I can believe the Bible is true because there are many historical confirmations of the text. Why isn the same level of confirmation available for the incidents and cities of the Book of Mormon?
A. You have mentioned the many historical confirmations of the Bible. I’d like to remind you that many, many people reject it because of the apparent lack of historicity in Genesis and elsewhere. Many sincere people ask the following questions and conclude that the Bible is not the Word of God: “If the Bible is the Word of God – should it not be free from obvious absurdities and gross blunders? Should not scientific respect for the Book increase with time, as truth after truth is confirmed? Why then is the historicity of the creation account and many other stories almost universally rejected by the scientific and academic communities? ” I believe Genesis to be true, but there are puzzling questions: How does the story of Adam and Eve agree with the extensive evidence of fossil man existing long before? How can the creation story fit with what is “known” about the evolution of life over millions of years? Can you show me one objective scientist (not one who is already a believer, “to en
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