaughter of Brigom Young

As far as pre-occupation. Jesus said we are to worship God in spirit and in truth. All of us should be pre-occupied with truth especially when they are making claims about Jesus.

Answer 1

There is absolutely NO Book of Mormon cities found. No Book of Mormon names have been found in New World inscriptions. NO ancient copies of Book of Mormon scriptures have been found. No mention of Book of Mormon persons, nations, or place have been found.

Mormon scholars can be frustrated and embarrassed understandably...after years of work by Mormon and other archaeologists.

Rather than finding supporting evidence,Mormon scholars have been forced to retreat from traditional interpretations of Book of Mormons statements ( Hal Hougey, Archeology and the Book of Mormon, p. 12)

Answer 2

First of all, people don't develop a burning love and knowledge of the truthfulness of the Bible because they can find Jerusalem on a Map. The develop it because the read it, study it, and feel of it's truthfulness.

Read it, and then humbly, sincerely, and full of faith as the Lord if it's true or if it isn't.

Currently, most people believe that it took place in the southern half of Mexico and Guatemala area. There are ruins all over the place down there. I know some Mexicans down there that have some ruins on their land. They haven't told many people about them, because they want to be left in peaace. The largest ruin (el Mirador) has yet to be excavated. Nearby Tikal has only had the largest and most central buildings excavated. They do know, however, that the city around it sprawled for miles.

Speaking of "concrete" evidences....they have found concrete structures and roads all over there (and keep in mind, in the 1800's the experts said that the ancient Americans didn't have or know how to use concrete). The same can be said of the horses or the cities under the water. People laughed at Smith for including such things in the Book of Mormon..........until they found evidences of horses and of sunken cities.

Today there is more supporting evidence of the Book of Mormon than there was when it was translated and printed. Just as archeology will never "prove" irrefutably that Chrsit was the son of God and attoned for our sins, nor will it "prove" that God chose prophets in the Americas and that Christ visited the people here.

However, I will promise you that there will never be anything to irrefutably prove the Book of Mormon false.

These truths are learned through faith, prayer, and the Lords spirit.

In the meantime, the supporting evidences will continue to grow.

Answer 3

Your argument is spurious at best. The Huns(for example) were a major factor in Eurasia and Asia for hundreds of years, yet all we really know about the Huns are due to the writings of their neighbors, and thats scarce at best. Look at History, there are dozens of civilazations that amassed huge armies and basically disappeared overnight - either from obliteration or assimilation (Just like the Book of Mormon says happened to the Nephites). The Huns, for example, were known to have millions of horses, yet there is almost no physical evidence of that today...
When did people stop reading? In the last 50 years there has been tremendous research and discovery going on in Central America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_and_the_Book_of_Mormon is a good article(that I think is unbiased) that shows that how Mormon archaeology has progressed over the years. And they haven't even had a fraction of mesoamerica studied yet.
I think time will tell.

Answer 4

What Dillon said...

There is so much evidence out there, but people are not willing to see it as such. If they accept that they could be from the Book of Mormon time, they would have to admit that it's possible the BoM is also correct, which would mean the the LDS church is true. It could become a big mess to people, or so they think.

Answer 5

The only evidence of the Jaredites would be found in the book of Mormon.

Answer 6

I'll get back to that, I'm trying to systematically prove all religious claims with evidence and i'm still stuck on genesis trying to find a talking snake with legs.

Answer 7

I agree, you also failed to mention the "Great" battles and the lack of any weapons ever being recovered as evidence of these "Great" battles. The fields should have been littered with debris after such a large battle, yet nothing has ever been found.

Answer 8

Umm what about all of the ancient civilizations in central and South America? Plus, not all of the structures may have been built out of materials that would last over 2,000 years. Just because we know about some civilizations in the past doesn't mean we know about them all. Scientists discover new ruins every year.

Answer 9

there is evidence throughout north and south america of ancient civilizations. just this summer, i visited the cahokia mounds site just east of st louis and the archeological evidence is that there was a flourishing civilization there of 25-30,000 people.
the mounds people flourished across the eastern seaboard south into georgia and northward into new york.
the ancient civilizations in south america also left huge cities which we're still discovering.
you site a lack of evidence, i site exactly the opposite. it seems to me, we both see what we want and expect to see.

Answer 10

Do you realize how big the american continents are and how little archeological digs there have been on these continents?
They also tended to destroy each others cities and kill each other off in the Book of Mormon.

Why are you so preoccupied with mormons?