Stuff they don’t talk about in Sunday School
October 23rd, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Central America, Geography, Mormon, New York, South America
I’ve posted previously on the various BoM geography theories, and I have to admit, it is one of my favorite topics. Very few Mormons realize how diverse some of the various theories are. Mormon Times recently ran an article on the various theories, and gave some criteria for evaluating them properly.
So, which of these theories sounds most plausible to you? I’ve studied quite a few, and am aware of both strengths and weaknesses of many of the theories. I’d love to hear what you think.
June 3rd, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Creationism, Evolution, Geography, History, Mormon, New York
Ok, I’m ready to lay this to rest. It doesn’t seem to generate much interest, so here is my final post about my review of http://www.bookofmormongeography.info
I thought I’d post the more egregious errors here, instead of going section by section as I had originally intended to do. I just checked the site, and got a chuckle out of this little exchange:
May 25th, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Geography, History, Mormon, New York
Here is Part 4 of a review of http://www.bookofmormongeography.info
“Amazing” is a new section, which didn’t exist a few months ago when I began researching this theory. The author tries to make the Book of Mormon match NY geography, instead of first coming up with an internal model, and seeing if NY fits. He makes the following claim:
May 22nd, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Geography, History, Mormon, New York
This is part 3 of a review of http://www.bookofmormongeography.info/
The author has a Welcome section which we reviewed earlier, and this is the second section (called Errors), detailing what the author finds as Errors many other have made. (I am going to refer to the author as “he” from now on–I’m not sure if the author is a he or she, and he so far prefers to stay anonymous, except has posted here as BOMC.)
This section has both parts that I agree with, and parts I disagree with. Let me quote: Continue reading →
May 18th, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Geography, Mormon, New York
Here’s part 2 of my review of the website http://www.bookofmormongeography.info/. I thought I’d go over the “Welcome” section.
First of all, there is a very interesting perspective, mentioned in bold on the website. **The doctrine of the Mormon Church has no basis in The Book of Mormon, and the two should be held separate.**
That got my attention.
May 5th, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Geography, Mormon, New York, Science
Ok, for those who follow my blog (both of you 
), you’ll notice that I have an interest in Book of Mormon Geography. While I am open to many theories, so far the only one that has generated any interest is a theory placing the Book of Mormon lands in the New York area. The website is found at http://www.bookofmormongeography.info/, and is self-titled, “True Book of Mormon Geography.”
My first disclaimers are that I am certainly no expert on the subject of Book of Mormon geography, so I may come to good or bad conclusions. I will say that I study the subject more than the average person, and I am familiar with the various theories. We discussed them here, if you would like to review them.
April 6th, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Geography, History, New York, Scripture
I am on an email list for the Nephi Project, and I get some interesting information. This is a group that does most research in Saudi Arabia, and has uncovered some interesting discoveries supporting the Book of Mormon. They also release information that others might find interesting for new world sites.
In the latest email they sent, is a link where they discovered a stone box, similar to the one that Joseph Smith described when he discovered the Golden Plates. The link is a Word doc, and shows some pictures.
