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Did Roman society utilize metal plates for record keeping purposes? Are there other ancient cultures that predate Roman civilization that used metal plates for record keeping -say in asia, india etc.? Was the Roman civilization a culmination of ancient modern civilized progress and growth? |
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I thought I remember seeing a tiny sheet of metal with inscriptions on it dating back to ca. 600-700 BC in the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem? Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/Cities...olosAM035.html http://books.google.com/books?id=N2U...62No#PPA101,M1 (Scroll down to page 101.) I think you make a good point about Asia and India . . . in my opinion, further research is going to demonstrate Asia's influence on the pre-Columbian history of the Americas. Menzies' book (1421: The Year China Discovered America) is a little sensationalist but hey, it had to sell copies. I think archaeology will continue to strengthen cultural connections between eastern South America and Asia. That's where people should be looking for BoM parallels, if they're so inclined - not in the Roman Empire.
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Simply put, Solon's point is that this is an example of the typicle apologist's modus operandi of taking something that proves nothing and trying to extrapolate "proof" from nothing. To take tooblue's rejoinder as a typical non-response, no, Rome did not rise in a vacuum; its traditions were primarily adapted from Greek culture, but certainly eastern cultures were influential. So what? In the plain light of day Roman practices of making copies of documents proves nothing about the Book of Mormon being a genuine acient document, as purported (as an aside, making duplictes of important documents seems to me just good common sensical practice, but look how long it took for humans to think of the wheel).
But apologists are desparate, as they really have literally nothing to work with in terms of proving their ultimate points, and they are fundamentally dishonest. I've never met an apologist to whom I'd loan the price of a cup of coffee. They're all crooks and liars and this is a prime example.
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