![]() ![]() ![]() The phenomenon might be humorous if feelings involved weren't so passionate and visceral. Many of these faithful saints will abjectly confess that issues of geography are of minor consequence beside the larger question of the book's truthfulness, and then, practically in the next sentence, engage in zealous rhetoric regarding a personal conviction as to whether the Hill Cumorah is in New York or Mesoamerica. It speaks strictly of the internal debate among faithful Church members-those who proclaim a strong testimony of Joseph Smith, the angel Moroni, and the book's origins. ![]() Of course this statement excludes non- and anti-Mormons who have decided that such a search is folly in the first place. The debate among Latter-day Saints regarding the locations of the ancient cities and events of the Book of Mormon-in particular the debate regarding the location of the ancient battleground known as the Hill Cumorah-sometimes seems more curious as a matter of human psychology than a matter of archeology. ![]()
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