Originally Posted by Islander

Ceeboo:

I also appreciate inquiry and research. I would caution you, however that in order for the process to be productive and thus rewarding one needs to "design" the experiment and conduct research in a careful and systematic fashion in order. Such as to avoid the pitfalls of contaminating the findings with erroneous data. In summary, I would suggest the you read the Book of Mormon cover to cover. Take in the text, the doctrine, the language and the context. Then, you can come back and ask questions if you have any about very specific items.

I have noted that you are pulling information from diverse sources (some not very reliable) in a somewhat disorganized fashion. That makes the process cumbersome an d not quite efficient. Read the message and then we can talk about the messenger. The reliability of the message is the critical portion here. Try to follow that sequence and see what happens. The truth can not be so complex and veiled that the average person with the help of the Spirit can not find it.