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==Roper: "Critics of the Book of Mormon have claimed that the limited geography is only a late, desperate attempt to defend the Book of Mormon"==
Matthew Roper:
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Recently, some critics of the Book of Mormon have claimed that the limited geography is only a late, desperate attempt to defend the Book of Mormon. It is, they assert, contrary "to the Book of Mormon text, early Mormon history, [and] Joseph Smith's divine edicts."2 In order to place the assertions of these critics in perspective, it is necessary to address several questions: What was the hemispheric geography based on? Granted that this early view was popular, was it based on revelation? Is there any authoritative interpretation of Book of Mormon geography? Is the localized geography some kind of debater's ploy or are there substantial reasons for this view? <ref>{{FR-16-2-12}}</ref> {{read more|url=https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1459&index=12}}
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[[es:Fuente:Roper:FR 16:2:Los críticos del Libro de Mormón han afirmado que la geografía limitada es sólo una tarde, intento desesperado]]
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