Wadi Tayyib by itself isn't strong evidence, but I think it's far more credible when tied with the Nahom location containing a burial site from around 600 BC with the name Ishmael on it, and directly east from there you run into Salalah in Oman that is the perfect candidate for the place they called Bountiful, and where the Lord would have commanded Nephi to build a ship.
The BIG Evidence isn't simply that there are some matching locations, it's the fact that EVERY Aspect that the BOM mention's through Lehi's entire Journey from Jerusalem to the sea has been verified as not only existing, but existing EXACTLY where the BOM states they occurred, etc. Get the Great Book "Lehi in the Wilderness.... 81 Evidences..." and the video is good too. Scholars will argue, which actual valley, which spot by the Sea, etc. But what's important, it's ALL there, and NONE of it Joseph could have known. It's mathematically impossible for him to have gotten all those details from beginning to end with such accuracy unless God was Involved.
This has been known for many years now. Was discovered by the guys who are the Nephi project. Been exploring Saudi Arabia for many years now and have also found the resting place of Noah’s Ark, the place where Nephi built the ship, and many other places.
Hahah. So cool. I’m just randomly scrolling and who do I see but Zander in my feed!! Crazy to think just a few short years ago you, me, angel, and Bret playing at byu in a band. This is awesome man keep it up.
Lemuel Durfee was a Quaker who owned the property in Palmyra, New York where the Joseph Smith, Sr. family lived after losing their farm in Manchester, New York:
I watched a documentary of a Asian archeologicalist with 1 leg, saying that's the spot where Moses and his people were after crossing the RED SEA or Reed sea from Pharaoh, Egypt? It's a coincidence that Lamuel was there also in the same place different times
The Book of Mormon is so full of truth, light & knowledge. It changes you & your life! It fills you up with the Light of Christ. This video is amazing to see just a portion of where they once were. Thank you. I will believe the people who were there and lived in those times, over those of modern time think what was or wasn’t there. I will take the accounts of those who lived it.
This is a very cool video with a lot of great shots and nice scenery. 74 miles is only "about 3 days travel" if by "about" you mean 4 or more likely 5. Also, Jerusalem isn't on the northern shore of the Red Sea where you appear to start counting the 74 miles from - it's a solid 30+ miles away, almost half again that distance. Stuff like that, when you take an objective look at it, just feels like you started with your conclusion, worked backwards, and then just squinted really hard when things still didn't exactly line up.
@@kid_kaoz , I had to adjust my opinions about how far a person can travel on foot in a day when a friend's 16 year old son started running in grueling 100-200 mile races. Lehi's family was in a rush to get out of Jerusalem and we don't know that they didn't have horses. I mean... we seem to always assume they had camels, bit they were a wealthy family, and there is a strong horse culture in the area.
Thanks for the comment! We published a short essay that we linked in the description where we state that: "Daily travel in the Arabian deserts in antiquity typically ranged between 15-25 miles per day." We have footnotes to references that support this.
Joseph Smith showed and testified to the men on the Zion’s Camp march, the location of the ancient city of Manti, in the Book of Mormon, in N.E. Missouri, and later, called the region across the river from Nauvoo, Zerahemla.
Lots of ifs and maybes that the intense music and stunning imagery cannot quite mask entirely. The value of the spiritual teachings of any faith tradition should not depend on literalism or strict historicity of the metaphors portrayed, as Confirmation bias usually leads you to the conclusion you start out with. my guess is there are at least a dozen other locations you could make similar claims with. But a great reminder nonetheless of the powerful metaphor of the flowing river contrasted with the stately mountains and how both are necessary to our spiritual growth.
With all the changes and white washed narrative, the church is turning the book as only a faith promoting literacy as it is easily debated to be a 19th century writing. Not a literal historical record. Which makes more sense because Joseph Smith was into magic and glass looking. He was a fantastic story teller. The bom is his greatest work.
@@lrsvalentine interesting. What sort of scientific evidence would be evidenced in this manner of nomadic travel? How much “scientific” evidence is available for the origins of the Native American tribes? The empirical evidence is very minimal in comparison to other civilizations of the world.
@@christianlassen1577 we have no need to speculate or tell a story when we belong to the true church. Our current prophet could visit the region and pin point Lehi` s journey and could tell us exactly where this great history occurred. Joseph Smith did when he traveled across the US identifying important places in Book of Mormon history. When a prophet speaks that is enough evidence for me, I guess the film makers didn't want the truth and came up with this story.
