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#REDIRECT [[Question: Is the description in the Book of Mormon of a "river running into a fountain" absurd?]]
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Critics claims that description of "a river’s running into a ''fountain''" in 1 Nephi is absurd.{{ref|bachelor.1}}
 
 
 
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[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=fountain&do=Search All instances] of "fountain" in 1 Nephi describe either:
 
* the Red Sea (rivers surely run to the sea)
 
* the fountain near the Tree of Life in Lehi's dream, from which the river flows.
 
 
 
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The criticism is based on a shallow reading of the text.
 
 
 
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#{{note|bachelor.1}} {{CriticalWork:Bachelor:Mormonism Exposed|pages=9}}
 
 
 
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{{Book of Mormon Anachronisms}}
 
 
 
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