PoisonWell Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 Ether talks about steel swords.https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/7.9?lang=eng#8But I really have very little understanding of the context of it. Is it talking about somewhere in the Americas? Even North America?https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/1?lang=eng
bcuzbcuz Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 Modern reconstructions of this weapon show it to be extremely capable."Modern reconstructions" is exactly where I have a problem. The accounts I read say the club was made of "oak" or "pine". Problem is, no oak or pine grew in Central America. Getting a "modern reconstruction" to comply to the original is not that easy.
CASteinman Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 "Modern reconstructions" is exactly where I have a problem. The accounts I read say the club was made of "oak" or "pine". Problem is, no oak or pine grew in Central America. Getting a "modern reconstruction" to comply to the original is not that easy.do you think that the type of wood would affect the cutting surface performance that much?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_American_pine-oak_forests
Marmonboy Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 What fascinates me about this whole debate, swords v. clubs notwithstanding, is how some critics demand that the Book of Mormon is exactly literal when it suits their purpose, and claim that it isn't when it's inconvenient for it to be. And they are the ones to decide when it should be and when it shouldn't be, not the people whose book it is.
PoisonWell Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 What fascinates me about this whole debate, swords v. clubs notwithstanding, is how some critics demand that the Book of Mormon is exactly literal when it suits their purpose, and claim that it isn't when it's inconvenient for it to be. And they are the ones to decide when it should be and when it shouldn't be, not the people whose book it is.When would a critic demand that the BoM not be literal?
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