Constant use of the word "Likely" and referring to a timeline that has yet to be proven (BoM timeline) as history is little more than a stretch. But, if you say could have enough, maybe... Not one single thing from the book has been verified/proven to date. There are evidences of people, places, and things from thousands of years before, just not this timeline.
While I will never travel to this place, but this year I have taken a journey into the souls of some of the scribers of the B.O.M and appreciate for myself the witness in my own soul that the book is what it witness to be.
It's crazy how people don't have a problem with Nephi being instructed by God on how to build a boat, but doubt that He could help them find water in a desert.
Yes it is an amazing place. BUT, this might be the worst evidence for the BoM. . Jerusalem to Wadi Tayyib Al Ism is roughly 280 miles. The average walking speed on flat ground is 3mph (20min mile). A non-stop walk would take 112 hours (4.66 days). If Lehi traveled 3mph for 16 hours a day (8 hrs sleep) he would cover 48 miles a day it would take 5.66 days. Bactrian camels can carry over 440 pounds for 31 miles in a day. Dromedary camels can carry up to 220 pounds for 37 miles in a day. Traveling 37 miles per day it would take 7.56 days. Paul R. Cheesman of BYU Religious Studies states the average caravan traveled 30 miles per day. This means it would have taken Lehi and his family to travel 9.33 days Even given the benefits of 24 hour travel and high speed travel, it is not possible for Lehi's caravan to travel from Jerusalem to Wadi Tayyib Al Ism in 3 days.
The verses don't say how long it took from Jerusalem to the borders near the shore of the Red Sea. It does say that from the borders near the Red Sea he traveled in the wilderness three days to a valley by the side of a river of water.
@@originalsebvox From the passage you mentioned, we can infer the length of time it took Lehi and his family to travel from their home to the Red Sea. According to the text, they traveled for three days in the wilderness before they pitched their tent near a river of water, by the side of the Red Sea. Therefore, based on this account, it took Lehi and his family three days to travel from their home to the vicinity of the Red Sea.
@@originalsebvox Lynn M. and Hope Hilton of BYU said Lehi’s group journeyed “three days in the wilderness” and camped in the “valley of Lemuel” (1 Nephi 2:10, 14). After traveling in this area, the Hiltons conclude that the valley of Lemuel is most probably the place now known as Al Beda in the Wadi El Afal, in Saudi Arabia. Again 3 days.
Like the Shroud of Turin this is just forcing an inference. Providing just enough material for the weak minded to fill in the gaps and see something that is actually not there.
Gold plates found in a stone box in upstate NY…….translated by a failed treasure hunter with claims that indigenous people related to Jews but now we know indigenous people in the Americas have zero dna from the Middle East….. Please, for the sake of all things reasonable……do ALL the homework.
The text of the Book of Mormon, especially in 1 Nephi, is very detailed. This is more than just one or two peoples' opinion. The two mountain ranges, the Frankincense trail, the mode of travel and expected distances, the place names and other geography, the existence of trees suitable for bow making, the flint and ore at the places they need to be, the cultural clues, the syntax used, etc. Everything lines up. The chance of Joseph getting all this right on his own is not possible. And the fact that it all lines up here according to the text is divine.
Stephen, the point of this video isn't to serve as a foundation of belief. The spiritual confirmation should be the foundation. Things like this only support the circumstantial claims and say, "See, not only is the Book of Mormon on firm spiritual grounds as another testament of Jesus Christ, but the circumstantial, cultural, and linguistic evidences are catching up to what we already knew spiritually."
Islam declares Muhammad pbuh to be the 'Seal of the Prophets'; meaning that Allah swt, would never raise up a Prophet after him; therefore, how could Joseph Smith Jr be a Prophet?
In ancient times, the average travel distance per day was typically around 20-25 miles. This was also referred as a day's Journey. So to say that the travel distance was 3 day days journey means they traveled 60 to 75 miles wich likely was not done on 3 days time.
Read Lehi In the Wilderness by Richard Wellington. It explains it all in great detail. They traveled by camel. Richard was my Bishop growing up in Saudi Arabia, and he was the discoverer of Wadi Tayyib al-Ism as the Valley of Lemuel decades ago.
