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As for the wheels, only wheels in ancient toys in Mesoamerica have been found. | |||
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"If the wheels in general use at that time were wooden, which is most likely, we would not expect to find evidence of them today because of the poor preservation factor caused by the ghih humidity of Mesoamerican lowlands."{{ref|juddstoddard}} | |||
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#{{note|juddstoddard}}David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah: New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico (Bountiful: Horizon, 1981) 122 | |||
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Revision as of 05:04, 10 September 2008
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Criticism
- The Book of Mormon refers to the use of chariots, yet there were no wheeled vehicles in ancient America.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 172. ( Index of claims )
Response
Chariots
Wheels
As for the wheels, only wheels in ancient toys in Mesoamerica have been found.
LDS Author wrote:
"If the wheels in general use at that time were wooden, which is most likely, we would not expect to find evidence of them today because of the poor preservation factor caused by the ghih humidity of Mesoamerican lowlands."[1]
Conclusion
Endnotes
- [note] David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah: New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico (Bountiful: Horizon, 1981) 122
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