0 Helaman : Science

Your hearts ... do swell ... unto great swelling. Helaman 13:22 13:22

Trivia: Who asked God to send a famine that killed thousands of people?

Helaman : Science (8)

  1. The Lamanites (Native Americans) had "an innumerable army" that was armed with swords and cimeters. Yet no evidence for such weapons in the Pre-Columbian New World has ever been found. 1:14
  2. The Nephites "began to cover the whole earth." Yet no evidence for Native Americans of Israelite descent has ever been found. 3:8
  3. The Nephites built cities, temples, synagogues, sanctuaries, "and all manner of buildings." But no trace of them has ever been found. 3:9
  4. The Nephites had a large timber industry. They exported "much by the way of shipping." Of course, there is no evidence for any of this now. 3:10
  5. The Nephites built "many cities, both of wood and of cement." No evidence of them exists today. 3:11
  6. The Nephites built ships, temples, synagogues, and sanctuaries. But no one has found any evidence of them. 3:14
  7. The Nepites wrote many books and records "of every kind", but no evidence for them exists today. 3:15
  8. "From the west sea [Pacific], even unto the east [Atlantic]; it being a day's journey for a Nephite." (Nephites could walk 5000 kilometers in one day.) 4:7

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