It's Just Too Difficult!

[PeterPear]

It's Just Too Difficult!

 

In a previous discussion thread - which evolved into a fashion faux pas over polyester shirts - which apparently is extremely offensive to some - the always respectful Brother Brant Gardner provided a link and quote to a 1990s article about the difficulty of knowing when the Hill Cumorah in New York was called by the Hill Cumorah by the Prophet Joseph Smith.

 

The logic being of course, if the Prophet didn't call the hill "Cumorah" then it wasn't the Hill Cumorah. This is all in support of the MesoAmerica Limited Geography Theory for the Book of Mormon. 

 

Thus, the issue about the Hill Cumorah is that "it's difficult to understand" early Church History. This excuse reminded me of an article written by the respectful Brother John Clark, who I quote here:

http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1455&index=3
 

Olive [the author of a book being reviewed] places Book of Mormon lands in western New York. She assumes that the modern-day Hill Cumorah outside of Palmyra is the hill mentioned in the text. None of the numerous maps in her text carries a scale; she makes no attempt to correlate postulated Book of Mormon features to modern state boundaries or towns, so the precise locations of minor features are hard to determine. Moreover, the numerous maps are light, fuzzy, cramped, and difficult to read. 

 

 

 

Brother Clark continues in the same article:

 

Currently, few general works for the archaeology of Pennsylvania or New York exist, so serious students are forced to consult local histories, articles, and technical reports for details. These are particularly difficult to read and interpret. 

 

 

Emphasis in bold added

 

Yes. Only "serious students" would take up a North American setting for the Book of Mormon - because they are forced to consult local histories, articles...you get the idea.

 

Notice the theme - another excuse against a North American setting for the Book of Mormon is - It's Just Too Difficult - to know when Joseph Smith first called the Hill Cumorah and it's too difficult to read and interpret early American History. This difficulty is proof against a North American setting, it's claimed.

 

This is the excuse for a two-Hill Cumorah theory - the difficulty encountered by PhDs to read and interpret early American History written in their own language.

 

But they can tell you all about Maya Glyphs and Maya Calendars and all things Maya! Even if they agree the Nephites were not the Maya. There's no difficulty there.

[canard78]

With Tom M banned have you decides to take on the mantle of multiple spammy threads?

[ERayR]

With Tom M banned have you decides to take on the mantle of multiple spammy threads?

 

Well he does seem to have the same understanding of the topic.