, why the archaeological evidence that doesn’t fit their claims really does
Having been on an archaeological dig in Belize and having a wife that is a trained Mayan epigrapher, I am familiar with how archaeology is conducted and what is actually known about the subject, at least when it comes to central America. The answer is almost nothing, and my wife will hurt anyone except her grandparents that tries to claim that the Book of Mormon is referring to the Mayans. There is certainly enough evidence to say that it wasn’t the classic or pre-classic Mayan (to begin with the dates are wrong, and the geography)
In case you didn’t know claiming the Mayan were the Nephites is a decently common one among apologetics and it is the stupidest claim I have ever heard from them. It is much more accurate to say that we have no idea where the Nephites were, but that shouldn’t be surprising if one actually goes through the Book of Mormon and tries to estimate how big the civilization was and where they lived. The answer is they were small and somewhere in southern Central America. Sorry, this is totally tangent to the discussion but you have my answer to the archeology objection now. It is not the standard one which I don’t know what that is anymore. This, because they make things up instead of saying we don’t know because apparently saying we don’t know doesn’t get rich donors to give you money.
accidental complicating factors by being connected to LDS theology
um. I think I should clue you in on a basic doctrine of the LDS Church. There is no major religion on the planet that does not have complicating factors by being connected to LDS theology (excluding other christian restoration movements such as Jehovah’s Witness or Scientology). God has revealed to every nation that portion of the truth that they were willing to receive and they subsequently fell into apostasy. I wasn’t trying to hide that, it is taught in the first lesson given to investigators into the church by the missionaries.
Can you point to the specific scripture?
D&C 93:33 is the main one.
See also 93:29 and 131:7-8 for further information on the cosmology being talked about.
She will also hurt you if you try and say the world will end in 2012 because the Mayans said it would. They didn’t, their Calendar Round just increments to the next large cycle then. Even if they had, their idea of the world ending is nothing like our idea of the world ending as for them the world ending was a cyclical event that preceded a new creation and has happened multiple times in the past.
Having been on an archaeological dig in Belize and having a wife that is a trained Mayan epigrapher, I am familiar with how archaeology is conducted and what is actually known about the subject, at least when it comes to central America. The answer is almost nothing, and my wife will hurt anyone except her grandparents that tries to claim that the Book of Mormon is referring to the Mayans. There is certainly enough evidence to say that it wasn’t the classic or pre-classic Mayan (to begin with the dates are wrong, and the geography)
In case you didn’t know claiming the Mayan were the Nephites is a decently common one among apologetics and it is the stupidest claim I have ever heard from them. It is much more accurate to say that we have no idea where the Nephites were, but that shouldn’t be surprising if one actually goes through the Book of Mormon and tries to estimate how big the civilization was and where they lived. The answer is they were small and somewhere in southern Central America. Sorry, this is totally tangent to the discussion but you have my answer to the archeology objection now. It is not the standard one which I don’t know what that is anymore. This, because they make things up instead of saying we don’t know because apparently saying we don’t know doesn’t get rich donors to give you money.
um. I think I should clue you in on a basic doctrine of the LDS Church. There is no major religion on the planet that does not have complicating factors by being connected to LDS theology (excluding other christian restoration movements such as Jehovah’s Witness or Scientology). God has revealed to every nation that portion of the truth that they were willing to receive and they subsequently fell into apostasy. I wasn’t trying to hide that, it is taught in the first lesson given to investigators into the church by the missionaries.
D&C 93:33 is the main one. See also 93:29 and 131:7-8 for further information on the cosmology being talked about.
I love that word. I never thought I’d grow up to be an apostate but now that I have it has such a good ring to it. Even better than heretic.
She will also hurt you if you try and say the world will end in 2012 because the Mayans said it would. They didn’t, their Calendar Round just increments to the next large cycle then. Even if they had, their idea of the world ending is nothing like our idea of the world ending as for them the world ending was a cyclical event that preceded a new creation and has happened multiple times in the past.