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==Wheels==
 
==Wheels==
  
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As for the wheels, only wheels in ancient toys in Mesoamerica have been found.
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Only wheels in ancient toys in Mesoamerica have been found.
 
   
 
   
 
LDS Author wrote:
 
LDS Author wrote:
  
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"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."{{ref|juddstoddard}}  
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"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."{{ref|juddstoddard}}
  
 
==Conclusion==
 
==Conclusion==

Revision as of 22:05, 9 September 2008

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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

 [needs work]

Chariots

 [needs work]


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."[1]

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) 122


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