tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post1368997084778479631..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: New Light on Mesoamerica from LiDAR, Something Book of Mormon Fans Are Likely to LikeJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-38521256184346041882019-04-21T20:31:28.825-05:002019-04-21T20:31:28.825-05:00A lidar is a modern technology used to collect dat...A lidar is a modern technology used to collect data to measure the distance. There are so many companies that provide lidar service in Alberta. But Onsite 3D provides the best Lidar service in Alberta among them. <a href="https://onsite3d.ca/" rel="nofollow">Lidar Grand Prairie, Alberta</a>Jon K Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381604178061926320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-46744487772907689692018-03-05T12:25:46.801-06:002018-03-05T12:25:46.801-06:00I'm really intrigued by these recent findings....I'm really intrigued by these recent findings. The paradigm that mesoamerican civilizations didn't have flocks, didn't have defensive fortifications, didn't engage in large scale warfare, and weren't that large needs to be reevaluated. Once again the BoM is right on about these points Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789738497441251760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-24288206483941007662018-02-17T09:59:59.216-06:002018-02-17T09:59:59.216-06:00A better analogy would be to the Steed family of &...A better analogy would be to the Steed family of "The Work and the Glory" book series. Historical fiction would be the way to go. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-69763531408328671692018-02-16T11:46:16.267-06:002018-02-16T11:46:16.267-06:00Sorry, forgot the link:
http://nephicode.blogspot...Sorry, forgot the link: <br />http://nephicode.blogspot.com/2018/02/orson-pratts-message-of-lehis-travels.html<br />Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-40803320158794234232018-02-16T11:45:18.359-06:002018-02-16T11:45:18.359-06:00Here is an interesting post on where early church ...Here is an interesting post on where early church leaders, especially Orson Pratt, knew the Book of Mormon lands to be. Read both parts of the blog post. Interestingly, all the early church leaders knew the Book of Mormon lands were in South America and not Mesoamerica. This is worth a read. I loved the thought of Mesoamerica being the site of the Book of Mormon but there are very strong evidences for South America as well. I think that keeping an open mind about both is a good thing. But like I said, this is a good read. I think the biggest thing that I have a question on about Mesoamerica is that in the Book of Mormon, Mormon clearly talks about four seas. The sea north, the sea south, the sea east and the sea west. In Mesoamerica I can see were there would be a north and south, but not an east and west. And these are talked about a lot. I guess I need to look further into the Mesoamerica theory as well. But some things just don't make any sense with it. This is pretty cool thought, I have to admit. Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-15784353483470472332018-02-14T10:51:08.830-06:002018-02-14T10:51:08.830-06:00... the greatest civilization in the history of ma...<i>... the greatest civilization in the history of man- that of the great Jaredite civilization.</i><br /><br />Well, maybe the greatest civilization in Joseph Smith's legendarium.<br /><br />I wonder how the Jaredite civilization stacks up against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Empire_(Star_Wars)" rel="nofollow">Galactic Empire,</a> as revealed to us by the noted historian George Lucas; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire" rel="nofollow">Seven Kingdoms,</a> chronicled by another inspired historian, George R. R. Martin; and of course the various civilizations of Middle Earth....<br /><br />Coruscant and Stygeon Prime, Valyria and Slavers Bay, Mordor and the Shire, Zarahemla and the River Sidon --- all the same to me. Which is to say, wondrous tributes to the wondrous powers of the human imagination! This comment is not a criticism of Joseph Smith, placing him as it does in some rather august company; think of it, rather, as just a different kind of Praise to the Man.<br /><br />-- OKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-59906108613582382372018-02-12T10:14:42.999-06:002018-02-12T10:14:42.999-06:00I do not concern myself with much of what science ...I do not concern myself with much of what science has to say with their dating and evidences. I find it most interesting that as they continue to research and find out how greater and greater the Mayans actually were they keep having to change their story.<br />The Book of Mormon on the other hand will remain, unchanging, as a testimony of truth, of perhaps the greatest civilization in the history of man- that of the great Jaredite civilization.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650378831365846625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-22475027145367613372018-02-12T08:56:15.856-06:002018-02-12T08:56:15.856-06:00No literal tower of Babel -- do you mean there is ...No literal tower of Babel -- do you mean there is no foundation to any aspects of the ancient tradition in several variations? Or do you mean that the modern assumptions of sudden language change that you might read into the story in Ether 1 are obviously wrong? The real problem here is the tendency to make simple assumptions about a text without considering other possibilities. For starters, please see Jeffrey Bradshaw's excellent analysis of this issue in part 4 of a series he produced for LDSMag.com. Part 4 is "<a href="https://ldsmag.com/article-1-13892/" rel="nofollow">Tower of Babel: What did it really mean to 'Confound Their Language'?</a>". It's important to dissect what we read into the account from what the Book of Mormon indicates the Jaredite record actually said. Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-69305333090052104742018-02-11T22:57:53.181-06:002018-02-11T22:57:53.181-06:00The dates just don't line up.
Joseph got all h...The dates just don't line up.<br />Joseph got all his ideas for this stuff from contemporary wishful thinking.<br />There was NO literal tower of Babel. No serious scholar believes that actually existed, therefore no Jaredites. Nonsense. Let science handle this. Stop picking through their actual work to confirm your own ridiculous biases.<br />The Book of Mormon did not happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-8705171965873722152018-02-10T12:54:13.057-06:002018-02-10T12:54:13.057-06:00Im excited about this technology. I think in large...Im excited about this technology. I think in large part the entire Yucatan was the megalopolis. Im a believer these are Jaredite lands and I look gorward to further research.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650378831365846625noreply@blogger.com