[Logophile]

If 150 years ago has no bearing on Mormons of today, then by the same rationalism the Book of Mormon likewise has no bearing on today. Toss it out and get back to the Bible as inspired by God, however if you refuse to shed the BOM, it follows you have to live with the legacy horrible massacre. The irony is that the massacre is fact and the book of mormon is pure fiction.

I think you need to look up the meaning of the term non sequitur.

[Weeedley]

No non-sequter there, both examples are from the same era in time. You dismiss the massacre because of the lapse of 150 years with the implication that a lot of time has gone by, *an acceptable excuse), therein lies a better reason to dismiss the still older BOM.