Good qustion. Go to the FARMS or else its now called Neil A. Maxwell Institute website and in their search engine type in my name, and I have an article on Terminology problems of the Tanners. I discuss this issue in that publication. Thanks
The backyard professor cannot answer my question on The Steel sword of Laban supposedly found by Smith with the golden plates. Offers a WOODEN mesoamerica club as the book of Mormon answer for steel swords . The answer I got was this. YOU HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE OWNER OF THIS VIDEO.
Since the historically well-known names of Euphrates, Assyria, and Ethiopia do not fit into the use of them in the Garden of Eden story, it is more than probable that they are ancient names variously applied in later times. Clearly, these rivers and countries belong to early ages of the worlds history, and do not apply to present-day terminology (John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations, p.394).
John A. Widstoe (a mormon and Harvord PhD graduate) said this, Despite the apparently specific descriptions given, this clue[Gen. 2:10-14] has not led to the location of the Garden of Eden. Careful scholars have not been able to identify any of the four rivers with certainty. None of the rivers mentioned fits into the lands now known. (cont.)
It was modern revelation. For arguments sake lets say this is the case. How could those rivers etc be in the middle east and named according to the same names used in the Genesis account? When people move, its pretty common to use names they are familiar with from their homeland. If the Ark started its float from North America and landed in the middle east after the floods departed it would have been natural for them to return to normalcy by recycling names they were familiar with. my 2 cents
Satelite imagery means nothing to the lds church? It must be all fake.
awolLDSasap 2 years ago
Good qustion. Go to the FARMS or else its now called Neil A. Maxwell Institute website and in their search engine type in my name, and I have an article on Terminology problems of the Tanners. I discuss this issue in that publication. Thanks
TheBackyardProfessor 2 years ago
@TheBackyardProfessor does not answer questions.
The backyard professor cannot answer my question on The Steel sword of Laban supposedly found by Smith with the golden plates. Offers a WOODEN mesoamerica club as the book of Mormon answer for steel swords . The answer I got was this. YOU HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE OWNER OF THIS VIDEO.
kramd1 1 year ago
Since the historically well-known names of Euphrates, Assyria, and Ethiopia do not fit into the use of them in the Garden of Eden story, it is more than probable that they are ancient names variously applied in later times. Clearly, these rivers and countries belong to early ages of the worlds history, and do not apply to present-day terminology (John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations, p.394).
jrummy16 2 years ago
John A. Widstoe (a mormon and Harvord PhD graduate) said this, Despite the apparently specific descriptions given, this clue[Gen. 2:10-14] has not led to the location of the Garden of Eden. Careful scholars have not been able to identify any of the four rivers with certainty. None of the rivers mentioned fits into the lands now known. (cont.)
jrummy16 2 years ago
It was modern revelation. For arguments sake lets say this is the case. How could those rivers etc be in the middle east and named according to the same names used in the Genesis account? When people move, its pretty common to use names they are familiar with from their homeland. If the Ark started its float from North America and landed in the middle east after the floods departed it would have been natural for them to return to normalcy by recycling names they were familiar with. my 2 cents
myeyepie 2 years ago