The linked article in the video description says, "Daily travel in the Arabian deserts in antiquity typically ranged between 15-25 miles per day." And the footnote links to sources.
3 day journey doesn't necessarily mean a journey in exactly 3 days. It just means that if you traveled all day, in 3 days you would get to that location. At least that's how I understand it.
Are you being intellectually honest? Because I want you to consider that a hope rooted in wishful thinking has distorted your understanding of what “evidence” truly means. What’s actually happening in this video is speculation based on coincidences. “Now faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 [All-caps added for emphasis] In other words, biblical faith is evident in something that can be verified as fact - objective substance. But is that provided here? Unfortunately, no.
Seems they were definitely on a mission to make good time, I would be too. Aside from that they knew how to make good time with their limited means of travel; as it was the only way and was done frequently for trade.
The linked article in the video description says, "Daily travel in the Arabian deserts in antiquity typically ranged between 15-25 miles per day." And the footnote links to sources.
Keep in mind that Lehi and his family are not bushwhacking this journey or trudging through sand dunes (at least not yet). They are following the frankincense trail, an established route down the Arabian coast next to the Red Sea.
Well, not all of it, you silly goose. It starts out in Israel. Then, a good portion of 1Nephi absolutely takes place in what is modern day Arabia. Then, the ship building and Bountiful parts of 1Nephi are in Oman. Then, the rest of the Book of Mormon is debatable in its location.
Thank you for taking us on a visual tour!!
I was totally blown away by the music, landscape & photography of this video. So amazing. TY for sharing.
Thank you for watching with us!
Wadi Tayyib by itself isn't strong evidence, but I think it's far more credible when tied with the Nahom location containing a burial site from around 600 BC with the name Ishmael on it, and directly east from there you run into Salalah in Oman that is the perfect candidate for the place they called Bountiful, and where the Lord would have commanded Nephi to build a ship.
Your comment should be a highlighted. Is this published somewhere?
The Old World evidences are amazing.
@@MartinDezion We produced another video about all these locations here: ua-cam.com/video/5yjKSaegLJg/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Beautiful location. Now when I read I can imagine this place or something similar. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Another fantastic video! Thank you Zander and SC team!
Thank you Dino!
Thanks for watching Dino. I'm very grateful SC posted it.
Truly a beautiful location! I really want to see it myself one day. Thank you for the excellent video.
Beautifully done! Thank you for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excelente video. Muchas gracias por compartirlo. Saludos desde Patagonia Chile 🇨🇱.
Love this so much! Hello to my relative Daniel! 🖐 It's so good to see you out doing stuff like this.
Nice work. These types of videos are important.
Glad you like them!
Wonderful to wake up Sunday morning to your amazing video
The BIG Evidence isn't simply that there are some matching locations, it's the fact that EVERY Aspect that the BOM mention's through Lehi's entire Journey from Jerusalem to the sea has been verified as not only existing, but existing EXACTLY where the BOM states they occurred, etc.
Get the Great Book "Lehi in the Wilderness.... 81 Evidences..." and the video is good too. Scholars will argue, which actual valley, which spot by the Sea, etc. But what's important, it's ALL there, and NONE of it Joseph could have known. It's mathematically impossible for him to have gotten all those details from beginning to end with such accuracy unless God was Involved.
This has been known for many years now. Was discovered by the guys who are the Nephi project. Been exploring Saudi Arabia for many years now and have also found the resting place of Noah’s Ark, the place where Nephi built the ship, and many other places.
Hahah. So cool. I’m just randomly scrolling and who do I see but Zander in my feed!! Crazy to think just a few short years ago you, me, angel, and Bret playing at byu in a band. This is awesome man keep it up.
Lemuel Durfee was a Quaker who owned the property in Palmyra, New York where the Joseph Smith, Sr. family lived after losing their farm in Manchester, New York:
He was regarded as a gentleman because he rented the property after they were lied about and kicked out. Your point?
I watched a documentary of a Asian archeologicalist with 1 leg, saying that's the spot where Moses and his people were after crossing the RED SEA or Reed sea from Pharaoh, Egypt? It's a coincidence that Lamuel was there also in the same place different times
The Book of Mormon is so full of truth, light & knowledge. It changes you & your life! It fills you up with the Light of Christ. This video is amazing to see just a portion of where they once were. Thank you. I will believe the people who were there and lived in those times, over those of modern time think what was or wasn’t there. I will take the accounts of those who lived it.
