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6 And it came to pass that when we had gathered in all our people in one to the land of Cumorah, behold I, Mormon, began to be old; and knowing it to be the last struggle of my people, and having been commanded of the Lord that I should not suffer the records which had been handed down by our fathers, which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites, (for the Lamanites would destroy them) therefore I made this record out of the plates of Nephi, and hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were these few plates which I gave unto my son Moroni. | 6 |
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AnachronismAnachronism - Sword 91 The only pre-Columbian weapon I can find that was similar to a sword was the macuahuitl which was made with a plank of wood similar in shape to a cricket bat with obsidian blades mounted on the edges. It is similar enough to a sword that it is often referred to as the Aztec sword. However, the macuahuitl does not seem to fit the Book of Mormon time frame. “Some groups of Central Mexico, principally in the transition between the Early and the Late Post-Classic, probably developed this weapon” (emphasis added, Dr. Marco Antonio Cervera Obregón, “The macuahuitl: an innovative weapon of the Late Post-Classic in Mesoamerica”, Arms & Armour, Vol.3, Nov. 2, 2006, p. 146, article from a research journal). The Post-Classic period is between 900 CE and the Spanish conquest. | |
10 1 I count 23 with their 10,000 that were killed in this horrific battle. In one place, 230,000 are killed on one side, perhaps 10s of thousands of Lamanites could be presumed killed in this battle too. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever of this battle at the hill Cumorah or anywhere else in the Americas. | |
11 And when they had gone through and hewn down all my people save it were twenty and four of us, (among whom was my son Moroni) and we having survived the dead of our people, did behold on the morrow, when the Lamanites had returned unto their camps, from the top of the hill Cumorah, the ten thousand of my people who were hewn down, being led in the front by me. | 11 1 Mormon 6:10-15
I count 23 with their 10,000 that were killed in this horrific battle. In one place, 230,000 are killed on one side, perhaps 10s of thousands of Lamanites could be presumed killed in this battle too. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever of this battle at the hill Cumorah or anywhere else in the Americas. |
12 1 Mormon 6:10-15
I count 23 with their 10,000 that were killed in this horrific battle. In one place, 230,000 are killed on one side, perhaps 10s of thousands of Lamanites could be presumed killed in this battle too. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever of this battle at the hill Cumorah or anywhere else in the Americas. | |
13 1 Mormon 6:10-15
I count 23 with their 10,000 that were killed in this horrific battle. In one place, 230,000 are killed on one side, perhaps 10s of thousands of Lamanites could be presumed killed in this battle too. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever of this battle at the hill Cumorah or anywhere else in the Americas. | |
14 1 Mormon 6:10-15
I count 23 with their 10,000 that were killed in this horrific battle. In one place, 230,000 are killed on one side, perhaps 10s of thousands of Lamanites could be presumed killed in this battle too. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever of this battle at the hill Cumorah or anywhere else in the Americas. | |
15 And it came to pass that there were ten more who did fall by the sword, with their ten thousand each; yea, even all my people, save it were those twenty and four who were with me, and also a few who had escaped into the south countries, and a few who had deserted over unto the Lamanites, had fallen; and their flesh, and bones, and blood lay upon the face of the earth, being left by the hands of those who slew them to molder upon the land, and to crumble and to return to their mother earth. | Anachronism 151 The only pre-Columbian weapon I can find that was similar to a sword was the macuahuitl which was made with a plank of wood similar in shape to a cricket bat with obsidian blades mounted on the edges. It is similar enough to a sword that it is often referred to as the Aztec sword. However, the macuahuitl does not seem to fit the Book of Mormon time frame. “Some groups of Central Mexico, principally in the transition between the Early and the Late Post-Classic, probably developed this weapon” (emphasis added, Dr. Marco Antonio Cervera Obregón, “The macuahuitl: an innovative weapon of the Late Post-Classic in Mesoamerica”, Arms & Armour, Vol.3, Nov. 2, 2006, p. 146, article from a research journal). The Post-Classic period is between 900 CE and the Spanish conquest. 1 Mormon 6:10-15
I count 23 with their 10,000 that were killed in this horrific battle. In one place, 230,000 are killed on one side, perhaps 10s of thousands of Lamanites could be presumed killed in this battle too. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever of this battle at the hill Cumorah or anywhere else in the Americas. |
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RacismDark Skin 171 Mormon calls his people the Nephites the 'fair ones'. Some apologists claim that the lamanite's curse of dark skin wasn't literally their skin made dark. If that was true, why would mormon make this distinction that his people are 'fair ones', and lament the fact that his 'fair ones' had been destroyed? | |
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RacismDark Skin 191 Mormon calls his people the Nephites the 'fair ones'.
Some apologists claim that the lamanite's curse of dark skin wasn't literally their skin made dark. If that was true, why would mormon make this distinction that his people are 'fair ones', and lament the fact that his 'fair ones' had been destroyed? | |
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21 And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you. | 21 |
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