tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426723056163837913.post1833248075054583446..comments2023-08-27T02:56:53.756-06:00Comments on Frost Cave: A Lost Generation of ScholarshipChris Heimerdingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02000418124642779132noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426723056163837913.post-80145701939342368022012-06-25T12:53:35.018-06:002012-06-25T12:53:35.018-06:00Hey Chris, maybe there's an additional factor ...Hey Chris, maybe there's an additional factor to consider in the decline of Book of Mormon scholarship. Several sources are saying that some middle management at BYU has been intentionally blocking this type of research. BYU absorbed FARMS in 1997, which is 15 years ago. Perhaps that explains the decline you've noticed, at least in part. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.templestudy.com/2012/06/25/rise-fall-farms/" rel="nofollow">http://www.templestudy.com/2012/06/25/rise-fall-farms/</a>Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498290529550647229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426723056163837913.post-10485541693252686492010-05-07T21:22:18.752-06:002010-05-07T21:22:18.752-06:00Check out this interesting conversation on BCC. Ma...Check out this <a href="http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/02/19/especially-for-theologians-a-report-from-the-first-ever-faith-knowledge-conference/#comment-153461" rel="nofollow">interesting conversation</a> on BCC. Mark W. has studied Mesoamerican archaeology and talks of the stern warnings he has gotten from leaders in the field about defending the Book of Mormon, and the balancing act of laying low until he's in a position to be as candid as he likes.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498290529550647229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426723056163837913.post-20364974592252880162009-11-17T19:42:23.268-07:002009-11-17T19:42:23.268-07:00Chris: The scientific community very nearly "...<i><b>Chris: </b>The scientific community very nearly "kicked out" the entire fields of archaeology and anthropology from the "club" of respected sciences.</i><br /><br />It's encouraging to hear that some scientists are holding others accountable. Do you have any places you can point me to to read more about that? (If it was part of the conversation with your friend, then I understand---it might not be published anywhere.)<br /><br />I've read elsewhere of the odd politics that go on in some of the softer sciences. <a href="http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/v3i2f.htm" rel="nofollow">This article</a> explains some of the circular reasoning used in geology, wherein fossils are used to date a strata layer, and strata layers are used to date a fossil, and any conflicting details are considered contamination. <br /><br />There was an encouraging <a href="http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/091109digging.html" rel="nofollow">article by Richard Hauck</a> in Meridian Magazine that I think you will like. He mentions some LDS archaeologists who see no need to hide their conclusions just because they support their religious convictions.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498290529550647229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426723056163837913.post-59969307877014347042009-09-12T15:04:23.386-06:002009-09-12T15:04:23.386-06:00While I don't know very much about Book of Mor...While I don't know very much about Book of Mormon geography beyond the basics, I've always found it highly interesting that in every continent, save Antarctica, there have been indigenous peoples from various time periods that have the same three myths: a creation myth, where a god or several gods create the world and the people in it, a myth of a great flood, and then a myth of the different languages being confounded. In many places, these myths predate the spread of Christianity into their country.<br /><br />In the Americas, there are also about 12 different "feathered serpent" gods, ranging from northern Mexico all the way down past Bolivia and Peru. The details differ, but in every one of them, a fair-skinned god (sometimes with a beard, sometimes without), in a white gown came to visit them (either descended from the clouds, coming from a land across the ocean to the East, or coming down from Heaven on a rainbow) and taught them morals, values and a strong work ethic, and went back to where he came from, promising to return one day. In most of these myths, he is the same god that created the earth. Obviously, the most famous of these are Quetzalcoatl and Kukulkahn, but there are considerably more than just those two, and they're all remarkably similiar. <br /><br />It's a little disconcerting to see people try to explain it all away as if it doesn't mean anything.Sarah Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788155683857492789noreply@blogger.com