Where is the River Laman?

The Book of Mormon suggests that a three days' journey from Jerusalem, one found a continuously flowing river, flowing into the Red Sea. Despite several attempts to promote evidence of this river, no such evidence exists. And when you examine the reality of the terrain and the climate, it's quite easy to see why.

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[metallipat]

Galations 1: 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

Matthew 24:3-5 And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ, and will deceive many.

[underpantssquirrel]

Why would he name a river just to say how stiffnecked they were? No I don't make a mention of everything, but I especially wouldn't mention things that didn't exist in my time. Would George Washington write about him driving to Valley Forge in his '69 Camaro? Obviously, there is no such way he could have done it.

Also, why does the BoM "try" to use Elizabethan dialect and fail miserably 50% of the time? Why does it even use the word "has" There was no "has" in Elizabethan; it was "hath."

[wannawatchu66]

Eightplex:

If some "idiot" grabs your journal 2,500 years from now, will it be passed off as "Another Testament of Jesus Christ," and will there be missionaries the world over telling everyone who will listen to "pray about" your journal to know if it's true? Let's compare apples with apples, not bicycles with helicopters.

[thesignsoflife7]

Who is thumbing down the facts of geography?!?!?!

Only Mormons would be angry that the earth doesn't conform to their prophet's fictional book!!

[rlhathaway56]

28°33'40.94"N 34°48'19.21"E. Hmmm... check it out on Google Earth. Yes, it continually runs, stops just short of the Red Sea, and wouldn't be what I would consider a river now, but look at the geology east of it. There's even trees and date palms....

[rlhathaway56]

28°33'40.94"N 34°48'19.21"E. Hmmm... check it out on Google Earth. Yes, it continually runs, stops just short of the Red Sea, and wouldn't be what I would consider a river now, but look at the geology east of it. There's even trees and date palms....

[rlhathaway56]

28°33'40.94"N 34°48'19.21"E. Hmmm... check it out on Google Earth.

[Angie Ellsworth]

Looks like there is a river/stream 3 days journey from Jerusalem that flows year round after all... Looks like there is a river/stream 3 days journey from Jerusalem that flows year round after all...

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[Angie Ellsworth]

Looks like there is a river/stream 3 days journey from Jerusalem that flows year round after all...

[Eightplex]

MormonDoctrinedotnet-- where is it reported in the book of Mormon that others knew about the river Laman? Put up or shutup! All you anti's -- it's time to call your proof bluff. Give once and for all the definitive answer of where the BofM came from! I want no theories or possibilities! Take a stand and defend it and prove your answer!

[Eightplex]

MormonDoctrinedotnet-- where is it reported in the book of Mormon that others knew about the river Laman? Put up or shutup! All you anti's -- it's time to call your proof bluff. Give once and for all the definitive answer of where the BofM came from! I want no theories or possibilities! Take a stand and defend it and prove your answer!