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Demographics
Summary: Critics charge that the initial Lehite colony is too small to produce the population sizes indicated, and that Lehi's group was sent to a land which was kept from the knowledge of other nations, therefore, according to the Book of Mormon, there could not have been "others" present. A superficial reading of the Book of Mormon leads some to conclude that the named members of Lehi's group were the only members of Nephite/Lamanite society. However, the Book of Mormon contains many mentions of "others" that made up part of both societies; indeed, many Book of Mormon passages make little sense unless we understand this.Jump to Subtopic:
- Question: Was the Lehite colony too small to produce the population sizes indicated by the Book of Mormon?
- Question: What was the fate of the original Lehite colonists?
- Question: What were the relative size of Nephites vs. Lamanites?
- Question: Why aren't other inhabitants of the America's mentioned in the Book of Mormon?
- John L. Sorenson: "Several puzzles about the history of the Nephites and Lamanites are linked to the question of whether they found others already living in their promised land"