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LDS author wrote, "In detailed accounts of movements durin the wars, the mode of transporation implied is foot travel,"{{ref|oneone}} and also wrote, "If wagons were built, they would have been made from wood and could not survive in most climates for two thousand years."{{ref|twotwo}}
 
LDS author wrote, "In detailed accounts of movements durin the wars, the mode of transporation implied is foot travel,"{{ref|oneone}} and also wrote, "If wagons were built, they would have been made from wood and could not survive in most climates for two thousand years."{{ref|twotwo}}
  
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It appears that most charriots mention in the Book of Mormon did not survive, just like the chariots in during the Exodus  
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It appears that most charriots during  Book of Mormon times did not survive, just like the "six hundred chosen chariots"( [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ex/14/6#6 Exodus 14:6]) and all "all the chariots of Egypt " ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ex/14/6#6 Exodus 14:6]) during the Exodus most likely didnt survive for archeology in the sea " ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ex/14/26-28#26 Exodus 14:26-28])
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Criticism

  • The Book of Mormon refers to the use of chariots, yet there were no wheeled vehicles in ancient America.

Source(s) of the criticism

Response

Chariots

 [needs work] We do not know what type of chariots the Nephites used nor we know if they had wheels or not, or if they were even chariots like people know them.

LDS author wrote, "In detailed accounts of movements durin the wars, the mode of transporation implied is foot travel,"[1] and also wrote, "If wagons were built, they would have been made from wood and could not survive in most climates for two thousand years."[2]

It appears that most charriots during Book of Mormon times did not survive, just like the "six hundred chosen chariots"( Exodus 14:6) and all "all the chariots of Egypt " (Exodus 14:6) during the Exodus most likely didnt survive for archeology in the sea " (Exodus 14:26-28)



Wheels

Only wheels in ancient toys in Mesoamerica have been found.

LDS Author wrote:

"If the wheels in general use at that time were wooden, which is most likely, we would not expect to find evidence of them today because of the poor preservation factor caused by the ghih humidity of Mesoamerican lowlands."[3]

Conclusion

 [needs work]


Endnotes

  1. [note] David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah: New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico (Bountiful: Horizon, 1981) 67
  2. [note] David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah: New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico (Bountiful: Horizon, 1981) 67
  3. [note] David A. Palmer, In Search of Cumorah: New Evidences for the Book of Mormon from Ancient Mexico (Bountiful: Horizon, 1981) 122


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