MormonTimes.com: Theology suggests Book of Mormon setting in Central America, scholar says
SANDY — Similarities between theological concepts in the Book of Mormon about deification and aspects of the ancient Mayan culture suggest a Central American setting for the Book of Mormon, according to a scholar on Mesoamerican archaeology who spoke at the 2008 FAIR Conference.
Mark Alan Wright, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California at Riverside and a part-time member of the religion faculty at Brigham Young University, spoke today in the opening session of the two-day conference highlighting defense of the Mormon faith.
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Well here we go agein, people trying to tear down what they don...
SFC RET DENNIS | Aug. 9, 2008 at 8:18 p.m.
FAIR/FARMS will say whatever seems the most likely. It's not...
Ernest T. Bass | Aug. 9, 2008 at 3:13 p.m.
The scholar is looking through "Mormon-colored glasses"...
John | Aug. 8, 2008 at 1:57 p.m.
