Drifting wrote:It is a difficult position to defend when your best evidence for the Book of Mormon is the Book of Mormon.
Elder Jay E. Jensen, August 2005 New Era The effectiveness of the Book of Mormon as a witness of the existence of God and the divinity of Christ springs partly from its mere existence, unexplainable without reference to the hand of God.
That isn't just any sword, it is the sword of Laban made of exceedingly fine steel. Which, as it was made prior to 600 bc, means it was forged from meteor nickle iron with a tinge of adamantium and a generous helping of unobtanium to inhibit rust.
It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener at war.
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality. ~Bill Hamblin
Quasimodo wrote:I'm wondering if by divine proclamation, God filled the box with some sort of petroleum jelly. This would have kept everything in good shape. Joseph didn't mention it, but he was probably too excited at the find to remember.
It might be a good idea for archaeologists to look for discarded Vaseline jars on Hill Cumorah.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)