Louis Midgley wrote:For Givens, the most recent and sophisticated efforts to understand the real-world geography of the Book of Mormon tend to try to find Mesoamerica in the Book of Mormon (not vice versa), which is a much more fruitful way of dealing with the text than trying to discover dramatic archaeological evidence that would "prove" the truth of the Book of Mormon.
What this says to me is that they have despaired of finding anything, have found a more palatable reason for why that would be the case, and then read Mesoamerica into the text through creative interpretation. The whole enterprise is hogwash.
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What this says to me is that they have despaired of finding anything, have found a more palatable reason for why that would be the case, and then read Mesoamerica into the text through creative interpretation. The whole enterprise is hogwash.
Yes, but good enough for a True Believer who cannot risk losing belief.
And you're welcome, dude. I just regret I couldn't find a really good sig-worthy summary of it.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.