The problem with Limited Geography,

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

The missionaries do focus on read, ponder, and pray (as they should), but the BoM is presented as the history of an actual people, Lehi leaving around 600 BC, Joseph translating a history and so on.

Personally, archeological or genetic evidence aside, I only see detriment in a desire to move away from the literal claims in the book. We can debate what should go in the intro etc. but what value do we have as faith without the abridgments’ outlandish claims?

If it were diminished in the same way that the Bible is diminished how could we champion it as a second witness of the precious truths that can be found in the Old and New Testaments?

The book of Mormon is what it is, time will bear it out. For all of the evidences trotted out about ancient civilizations by various experts the only constant is that there is no certainty.