Thank you. It's a beautiful true book.
This is a very cool video with a lot of great shots and nice scenery. 74 miles is only "about 3 days travel" if by "about" you mean 4 or more likely 5. Also, Jerusalem isn't on the northern shore of the Red Sea where you appear to start counting the 74 miles from - it's a solid 30+ miles away, almost half again that distance. Stuff like that, when you take an objective look at it, just feels like you started with your conclusion, worked backwards, and then just squinted really hard when things still didn't exactly line up.
Good eye opener.
@@kid_kaoz , I had to adjust my opinions about how far a person can travel on foot in a day when a friend's 16 year old son started running in grueling 100-200 mile races.
Lehi's family was in a rush to get out of Jerusalem and we don't know that they didn't have horses. I mean... we seem to always assume they had camels, bit they were a wealthy family, and there is a strong horse culture in the area.
Thanks for the comment! We published a short essay that we linked in the description where we state that: "Daily travel in the Arabian deserts in antiquity typically ranged between 15-25 miles per day." We have footnotes to references that support this.
How do we get there? I want to go see this area.
Saudi Arabia is trying to build tourism around there with a project called NEOM. You could probably look that up.
Fly to Jeddah, then drive like 8 hours north :), I think Neom has an airport now, not sure on flight paths.
Daniel went too! So cool; what a team!
Joseph Smith showed and testified to the men on the Zion’s Camp march, the location of the ancient city of Manti, in the Book of Mormon, in N.E. Missouri, and later, called the region across the river from Nauvoo, Zerahemla.
This is so awesome!
Lots of ifs and maybes that the intense music and stunning imagery cannot quite mask entirely. The value of the spiritual teachings of any faith tradition should not depend on literalism or strict historicity of the metaphors portrayed, as Confirmation bias usually leads you to the conclusion you start out with. my guess is there are at least a dozen other locations you could make similar claims with. But a great reminder nonetheless of the powerful metaphor of the flowing river contrasted with the stately mountains and how both are necessary to our spiritual growth.
This is really neat info. I love when facts and fantasy meet and it’s hard to tell the difference.
The Book of Mormon, is the word of God🙏🇦🇺👍
YES IT IS!!!
Hardly
With all the changes and white washed narrative, the church is turning the book as only a faith promoting literacy as it is easily debated to be a 19th century writing. Not a literal historical record. Which makes more sense because Joseph Smith was into magic and glass looking. He was a fantastic story teller. The bom is his greatest work.
No IT ISNT. Joseph Smith is a false prophet! Facts over feelings, he was a false prophet.
@jake8882 another person who hasn't bothered to study it, just one who makes snyd comments.
Please forgive me, but Where are the archaeological evidence?
Why do so many critics of the BoM confuse evidence with proof?
There is none. All science points to the book being 19 th century in origin.
Lehi and his group were nomads. Nomads leave little archaeological evidence.
Nick Mormons have neither. It is Mormons that fight against so much scientific data.
@@lrsvalentine interesting. What sort of scientific evidence would be evidenced in this manner of nomadic travel? How much “scientific” evidence is available for the origins of the Native American tribes? The empirical evidence is very minimal in comparison to other civilizations of the world.
Was there any evidence?
Well, it was and is good story telling. 🤔
what evidence would you accept that could be found in a place like this in a setting described by the book to match?
@@christianlassen1577 we have no need to speculate or tell a story when we belong to the true church. Our current prophet could visit the region and pin point Lehi` s journey and could tell us exactly where this great history occurred. Joseph Smith did when he traveled across the US identifying important places in Book of Mormon history. When a prophet speaks that is enough evidence for me, I guess the film makers didn't want the truth and came up with this story.
@Wikly-z3k “When a prophet speaks that’s enough evidence for me “ is interesting when they speak, contradicting themselves and each other.
@@Wikly-z3k this sounds like something a 1500s Protestant would satirically write about how Catholics view the papacy
Constant use of the word "Likely" and referring to a timeline that has yet to be proven (BoM timeline) as history is little more than a stretch. But, if you say could have enough, maybe... Not one single thing from the book has been verified/proven to date. There are evidences of people, places, and things from thousands of years before, just not this timeline.
Because there is legitimately no way to know for sure. So it would be dishonest to say it definitely.
