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- 1 Response to Book of Mormon Difficulties: A Study- Animals, metal, grains and textiles
- 1.1 Were Domestic Animals—Horses, Asses, Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Swine; Iron and Steel; Swords and Scimeters; Silk, Wheat, Barley, and Well Vehicles Known to Native American Races in Pre-Columbian, and within Historic Times?
- 1.2 Claim
- The use of the word "cimeter" is dated to about 450 A.D., but the Book of Mormon mentions it around the middle of the fifth century B.C.
- 1.3 Claim
- B.H. Roberts notes that "it will be said...that silk is unknown among the Americans," and that there was no evidence of silk among the natives when Europeans arrived in the New World.
- B.H. Roberts poses the question, "Can we...say that the domestic animals, the horse, the cow and the ox, sheep, goats, and swine, were known and used by Americans within historic times, previous to the discovery of America?
- "Can we successfully assert ...that it was an iron and steel age civilization...rather than a stone age culture...?
Response to Book of Mormon Difficulties: A Study- Animals, metal, grains and textiles
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Were Domestic Animals—Horses, Asses, Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Swine; Iron and Steel; Swords and Scimeters; Silk, Wheat, Barley, and Well Vehicles Known to Native American Races in Pre-Columbian, and within Historic Times?
Shall we boldly acknowledge the difficulties in the case, confess that the evidences and conclusions of the authorities are against us, but notwithstanding all that, we take our position on the Book of Mormon and place its revealed truths against he declarations of men, however, learned, and await the vindication of the revealed truth.
—B.H. Roberts, "Book of Mormon Difficulties: A Study," Studies of the Book of Mormon, p. 115.
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- The use of the word "cimeter" is dated to about 450 A.D., but the Book of Mormon mentions it around the middle of the fifth century B.C.
Response- For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon warfare: Cimeters [needs work]
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- B.H. Roberts notes that "it will be said...that silk is unknown among the Americans," and that there was no evidence of silk among the natives when Europeans arrived in the New World.
Response- For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon anachronisms: Silk
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- B.H. Roberts poses the question, "Can we...say that the domestic animals, the horse, the cow and the ox, sheep, goats, and swine, were known and used by Americans within historic times, previous to the discovery of America?
Response- For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon anachronisms: Animals
Claim
- "Can we successfully assert ...that it was an iron and steel age civilization...rather than a stone age culture...?
Response- For a detailed response, see: Book of Mormon anachronisms: Metals