Why did Nephi not write on scrolls, papyri etc.

[_Gazelam]

"This poor woman is clearly deranged."

The real question is... was Joseph Smith?

What are you basing your question on?

[_Eric]

Gaz,

If it was true, would you find it problematic?

[_karl61]

move it back to the topic please.

So Gaz - you are saying that papyrus or paper or wood cannot last 1500 years sealed in pottery underground in New York. Or are you saying it was not New York. You are saying now it was South America.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Sir,

"Nephi" didn't exist. That's why "he" didn't write on anything. Period.

Very Respectfully,

Doctor CamNC4Me

[_EAllusion]

"Scrolls disintegrate unless something extraordinary is done to preserve them; metal doesn't."

The Book of Mormon could've survived if it was left as 3 dimensional pictographs made with canadian bacon and gumdrops. The story already invoked divine intervention in the transmission of the text. God is perfectly capable of protecting texts from processes that normally would decay them. You actually don't need physical plates at all. God could beam the information directly into Smith's brain or write the words on a rock Smith is looking at in the darkness of a hat.

[_karl61]

"Scrolls disintegrate unless something extraordinary is done to preserve them; metal doesn't."

The Book of Mormon could've survived if it was left as 3 dimensional pictographs made with canadian bacon and gumdrops. The story already invoked divine intervention in the transmission of the text. God is perfectly capable of protecting texts from processes that normally would decay them. You actually don't need physical plates at all. God could beam the information directly into Smith's brain or write the words on a rock Smith is looking at in the darkness of a hat.

[_Brackite]

The Patriarch Abraham wrote on Papyrus. Unfortunately, The Papyrus that Abraham wrote on is Now Missing.

[_CaliforniaKid]

The Patriarch Abraham wrote on Papyrus. Unfortunately, The Papyrus that Abraham wrote on is Now Missing.

[_moksha]

I do wonder why Nephi did not just write in Hebrew on Scrolls. This seems like a lot easier than carving Reformed Egyptian on metal plates.

It could be that once they perfected metallurgy and their metal working skills, they wished to practice them. Perhaps the making of papyri had become like an old hat without a stone. Besides, they knew that in the climate of upstate New York, the Papyri would rot.

I don't know why I can't move on with my life. I can't let this go. Mercy cannot rob justice.

Forget justice and try Prozac.

[_karl61]

moksha wrote:

"Forget justice and try Prozac"

the last thing I need is Prozac. I'm taking Geodon, Paxil, Bupropion and Temazepam all in one fell swoop at night and I still only sleep two to three hours.