Guest Believer_1829 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 The following is a site by a non-affiliated group of Book of Mormon Believers concerning Book of Mormon geography...True Book of Mormon Geography | Respecting the Boundaries of the Promised Land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Light-hearted humor: My wife figures certain BoM events happened in California. Here is the reasoning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Believer_1829 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 be careful when dealing with "non-affiliated" groups. Yes, theirs is another thought on where things were... although there is no mension of snow/ice anywhere in the BoM... Meso seems to work better to me from the types of cities/roads/time lines etc. etc. involved, but I (and others) could be wrong!PS - the location where the BoM was found is far removed from where it took place - he was fleeing North, trying to get away from everyone if you recall... he wandered in the wilderness a long time before depositing the plates in their final resting place.Didn't say I agreed, just thought I would offer it up...I'm still inclined towards the southern Mexcio/ northern Guatamala model.** I think I am figuring this place out. You have to preface everything, because if you post something, people automatically assume you believe everything about it.*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 40 And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land—but not so much so with fevers, because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, to which men were subject by the nature of the climate—(Book of Mormon | Alma 46:40)sounds like tropical diseases to me...I once heard someone say that that verse was written while the prophet's wife was leaning over his shoulder: "Write something about my herbs! Say something about me!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deseretgov Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Here's something interesting I found. An article titled "History of Joseph Smith, "in the Mormon newspaper Millennial Star, published in England, had the following to say about the ancient City of Manti (as in the Book of Mormon): The camp passed through Huntsville, in Randolph County [Missouri], which has been appointed as one of the Stakes of Zion, and is the ancient site of the City of Manti.... [sept. 1838] (The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, "History of Joseph Smith," Vol. 16, page 296, May 13, 1854)Also a study of Zelph might prove insightful into Book of Mormon Geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livy111us Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Joseph Smiths statements placed the BOM from New York, Kentucky, Mesoamerica, to South America. Unless you espouse a Hemispheric geography theory, you cannot accept all of his statements as fact.Book of Mormon geography/Statements/Joseph Smith - FAIRMormon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 I'm just going to take the safe route and say it happened somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluejay Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 40 And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land—but not so much so with fevers, because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, to which men were subject by the nature of the climate—(Book of Mormon | Alma 46:40)sounds like tropical diseases to me...This scripture contains two clues: (1) fever, and (2) seasonal.How can you conclude "tropical diseases" from this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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