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Countercult ministries/Watchman Fellowship/Section 9
Response to claims in "The Bible: 1,002 - Book of Mormon: Zero"
| Claims made in "Joseph Smith and the Biblical Test of a Prophet" | A FAIR Analysis of: Watchman Fellowship A work by author: Rick Branch
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Claims in "Testing the Book of Mormon by Moroni 10:4" |
Response to claim: “While there continues to be mounting evidence for the historicity of the biblical record, the Book of Mormon is still seeking that first authenticated scrap of evidence"
The author(s) of Watchman Fellowship make(s) the following claim:
Author's quote: “While there continues to be mounting evidence for the historicity of the biblical record, the Book of Mormon is still seeking that first authenticated scrap of evidence.”
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim is false
- The Old World portions of the Book of Mormon do have "that first authenticated scrap of evidence."
- There are also considerable tie-ins in the New World—we simply don't know the exact location of Book of Mormon events.
- For a detailed response, see: Biblical archaelogy compared to the Book of Mormon
- For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon historicity
Response to claim: Ambiguous statements and grandiose claims have appeared in numerous LDS and RLDS journals, but, to date, not a single claim has been substantiated
The author(s) of Watchman Fellowship make(s) the following claim:
Ambiguous statements and grandiose claims have appeared in numerous LDS and RLDS journals, but, to date, not a single claim has been substantiated.
Author's sources: *Zarahemla Record, August 1989 p. 7 ("The massive fortification of the site dating around AD 825 surpass anything found in Maya archaeology to date. The Book of Mormon description in Mormon 4:10 is being confirmed.")
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim is false
The authors do nothing to address the thousands of pages published on this topic.- For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon—Archaeology