the book of
mormon is a
mormon scripture claiming to be documents of jesus christ visiting the americas. the only branch of christianity to use the book of
mormon as scripture is mormonism or “the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints.”
despite a fair amount of archaeological evidence that
may support events occurring in the bible, there is no archaeological evidence of any event in the book of
mormon. this is substantial because of the descriptions of large cities and huge battles in the book of
mormon– any events of such magnitude would leave a very clear impression upon the land. of which evidence there is none backed by real scholars, in contrast to some archaeological sites matching descriptions in the bible, of which some events are accepted by both christian and non-christian scholars.
as well as lack of archaeological evidence, theres a stark lack of any
DNA evidence to support the basic premise of the book of
mormon. the book of
mormon claims that indigenous people of the americas came from the middle east by way of boat. following this, as technology improved, scientists found much closer matches to
asia, concluding that indigenous americans came to the americas by traveling over the frozen waters of the bering strait. this is the most widely accepted explanation within the field of science.
while still a piece of scripture to many, there has been no evidence accepted by the scientific community evidence to support these happenings.
Person 1: “Dude, did you know mormons believe native
americans came from the middle east?”
Person
2:”What? They can’t possibly believe that, are you sure they really do?
Person 3:”Yeah, man, it says it in the book of
mormon and everything!”
