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The Maya and Mormonism
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"The Maya and Mormonism
Discussions on the book, "Breaking the Maya Code", by Michael D. Coe
To this day, most Mormons believe that the Book of Mormon encompasses all
of North and South America in its history. Internal and external evidences,
however, suggest that this is not the case. In fact, many LDS scholars feel
that the Book of Mormon is more accurately a volume concerning 3 groups
(Jaredites, Nephites and Mulekites) of peoples that had travelled to the
New World and settled therein. Distances described in the Book of Mormon
show that the entire continents of North and South America could not have
been involved. The distance between Zarahemla in the north, and the
land of Nephi (Lamanite territory) was 40 days travel (Mosiah 7:4). Given
the harsh terrain [since wandering was involved in trying to find the place],
the average group probably could not have gone more than 25 miles in a day.
In other words, the Nephite territory was no more than 1000 miles in length.
We do not have any knowledge of the size of the Lamanite empire, but given
their continuing desire for more land and pushing northward, I doubt they
had much more land than the Nephites did. Given this, the Lamanites and Nephites
could have been contained in an area smaller than Central America and Mexico.
Secondly, not all ancient Indian ruins are Nephite/Lamanite. Most ruins,
in fact, tend to be from periods AFTER the Nephites were destroyed. Also,
many of the traditions are so very different, that they couldn't possibly
have been from the same peoples. However, enough trade and intermixing with
other groups (as the Nephites did with the Mulekites, and as the Mulekites
probably did with the Jaredites prior to their destruction), that many traditions
and practices could have spread.
Many LDS scholars believe in a "Limited Tehuantepec Theory." This suggests
that the Nephite/Lamanite area was limited primarily to Central America,
perhaps going as far north as Mexico City. But even if"
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