Millions of us who believe the Book of Mormon was translated by Joseph and not written by him believe it was written by ancient prophets and that Nephi lived around 580 B.C.
To each his own.
Sure is amazing that Joseph with his limited education and living in frontier America had access to such references as Columbus writing he was led by the Holy Ghost.
Outstanding researching for such a young lad!
Such an incredible and vast library he had at Palmyra!
Ripliancum,
You must have a really low threshold on your amaze-a-meter! I reread your post from Nephi 13 and I assume the all-caps were either yours or Joseph Smith’s. Either way it is a lot like how people read Nostradamus:
Two brothers shall die, the nation shall mourn (THAT’S GOT TO BE THE KENNEDY’S.)
A storm shall displace many, a leader shall fall (Obviously, that’s KATRINA and GEORGE W BUSH!)
A false prophet shall arise in a time of trouble and shall attract a huge crowd to himself proclaiming Change! Change! (BARACK OBAMA OR IS THAT GLENN BECK! or any other of a million other leaders in history)
Seriously! None of the sentences you highlight would have taken one library book to know, not one!