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*Mormon's Abridgment follows the structural pattern of Nephi's prophecy, thus demonstrating its fulfillment. [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=15&num=1&id=400] | *Mormon's Abridgment follows the structural pattern of Nephi's prophecy, thus demonstrating its fulfillment. [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=15&num=1&id=400] | ||
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+ | Population Sizes: Nephi reports in this vision that both his seed and the seed of his brethren become large "multitudes." Some have challenged the feasibility of this on demographic grounds. | ||
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+ | Demographer James E. Smith has shown that the Book of Mormon demographics are not unreasonable. | ||
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+ | *[[Book of Mormon/DNA evidence]] | ||
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+ | DNA: Some argue that if Nephi and his brothers had such numerous seed, then we should be able to find their DNA. | ||
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+ | The situation is much more complicated, and there are a number of issues related the Book of Mormon and DNA. | ||
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+ | Nephi describes the seed of his brothers as becoming "dark", one of many passages that lead critics to claim the Book of Mormon is "racist." | ||
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+ | It is likely that "dark" means something besides skin color. | ||
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+ | *[[Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Curse]] | ||
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===Faith Affirmations=== | ===Faith Affirmations=== |
Lesson Three | A FAIR Analysis of:
Book of Mormon: Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual |
Lesson Five |
Lesson 4: The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit: off-site
Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Population Sizes: Nephi reports in this vision that both his seed and the seed of his brethren become large "multitudes." Some have challenged the feasibility of this on demographic grounds.
Response
Demographer James E. Smith has shown that the Book of Mormon demographics are not unreasonable.
For more information
Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
DNA: Some argue that if Nephi and his brothers had such numerous seed, then we should be able to find their DNA.
Response
The situation is much more complicated, and there are a number of issues related the Book of Mormon and DNA.
For more information
Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Nephi describes the seed of his brothers as becoming "dark", one of many passages that lead critics to claim the Book of Mormon is "racist."
Response
It is likely that "dark" means something besides skin color.
For more information
The Book of Mormon contains a number of literary structures called poetic parallelisms, chiasmus being the best known. While these are frequently used as evidence for the Book of Mormon’s authenticity, their real value is in helping shed light on the meaning and message in the text. The following passages contain examples of these structures from chapters being covered in this lesson. If you are planning on using any of these passages in your lesson, it may be worthwhile to check these structures to see if they help emphasize or focus attention on the message you hope to convey, or if they provide an alternative perspective you had not considered before which may enhance your lesson. For the sake of space, the references can only be listed here. To look at these structures, see Donald W. Perry, Poetic Parallelisms: The Complete Text Reformatted, which is graciously provided online for no charge (you have to go to the PDF file) by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute.
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