"700 geographic references straight"

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_MishMagnet
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Post by _MishMagnet »

700 is a suspiciously even number. I like "eleventybillion" myself.
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_John Larsen
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Post by _John Larsen »

The "700" is a number that has been repeated from John Sorenson's "The Book of Mormon as a Mesoamerican Record" in Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins by FARMs.
_Bond...James Bond
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Post by _Bond...James Bond »

So like is there a list?

Let's start one:

Bountiful
Zarahelma
Hill Cumorah
Hill Cumorah #2
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_The Dude
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Post by _The Dude »

I think Kevin was probably using a bit of hyperbole. He's a really bright guy in my opinion, and this doesn't sound like an evidence or argument that he would normally brandish.


Yes, hyperbole to the max.

If there were really 700 consistent geographical references, then apologists should be able to construct a detailed map. Maybe like Hyboria, constructed from the writings of Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian:

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Instead we get crap like this from the Book of Mormon.

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Enough said.
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