This is MAD (Book of Mormon evidences escalate, critics humiliated!)

[_rcrocket]

Yes, Juliann's oft repeated argument that the critics claim "all the discovery has been done"! is a textbook example of a strawman.

In fact, it's so obviously a strawman argument I am a bit taken aback that even she doesn't recognize it as such. But clearly she does not, because she proudly repeats it, over and over.

So, do you think it wrong to employ strawman arguments on this Board?

rcrocket

[_beastie]

So, do you think it wrong to employ strawman arguments on this Board?

I don't know what you mean by "wrong", but if people use strawmen arguments, then others should feel free to point it out.

[_Doctor Steuss]

*Leans back in morally and intellectually superior Mopologetic armchair*

Be careful, there's a whoopie cushion in that armchair. ;)

LOL! (twice)

[_Scottie]

And then she says,

There is also the "coins" in the Book of Mormon line.

What?!? Is she trying to say that coins is another anti-BoM evidence that has bitten the dust?

I tried to get her to clarify, but she seems to have feld the scene.

[_beastie]

The real problem with money in the Book of Mormon is that a standardized monetary system, used across polities, is described. Whether or not coins were used doesn't matter. It's whether, in ancient Meosamerica during that time period, any polity had the power to enforce a standardized monetary system on other polities. They didn't. Specific polities may have used a standardized system, but, at that time period, they didn't have the power to enforce that on other polities.

Juliann, as usual, doesn't truly grasp the argument she thinks has been refuted, and that's why she thinks it has been refuted.

[_Bond...James Bond]

It's so easy to declare victory when you allow yourself not only to create your own argument, but the argument of your opponent.

And yet Juliann still loses....

She must be the type of person who plays chess against herself, cheats in favor of white, and still ends in a stalemate.

[_Always Thinking]

It's so easy to declare victory when you allow yourself not only to create your own argument, but the argument of your opponent.

And yet Juliann still loses....

She must be the type of person who plays chess against herself, cheats in favor of white, and still ends in a stalemate.

Sounds about right to me. That woman makes no sense whatsoever.

[_Scottie]

The real problem with money in the Book of Mormon is that a standardized monetary system, used across polities, is described. Whether or not coins were used doesn't matter. It's whether, in ancient Meosamerica during that time period, any polity had the power to enforce a standardized monetary system on other polities. They didn't. Specific polities may have used a standardized system, but, at that time period, they didn't have the power to enforce that on other polities.

Juliann, as usual, doesn't truly grasp the argument she thinks has been refuted, and that's why she thinks it has been refuted.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a politie?

[_beastie]

Polity is just the term archaeologists seem to prefer to describe a community. Could be a city, a town, etc.

[_karl61]

I have an old Book of Mormon infront of me. I either got it when I was baptized or when graduated from primary. it has a picture of Machu Picchu "jewel of the andies" underneath it says "believed to have been built over 2000 years ago another one: has a picture of "temple of the cross in mexico" it says "Many Archeologist now agree that these artistic masterpieces date back to the beginning of the Christian era.

I posted these facts on MA&D a while back and asked for people to respond. I think I got two responses from like bluebell and jjadams.