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Re:What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus by abosherid on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:40PM (#35483689)
The Book of Mormon is an account of ancient Israelites that left Jerusalem around 600 BCE. They landed somewhere in the Americas and keep the record until 420 AD. The crowning event recorded in the narrative is a visit of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ to a group of several thousand people. The central historian/prophet of the sacred record invites those who want to know of the veracity of the Book of Mormon to ask in sincere prayer to God. You can come to know who Christ is personally.
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Re:What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus by tadfisher on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:48PM (#35483831)
The Book of Mormon was written by a grifter in the 19th century.
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Re:What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus by peterfirefly on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:30PM (#35484330)
Weren't Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Q grifters from the 1st century?

I see no reason to consider Joseph Smith any worse than the others.

(Except for his abuse of power maybe.)

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Re:What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus by AlbertCory on Friday April 07, 2023 @02:49PM (#35485432)
Whereas we know almost nothing about Paul, Matthew, etc., we do know quite a bit about Smith: he lived only 190 years ago.
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Re:What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus by tadfisher on Friday April 07, 2023 @03:54PM (#35486241)
I completely agree. They are all grifters.
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Re:What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus by AlbertCory on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:49PM (#35483842)
You know... some religious stuff is beyond proof. Did Jesus perform miracles? Was he the Son of God? It comes down to faith.

However, ancient Israelites who came to the Americas? Is there any evidence at all, genealogical, archaeological, myths and legends of indigenous peoples, anything for that? The article does note that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Still, you would think something would have turned up by now.

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