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|summary=Alexander Campbell, an early Book of Mormon critic, complained that the Book of Mormon "makes John [the Baptist] baptize in the village of Bethabara." The Book of Mormon, however, uses the same term as the King James Bible: "These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing." (John 1:28) | |summary=Alexander Campbell, an early Book of Mormon critic, complained that the Book of Mormon "makes John [the Baptist] baptize in the village of Bethabara." The Book of Mormon, however, uses the same term as the King James Bible: "These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing." (John 1:28) | ||
| | |L1=Question: Does the Book of Mormon erroneously claim that John the Baptist baptized people in the village of Bethabara? | ||
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|summary=Is the description of "a river’s running into a ''fountain''" in 1 Nephi absurd? | |summary=Is the description of "a river’s running into a ''fountain''" in 1 Nephi absurd? | ||
| | |L1=Question: Is the description in the Book of Mormon of a "river running into a fountain" absurd? | ||
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Revision as of 06:53, 8 June 2017
Summary: Alleged Book of Mormon anachronisms related to geography.