"And it came to pass" Mayan geocities link

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_Canucklehead
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I wonder how one writes "and it came to pass" in reformed Egyptian...
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RockHeaded wrote:It is proof that those that try to discredit the Book of Mormon are grasping. One second 'and it came to pass' was anoying an proof the Book of Mormon isn't true because it's found in the Bible, now it's nothing an apologists are grasping because they have a distinct need to believe. Too funny. The fact that 'and it came to pass' is used several times in Mayan glyphs is pretty telling. Yes, this was used a lot in the Book of Mormon, and yes it's used a lot in Mayan glyphs. Draw your own conclusions.


It's not that "it came to pass" was used in Mayan. "It came to pass" is English. What was used in Mayan was something that had a similar meaning, ie: "it happened". As Beastie says, probably every written language out there has some word or phrase that means "it happened". How do you justify "it came to pass" as being a better translation of a given Mayan glyph, or glyphs, than "it happened"?
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Canucklehead wrote:As a matter of fact, I just realised that I recently read a 19th Century court case from Quebec which contained the phrase "il s'est passé que ..." Now, this phrase could be rendered in English as "it happened that" BUT it could also be rendered as "it came to pass that" This is AMAZING new evidence which supports the theory that the Book of Mormon took place in the Saguenay region of Quebec! My beliefs have been vindicated!


Well, one thing is certain, there were plenty of French traders and businessmen operating in the area of the Great Lakes. Quebec is not the only option. Who knows? Luman Walter, quite possibly of French Acadian ancestry, may have been the original author of the Book of Mormon, and not Solomon Spaulding! He did attend school in France, after all.

By the way, the above is offered partly in jest.
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I totally abandoned this little thread I started. I agree that this is major league shaky evidence for the Book of Mormon.
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its a geocities link. You know, the same place Prince Umbakia of the Nigerian Royal Family hosts his website. Mr Umbakia is a wonderful man I have met by chance. He is a very rich man and because I am assisting in getting funding for a bank transfer I will be able to retire a rich man.

And it came to pass that I did thank Prince Umbakia and Mormonism for making my life so wonderful.
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