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Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Shiz struggles to breathe
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Criticism
In Ether 15:31, a final showdown occurs between two warriors, Shiz and Coriantumr. Coriantumr "smote off the head of Shiz...[and] after he had smitten off the head...Shiz raised up on his hands and fell; and after that he had struggled for breath, he died."
Critics insist that this would not, or could not, happen.
Source(s) of the Criticism
- John R. Farkas and David A. Reed, Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors, (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, 1995), 152.
- Ed Decker, Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 114.
- Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 90.
Response
The response should be brief and summary in nature.
Conclusion
A summary of the argument against the criticism.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
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External links
- John W. Welch, in "The 'Decapitation' of Shiz," Insights (November 1994): 2. [1]
Printed material
- M. Gary Hadfield, "Neuropathology and the Scriptures," BYU Studies 33:2 (1993): 313-28. [2]