LittleNipper wrote:Show me the evolutionist who doesn't have any regard for evolution before he begins his research, or the archaeologist who doesn't know he's looking for Troy before he seeks after it, And I'll show you people without goals.
huckelberry wrote:The Book of Mormon is a pretty wide target. I am unable to see the Bible passing the same tests with the ease this presenter believes. He mentions secular confirmation of the hours of darkness at the crucifixion. I am unfamiliar with such and am shocked to hear the claim. He also says it was a miraculous solar eclipse.
It is true that there are non-biblical sources that talk about a period of darkness at the crucifixion. But there are also ancient Mesoamerican records that talk the appearance of a Great White God in ancient Mesoamerica.
LittleNipper wrote:Come on!?!!? The Christ was being crucified at Jerusalem! Why would the Americas experience 3 days of darkness and Jerusalem receive only 3 hours! Think for once in your life. Joseph Smith was writing the Book of Mormon without any help from GOD. And He could not help but make mistakes. And this is a glaring error, and yet one that could have slipped by any guy who had no heart for the truth but was too busy trying to jump into the spotlight.
ORIGINAL When Christ died, did darkness cover the land for three days or for three hours? (Luke 23:44 and 3 Nephi 8:19, 23).
FARMS This is like asking why the snowstorm on Christmas day lasted two hours in Boston and two days in Denver. We are, after all, dealing with different geographical regions here. The answer is that the darkness lasted three hours in the Holy Land but three days in the lands inhabited by the Nephites, where there appears to have been a major volcanic explosion (see John A. Tvedtnes, "Historical Parallels to the Destruction at the Time of the Crucifixion," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3/1, Spring 1994).
MY RESPONSE I'll give this one to you, though I think Smith simply made a mistake when he was copying from the Bible. It is not, technically, a contradiction to state the time of darkness difference is due to geographical location.
"And I've said it before, you want to know what Joseph Smith looked like in Nauvoo, just look at Trump." - Fence Sitter