Zak and the Moche and the Nephites??!?!?!??!

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_beastie
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Zak and the Moche and the Nephites??!?!?!??!

Post by _beastie »

I just gotta say, once again:

Zak, what in the HECK are you going on about on MAD? You recently threw up evidence about the olmec iron mirrors which has been known about for a VERY LONG TIME and which I discussed on my website, as if that meant something in regards to Book of Mormon evidence. Then when John pointed out to you that the Olmec mirrors do not constitute any sort of evidence for the Book of Mormon, you suddenly start talking about the Moche.

Do you even understand who the Moche were and where they lived??? Your citations mention it, but I really wonder if you understand what you're quoting, or even READ all of what you quote.

And what in the name of all that is sane does THIS mean???

Zak
And whats intresting is the Moche arive on the scene just as the Nephites disappear?


What in god's name do you mean by "arrive on the scene"??? WHAT fricking scene, Zak???????

Truly Mad thread:
http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=33047
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Post by _skippy the dead »

Zak apparently thinks that anything from that time period (or within 10,000 years, give or take) somehow proves the Book of Mormon to be "true".

There's also some freaky "dog" post he barfed up, the point of which I have yet to determine: http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=33085
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Post by _beastie »

Yeah, I saw that one, too - another Peruvian "find".

It leads me to wonder if zak even reads the stuff his apologists crank out for the benefit of folks like him.
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.

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Post by _Runtu »

It's just bizarre. For everything he says that collapses, he just says, "Well, what about ..." and then goes somewhere else completely, whether it's Afrocentrism or Atlantis or whatever. I think I've gotten all the entertainment value out of his stuff that I'm going to get. What's really funny is his gloating when he thinks he's got a "winner." Nothing he says pans out, ever.
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Post by _truth dancer »

Hey Zak...

OK, were are friends right? :-)

So, this is friend to friend.

In spite of what some apologists think, historians, archaeologists, and Mesoamerican experts are not really stupid. :-)

Maybe it would be a good idea to read some of the accepted scholarly work so you get a taste of what scientists and experts know?

While of course there is more to learn and everything has not been discovered, there is a very clear Mayan story that makes sense and is supported with evidence. There has been enormous amount of work, excavations, research, and discoveries in Mesoamerica, and really quite a bit is known.

I'm just thinking reading some of the latest research and learning about scientific evidence relating to Mesoamerica may give you a sense of what is going on in the field.

Ya know?

:-)

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