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I am an active Mormon and attend Mormon temples. Much of this review comes from a prior review of mine on another work by the same authors. What is nice about this edition is that it has extra footage included that is not found in the original. This extra footage has some very interesting and crucial subject matter. I'm very happy this second edition was released. The research presented in this work does not bother me in the least. The authors are merely attempting to demonstrate that we have ample, physical evidence for the writings contained in the Bible and absolutely nothing for the Book of Mormon. Nothing presented in this work should come as a surprise to those who are honestly seeking truth by researching Joseph Smith, his works and the early Mormon church. Truth is not afraid of challenge and research. <
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>There is no evidence in any realm of research that demonstrates an advanced, record keeping, coin exchanging, machinery building, steel smelting, chariot/horse riding, Egyptian-Hebrew speaking, blood-descended-of-Israel, hemispheric people in the America's prior to the arrival of the Europeans. Had this been the case Columbus and his crew would have found a very advanced civilization here in the Americas complete with cities, roads, buildings of stones, coins, elaborate trade systems, Christian theologies, churches, advanced implements of war, wheat, barley, horses, chariots and the list goes on. Instead what was found? We all know the history on this. Columbus found beautiful indigenous peoples with customs and rituals dating back thousands of years. Multitudes of languages and dialects that trace their origins to Asiatic language pools. And all of this, including their DNA markers have NOTHING to do with Israel. <
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>Many Mormon defenders, including those at Brigham Young University, support and teach a theory which attempts to explain why we can't find anything in the Americas related to the peoples and races described in the Book of Mormon. The theory, the so-called Small Geography Theory, suggests that the founding populations described in the Book of Mormon were so small and geographically isolated in Meso America that they couldn't have contributed much to the gene pool of Central America nor to the landscape on which they lived. This theory flies squarely in the face of what the Book of Mormon itself teaches. The book teaches that the Americas were hidden from the knowledge of the entire world essentially making the Americas uninhabited by humans prior to the arrival of the people described in the book. We know this is not true. Further, solid research has demonstrated that the ruin sites of Meso America have no tie whatsoever to the Eastern world. The book teaches that the populations in the book were as numerous as the sands of the seas and had cities in numbers that could not easily be counted. This clearly tells me these peoples covered a vast territory in the Americas. It names cities, a river and seas all of which cannot be located anywhere. Is it really honest to distort the teachings of the book to account for the lack of physical evidence? The populations described in the Book of Mormon lived here 1000 years. That's 1000! Yet we can't find so much as a single coin from the elaborate coin system described in the book? On the other hand, the cities, coins and people of the Bible are accounted for not just by science but by texts that date back thousands of years. <
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>We, as a church, cannot continue to preach to the indigenous populations of the Americas in this hemisphere that they are blood descended of Israelites in order to grow the church and keep members in the church pews. It's a lie and a cunning proselytizing tool. We, as a church, say we embody the truth. Well, frankly, we need to stop covering everything up and admit some of our major doctrines are false and misguided. The American Indians and Latinos of the Americas are beautiful, Asian descended people. I challenge all Mormon Native Americans and Latinos to research your molecular genealogy and the areas in which you live. Study the ruin sites in Central America and understand more about the Olmec, Aztec, Maya and other peoples in your countries. I need to do the same with the indigenous populations of North America. Put the Book of Mormon to the test. Do not be afraid to discover where your ancestors came from. There are huge genographic projects happening right now that will help you understand your lineage. It's really about the truth. Once you really begin to hunger for truth will you be able to begin the journey of finding your past and your future. <
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