Testing Book of Mormon geography theories

[Hemidakota]

Perhaps not right now but in the future, we will know the exactness of the history and locations of all cultures that the Lord brought forth from other lands. For me, it adds a richness when I do read the Book of Mormon.

[Islander]

Look, Mexico is 1/8 the size of the US and has close to 300 dialects, many of which has no written records.. It is, at this junction, impossible to determine how many more just vanished in 500 years after the conquest and to sift thru all that jigsaw puzzle.

The debate about who is a descendant from whom is not only insubstantial but also inconsequential. Part of my family descended from the horn of Africa, another from Spain, some from France and some even from China (got paperwork on it, by the way). That was just about 120 years ago. Now, can anybody take a shot?

[Hemidakota]

It isn't...it is important as to historical record keeping. It will be made known.

Remember what the Lord asked for when He wanted to see the records.

[poulsenll]

Originally Posted by LittleWyvern

I've never understood the point of these endeavors. The Book of Mormon wasn't meant to be a geography book.

It certainly is not. Otherwise it would not be so difficult to put together a reasonable picture of the geography. Even with over 500 verses that imply geographical relationships, most of the details are still obscure and subject to debate.

Larry P