In several recent (and older) threads on the Book of Mormon, the discussion has devolved into an issue of how the text shall be read. In a current thread, the argument is reasserted that there are no "others" in the Book of Mormon because they are not explicitly mentioned, with all peoples being referenced by some version of Nephite or Lamanite (or some other designation relating to a people from the Old World). In other discussions, this has been suggested as the "plain reading" of the text. It