This is fascinating!!
Nice video.
Gorgeous!!!
Awesome! Subscribed
Words in to pictures for me i can't rule out. Nice work
While I will never travel to this place, but this year I have taken a journey into the souls of some of the scribers of the B.O.M and appreciate for myself the witness in my own soul that the book is what it witness to be.
Wow, how cool is that!!
The reflections from the mountains it seems like a mountain of Gold.
Say hi for me to all the military guys in Saudi Arabia
Wonderful... i love it and i felt it is true
Great work, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Zander is modern Indiana Jones it seems... Indiana Zander lol
Thank You ❤
interesting
The Book of Mormon is true
It's crazy how people don't have a problem with Nephi being instructed by God on how to build a boat, but doubt that He could help them find water in a desert.
Nice report to hanks
Yes it is an amazing place. BUT, this might be the worst evidence for the BoM. .
Jerusalem to Wadi Tayyib Al Ism is roughly 280 miles. The average walking speed on flat ground is 3mph (20min mile). A non-stop walk would take 112 hours (4.66 days). If Lehi traveled 3mph for 16 hours a day (8 hrs sleep) he would cover 48 miles a day it would take 5.66 days.
Bactrian camels can carry over 440 pounds for 31 miles in a day. Dromedary camels can carry up to 220 pounds for 37 miles in a day. Traveling 37 miles per day it would take 7.56 days.
Paul R. Cheesman of BYU Religious Studies states the average caravan traveled 30 miles per day. This means it would have taken Lehi and his family to travel 9.33 days
Even given the benefits of 24 hour travel and high speed travel, it is not possible for Lehi's caravan to travel from Jerusalem to Wadi Tayyib Al Ism in 3 days.
The verses don't say how long it took from Jerusalem to the borders near the shore of the Red Sea. It does say that from the borders near the Red Sea he traveled in the wilderness three days to a valley by the side of a river of water.
@@originalsebvox
From the passage you mentioned, we can infer the length of time it took Lehi and his family to travel from their home to the Red Sea. According to the text, they traveled for three days in the wilderness before they pitched their tent near a river of water, by the side of the Red Sea.
Therefore, based on this account, it took Lehi and his family three days to travel from their home to the vicinity of the Red Sea.
@@originalsebvox
Lynn M. and Hope Hilton of BYU said Lehi’s group journeyed “three days in the wilderness” and camped in the “valley of Lemuel” (1 Nephi 2:10, 14). After traveling in this area, the Hiltons conclude that the valley of Lemuel is most probably the place now known as Al Beda in the Wadi El Afal, in Saudi Arabia.
Again 3 days.
The Cave of Lehi has been found. His name engraved at far end, "LH". Much Thanks!! AWESOME Video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What! An LH in English or modified Egyptian?
This has already been debunked to be a place mentioned in the BoM by Radio Free Mormon and Colby Reddish.
Like the Shroud of Turin this is just forcing an inference. Providing just enough material for the weak minded to fill in the gaps and see something that is actually not there.
This is just a random valley. There tons of valleys and several springs in the area.
Why would the Lord not keep His promises? Why would He not reveal His Gospel to all the children of Abraham as He said?
Thx
Gold plates found in a stone box in upstate NY…….translated by a failed treasure hunter with claims that indigenous people related to Jews but now we know indigenous people in the Americas have zero dna from the Middle East…..
Please, for the sake of all things reasonable……do ALL the homework.
Joseph smith was a farmer and a prophet. He is not a treasure hunter.
Lehi would have written in Paleo Hebrew; not Reformed Egyptian!
Thanks for your comment. We have Short Video here addressing this concern
ua-cam.com/video/8CaadEPUTqI/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
They think it might be is not evidence.
@@edwintaber6465 I believe it’s called circumstantial evidence
The text of the Book of Mormon, especially in 1 Nephi, is very detailed. This is more than just one or two peoples' opinion. The two mountain ranges, the Frankincense trail, the mode of travel and expected distances, the place names and other geography, the existence of trees suitable for bow making, the flint and ore at the places they need to be, the cultural clues, the syntax used, etc. Everything lines up. The chance of Joseph getting all this right on his own is not possible. And the fact that it all lines up here according to the text is divine.
