Slowvehicle
Membership Drive , Co-Ordinator,, Russell's Antin
...well, that was fun.
unsurprisingly, a tissue of special pleadings and red herrings, unsupported by a single external citation or source.
There is this gem: "No quantity of archaeological evidence will ever suffice to prove beyond reasonable doubt that either the Bible or The Book of Mormon is true — or false."
...which of course, sidesteps the issue.
It is also interesting to see lack of physical evidence turned into an indication of truth: "All of the children of Israel who followed Moses out of Egypt are still missing and unaccounted for archaeologically, but their descendants are our friends and neighbors."
Instead of the fact that there is no reliable archaeological evidence of the 150-mile long column of ex-slaves, stripping Egypt and crippling its economy, wandering in the wilderness for 40 years without leaving a trace being an indication that there might be...problems with the legend of the flight from Egypt, the lack of such evidence becomes support for the accuracy of tBoM.
The presentation continues in that vein--"Before we review some of the recovered items, please remember that if the book were a hoax there should not be any evidence to support it, not even one bottle cap, hair pin, or cigarette butt. Because of the logic of evidence in this instance, one positive correspondence counts for dozens of missing ones. For example, one documented steel sword trumps several herds of missing horses and elephants."
...but no reliable documentation of steel technology, much less legitimate steel artifacts, is ever provided.
This claim is made: "Recently, the question has become how long did horses survive before becoming extinct. Recent radiocarbon dating of horse bones indicates that some survived much longer than standard science would have us believe, with some horses being dated just before and just after Nephite times, but before Spanish colonization. So this issue is open and moving in a direction favorable to Book of Mormon claims."
...but no reliable source for the information is given.
The presentation should have been returned without grading for a thorough edit that included identification of independent sources for each of the claims made.
unsurprisingly, a tissue of special pleadings and red herrings, unsupported by a single external citation or source.
There is this gem: "No quantity of archaeological evidence will ever suffice to prove beyond reasonable doubt that either the Bible or The Book of Mormon is true — or false."
...which of course, sidesteps the issue.
It is also interesting to see lack of physical evidence turned into an indication of truth: "All of the children of Israel who followed Moses out of Egypt are still missing and unaccounted for archaeologically, but their descendants are our friends and neighbors."
Instead of the fact that there is no reliable archaeological evidence of the 150-mile long column of ex-slaves, stripping Egypt and crippling its economy, wandering in the wilderness for 40 years without leaving a trace being an indication that there might be...problems with the legend of the flight from Egypt, the lack of such evidence becomes support for the accuracy of tBoM.
The presentation continues in that vein--"Before we review some of the recovered items, please remember that if the book were a hoax there should not be any evidence to support it, not even one bottle cap, hair pin, or cigarette butt. Because of the logic of evidence in this instance, one positive correspondence counts for dozens of missing ones. For example, one documented steel sword trumps several herds of missing horses and elephants."
...but no reliable documentation of steel technology, much less legitimate steel artifacts, is ever provided.
This claim is made: "Recently, the question has become how long did horses survive before becoming extinct. Recent radiocarbon dating of horse bones indicates that some survived much longer than standard science would have us believe, with some horses being dated just before and just after Nephite times, but before Spanish colonization. So this issue is open and moving in a direction favorable to Book of Mormon claims."
...but no reliable source for the information is given.
The presentation should have been returned without grading for a thorough edit that included identification of independent sources for each of the claims made.
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