Drifting wrote:Bcspace, is lying.
I don't think he means it as a lie, but he isn't telling the truth all the same. That LDS.org clearly states that the hill in New York and the hill in the Book of Mormon are one and the same shines the light of truth on his opinion.
I don't think that BC is lying. He honestly believes that there are 2 Cumorahs, and he has always been MDB's "residential expert" on what connotates official Church doctrine and what doesn't. I will find it interesting if BC concludes that LDS.org is not considered "official Church doctrine", particularly since members who are teachers are consistently encouraged to use LDS.org as prime source material. My point is, whether LDS.org is considered official Church doctrine or not, the fact that it is still encouraged to be primarily utilized by teachers should mean that the material found there should be accurately compiled. With all of the confusion on this matter, why wasn't the fact that there are 2 Cumorahs more explicitly explained? It simply doesn't make any sense.
It would have been very simple for LDS.org to have published the following:
Cumorah, Hill
See also Book of Mormon; Moroni, Son of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr..
A small hill located in western New York, United States of America. Here an ancient prophet named Moroni hid the gold plates containing some of the records of the Nephite and Jaredite nations. Joseph Smith was directed to this hill in 1827 by the resurrected Moroni to get these plates and translate a portion of them. This translation is the Book of Mormon.
The Hill Cumorah also refers to a separate hill where all but 24 Nephites were slain. This hill is believed to be located in MesoAmerica. After years of travel and living in hiding to protect the plates, Moroni hid the records in the Hill Cumorah in western New York, where he directed Joseph Smith to find them, and later translate them.
Nephites gathered at Cumorah, Morm. 6:2–4
Cumorah was in a land of many waters, Morm. 6:4
Mormon hid the records in the Hill Cumorah, Morm. 6:6
All but twenty and four Nephites were slain at Cumorah, Morm. 6:11
We hear glad tidings from Cumorah, D&C 128:20
Joseph Smith took plates from the Hill Cumorah, Joseph Smith—H 1:42, 50–54, 59
Wouldn't a reference like this be more understandable?