Comments about ‘N. America preferred site for LDS film’

those artifact takers to put it back as they might be these guys!

Sure, put buffalo in it! Put some dinosaurs in there, too. Throw in some giraffes!

When you are making fictional movies about fictional stories, you can pretty much do whatever you want!

How do you know the BM is true? Did God the Father appear to you? I don't think so.

It should be easy enough for the prophet to tell us where it all took place. That shouldn't be too much to ask IMHO. I'm not asking for proof, I'm simply asking for clairification. One short answer and it would end all this hullabaloo. It would stop needless speculation.

Is that too much to ask?

Levi - you are assuming that the Lord wants us to know the precise geographic location of the Book of Mormon civilizations. Perhaps He's withholding that information from us as a test of faith, while at the same time taking no issue with efforts on our part to discover the information through trial-and-error.

The Book of Mormon doesn't need an atlas to benefit us.

Great Article, please do more like this. North America makes sense where the Book of Mormon took place. The Hill Camorah is in New York, and the Gold plates were buried there. Joseph Smith said the "Lamanites" were in Illinois and surronding states/territories. Lamanites could be the Hopewell Indians, they designed cities the way the Book of Mormon describes (Mounds with wood picket walls) between 400 bc to 400 ad ,the right time period. This seems more logical to me than the pagan Aztecs where nothing resembles the book of mormon culture, including future prophecies (land of liberty, rich, free, white and delightsome i.e 1 Nephi 13:15).

Too bad a UNIVERSAL CONSENSUS among scientists in many fields is that ALL of the inhabitants of North AND South America descend from East Asia.

Mr. Merrill might as well make his films on a flat earth at the center of the universe with witches and magic and jack rabbits and unicorns.

I think the BOM took place in north america too. The lamanites followed the migration of the beasts, but the animals in central and south america don't migrate. I've seen the Rod Meldrum presentation and it's really really good.

Levi,

I feel for ya, brother! But it wouldn’t matter.

We are told:

The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything. The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or diplomas to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time. The prophet can receive revelation on any matter–temporal or spiritual.

Then we are told: "Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine. A single statement made by a single leader on a single occasion often represents a personal, though well-considered, opinion, but is not meant to be officially binding for the whole Church. With divine inspiration, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles counsel together to establish doctrine that is consistently proclaimed in official Church publications. This doctrine resides in the four “standard works” of scripture (the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price), official declarations and proclamations, and the Articles of Faith. Isolated statements are often taken out of context, leaving their original meaning distorted." (Approaching Mormon Doctrine, at lds.org)

so doesnt the LDS prophet have direct communication with "God" isnt he a mediator(sp) of sorts. if so why is the location even in question shouldn't he being the prophet know this with out a doubt? just curious.

Read about Zelph.

Native Americans always migrate from North to South. So it is very possible that most of the Book of Mormon history took place in the North American Continent. Eventually most of the "Lamanites" migrated to the south over time. Some faster than others.

Not that it matters, but count me in as one believing North America as the location.

There are a couple of books that lay out the theory:

"The Lost Lands of the Book of Mormon," and

"Christ in North America."

Where in North America is there a narrow neck of land from the sea east to the sea west, that is about a days and a half journey by a man?

It is quite a stretch to say this isn't is North America and not central America isn't it?

IF look at a map you can see several possibilites in the states like michigan, wisconsin, washington, california and along the northeast coast,

we actually have NO idea how big or small the strip of land was,

also according to the BOM the geography change just before the coming of Jesus Christ to America,

so some the geography previously described may have changed.


And if we're to believe some the things Joseph Smith purportedly said, he seems to place it in North America, particularly the eastern part.


IT fits better with the discriptions of the use wood,

You can travel significanly quicker there than you can in the jungles of central america, which fit better with travel times mentioned in the BOM,

And there may be no DNA evidence to find:

1. The jardites who came before 2000 BC were thought to have asian/monogloid DNA

2. The lamanites were cursed, 2 Nephi 5:21, with a "black skin", which could have have changed their DNA

3 THE NEphites were killed off by the Lamanites, so it may be near impossible to find their DNA,

also the ability to work metal was probably lost along with them.

@ why complicate-

The NA model has the narrow neck of land up between the Great Lakes (which are the seas). Do I buy it? No way. I think the whole book is fictional but if you were wondering were Rod Meldrum et all base their theory... that's it.

FWIW I think Joseph Smith and many early LDS leaders thought the same thing. Many at least thought that the final battel Cumorah and the hill near Joseph's houe were one and the same.

Look up Vern Holley's maps on BOM geogrpahy to get a better idea.

The reason the so called LDS Profit cannot comment on the location of the Book of Mormon people is because he is a fraud and he knows it. Poor Mormons believe in a book that was made up. Then again so is Santa Claus and of course there is no proof of him either...lol

The Book of Mormon is true. It brings men of honest heart and faith to God. I have seen it bless the lives of those who experience it.

The Prophet is an honest man and works tirelessly serving those in need. Those who don't have a need won't be blessed by his words.

Thank you for the article. It is nice to hear the filmmaker's feelings.

God Bless.

Why is it that so many of us claim victory in a comment with our identity hidden from view? Is it true that even the tomb of the Savior is debated? It really does not have any relevant meaning if you are right or wrong. We even blame GOD or deny his reality when things go wrong or we have not seen him. We even beg HIM to get us out of our trials and we have not seen. It really does not matter what our comments say, blame, judge, etc. If we are not living our own faith, we have no idea what is true or not. Is this not true for any religion? Prove your own faith is true before you guess another false.

Faith is not the determiner of truth.