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Pregunta: ¿Fue el modelo Limited Geografía creado en respuesta a las reclamaciones de ADN?
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Question: Was the Limited Geography model created in response to DNA claims?
The Limited Geography Model was introduced in 1927, many years before DNA claims
Was the Limited Geography model created in respond to DNA claims? The answer is no. The idea that Lehi's party entered a larger, pre-existing New World population was introduced as early as 1927, well before the Book of Mormon was being challenged on issues related to DNA. [1]
An examination of both Part 1 and Part 2 of Sorenson's 1984 Ensign articles quickly shows that they do not even contain the term "DNA". The articles focus on anthropological and geographical topics which support the Limited Geography model.
I have said repeatedly that the correspondences in geography, history, and cultural patterns—large scale or micro-scale—between Mesoamerican cultures and the Book of Mormon peoples do not “prove” anything conclusively. Still, the fact that large numbers of such correspondences exist ought to register in the minds of truth-loving people. With this in mind, it is clearly misleading for a scholar—one of our own—to imply that there is no “important archaeological evidence” to support the Book of Mormon story “of Indian origins,” or for another to find it amusing to think that anyone would seriously try to compare the Book of Mormon with objective facts of historical importance. [2]
El mapa Sorenson del Libro de Mormón tierras, ya que apareció en la revista de la iglesia septiembre de 1984 el alférez. Este mapa se puede ver en el sitio web oficial de la Iglesia LDS.org
Notas
- ↑ Janne M Sjodahl, An Introduction to the Study of the Book of Mormon, Deseret News Press (1927)
- ↑ John L. Sorenson, "Digging into the Book of Mormon: Our Changing Understanding of Ancient America and Its Scripture, Part 2", Ensign (October 1984) off-site (Inglés)