The text and especially the images indicate the book was made for the funeral of an aristocrat who was an adept of the Orpheus cult.
Posted on 03/19/2009 1:58:13 PM PDT by colorcountry
Where did the stone box atop Cumorah go?
Evidences are not the same as science. Neither does the secular world view evidences the same as the faithful.
Christians and Jews worldwide who believe the scriptures and their very unscientific claims of faith promoting stories of Noah, Adam, Moses parting the Red Sea, etc would take great care to take anything an accepted scientific body said about their faith.
When the Smithsonian decides to exhibit a display on Joshua turning back the sun, or Jesus turning water into wine, will you please post that for us.
Thanks
But the Smithsonian would (I assume) accept the fact of the nation of Israel in the land of Canaan, the presence of a temple in Jerusalem, the existence of a Jewish presence, etc etc.
I would assume, yes, that they would reject the miraculous claims of the Bible, but they’d accept the non-miraculous history of the Bible.
I’m not asking you to become an atheist, just to become a Biblical Christian by dropping the things that have deceived you, and to receive the True Jesus.
“For by grace you are saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God,
not of works, lest any man should boast.”
There are at least 3 accounts as to it’s history and multiple eyewitnesses. Google is your friend.
"They" are like jurors that have their eyes covered and their ears plugged.....
See my post 23.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2210200/posts?page=23#23
The Smithsonian would accept the __non-miraculous__ from the Bible, but they won’t accept a single thing from the BOM.
The are plenty of Biblical evidences that the Smithsonian has published and when there is new evidence of such, then I fully expect the Smithsonian to publish it.
However it is you Mormons who are trying to “prove” the Book of Mormon using non-existent archaelogical evidences. There is none, nada, not one thing. All you people can site is parallel evidences - no evidence at all!
7, you've just posted the arm of man in another thread. The smithsonian and like scientific institutions are making a very simple and clear statement that your arm is not substantated. However, the Smithsonian does recognize the bible as an accurate historical document and has valid archeology to back it up. You arm is looking very weak 7.
Thanks for your concern, but I know in whom I have trusted, and it’s not in the arm of flesh. It is in the grace and power of my Savior, even Jesus Christ my Lord.
You worship him according to your own conscience, I will do the same.
That’s enough sandbox playing for me, enjoy yourselves.
So where is it?
Very good, your post #23!
THE BIBLE AS HISTORY. The Smithsonian’s Department of Anthropology has received ... following statement has been prepared to answer these questions: ...
http://csnradio.com/tema/misc/SmithsonianLetter.pdf
Thanks - very interesting information that the members of the LDS Church should become familiar with. Then perhaps they would quit sounding like they’ve only ever examined one side of this story.
yuppers
The text and especially the images indicate the book was made for the funeral of an aristocrat who was an adept of the Orpheus cult.
Noah and the red Sea parting are not stated as science, but as miracles, while the BOM plainly states that civilizations existed here that had Jews in them.
Zero evidence for and more evidence against
I really don't see how Mormons try to use this as evidence for the BOM
Its called grasping at straws in an attempt to defeat an initial arguement against the bom waged in the 1800's.
Whether it was parted or not, I can still swim in the Red Sea.
However I cannot walk the historic ruins of the Nephites...
A minor but very ptovocative difference...
Hey, nevermind it being a scientific guide...why can't it even serve as a geographic guide...like a rough descriptor even of its continental neighborhood???
Why hasn't the Book of Mormon editors (and it's been edited thousands of times, mostly for grammar clean-up) placed "Book of Mormon maps" in the back -- like many Bibles do?
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