Book of Mormon wrote:And they said unto him: Behold, he is feeding thy horses. Now the king had commanded his servants, previous to the time of the watering of their flocks, that they should prepare his horses and chariots
Bronze statue of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum riding out of Nauvoo toward Carthage
Can anyone doubt that Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum loved horses? I think they did. Sadly, today, LDS apologists belittle the prophet's natural love for horses.
Book of Mormon wrote:And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of promise, as we journeyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men.
Book of Mormon wrote:Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots
Jesus confused the Nephites by mentioning an animal in which they had never heard or seen.
Apologists have suggested in the Book of Mormon that:
1. Sheep meant llamas. 2. Cattle meant either mountain goats, llamas, or the ancestor of the American bison. 3. Goats referred to native Mesoamerican brocket deer. 4. Swine referred to peccaries. 5. Wheat and barley referred to Hordeum pusillum. 6. Silk referred to the hair of rabbit's bellies or possibly pods from the ceiba tree. 7. Chariot may refer to a non-wheeled vehicle. 8. Steel refers to a hardened metal other than iron. 9. Swords referred to the macuahuitl club with obsidian blades. 10. Cimiters (scimitars) may have referred to some sort of knife.
So, did Joseph Smith mean horse or perhaps the closest thing existing in the Americas which is the valiant tapir? As Dr. Peterson has pointed out, the hippopotamus is alternately known as the "river horse" and taxonomically the tapir is related to both horses and rhinos.
Look, it is hard being an apologist and you should not expect them to just pull a curelom out of their hat.
moksha wrote:Chariot may refer to a non-wheeled vehicle.
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Do men have balls? Do women have boobs?
Castrate a chariot? Rip the wheels off the axle and take it for a spin.
Daniel Peterson is the dumbest school teacher in the state of Utard. He don't deserve a diploma. He gets a grade F. as in flunky not kcuf spelled backwards.