Stephen, the point of this video isn't to serve as a foundation of belief. The spiritual confirmation should be the foundation. Things like this only support the circumstantial claims and say, "See, not only is the Book of Mormon on firm spiritual grounds as another testament of Jesus Christ, but the circumstantial, cultural, and linguistic evidences are catching up to what we already knew spiritually."
@@kyleemerson What "circumstances" ?
They believe the fairytales.
The Book of Mormon is true.
In what way ?
True In the same way the Upanishads and countless other scriptures are? sure.
@ I see your point , if one is true why can’t they all ?
Islam declares Muhammad pbuh to be the 'Seal of the Prophets'; meaning that Allah swt, would never raise up a Prophet after him; therefore, how could Joseph Smith Jr be a Prophet?
I'm concerned about the walking 25 miles a day. They were not athletic and Lehi and Sarai were elderly. Never mind the heat. I have questions.
@jenniefernandez9465 Lehi was most likely a merchant; he was used to traveling for trade. Sarai could ride on a camel or donkey if she needed
In ancient times, the average travel distance per day was typically around 20-25 miles. This was also referred as a day's Journey. So to say that the travel distance was 3 day days journey means they traveled 60 to 75 miles wich likely was not done on 3 days time.
Read Lehi In the Wilderness by Richard Wellington. It explains it all in great detail. They traveled by camel. Richard was my Bishop growing up in Saudi Arabia, and he was the discoverer of Wadi Tayyib al-Ism as the Valley of Lemuel decades ago.
The linked article in the video description says, "Daily travel in the Arabian deserts in antiquity typically ranged between 15-25 miles per day." And the footnote links to sources.
3 day journey doesn't necessarily mean a journey in exactly 3 days. It just means that if you traveled all day, in 3 days you would get to that location. At least that's how I understand it.
Are you being intellectually honest? Because I want you to consider that a hope rooted in wishful thinking has distorted your understanding of what “evidence” truly means. What’s actually happening in this video is speculation based on coincidences.
“Now faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1 [All-caps added for emphasis] In other words, biblical faith is evident in something that can be verified as fact - objective substance. But is that provided here? Unfortunately, no.
Did the Babylonians not destroy Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E.?
they sacked the city three times over a decade or two. they didn't "destroy" it until the third.
Arabian Yosemite
Nicely done. However, none of it is true.
How many coincidences does it take to be considered evidence?
@@Eluzian86 Keep believing the fairytale.
You think people in biblical times would travel on foot or donkey 24 miles a day though desert and mountains?
Seems they were definitely on a mission to make good time, I would be too. Aside from that they knew how to make good time with their limited means of travel; as it was the only way and was done frequently for trade.
The linked article in the video description says, "Daily travel in the Arabian deserts in antiquity typically ranged between 15-25 miles per day." And the footnote links to sources.
Keep in mind that Lehi and his family are not bushwhacking this journey or trudging through sand dunes (at least not yet). They are following the frankincense trail, an established route down the Arabian coast next to the Red Sea.
The Lamanites invented vinyl flooring
@@richarner3856 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Please let me know when you actually find anything. This is totally false.
First line “most likely locations” lol church of the benefit of the doubt on any issue/topic of Latter Day Saints 😂
Some might call that faith.
🤨
Yup, it could have been but you present no evidence just wishful thinking.
Congratulations you're the first troll to post.
@@wheels636 NO. The first was 2 hours earlier.
literary evidence is a form of evidence. follow the narrative and find the clues.
There is NO EVIDENCE! Plus make sure y’all read View of the Hebrews. He copied it
@cheps76 And here's the 2nd troll who has never studied the BofM. If he had he'd see Joseph never copied anything nor did he write it himself.
Hog wash
The Book of Mormon took place in Cuba.
Is this a serious proposal or are you trolling?
Nice. That's super funny.
Thanks for the chuckle .
From an LDS guy.
I subscribe to the Malaysian theory
Book of Mormon was not! in Saudi Arabia
Well, not all of it, you silly goose. It starts out in Israel. Then, a good portion of 1Nephi absolutely takes place in what is modern day Arabia. Then, the ship building and Bountiful parts of 1Nephi are in Oman. Then, the rest of the Book of Mormon is debatable in its location.
The first few chapters absolutely did take place in that part of the world.
There is no evidence of a great city of nephrite’s in the americas. No coins, it all FALSE
Speculation.
Tell them about the mark of Cain
Arabian Yosemite