Good grief, even the Mormons in my town (I'm a few hours from Salt Lake City, my area is heavily LDS) don't try to use the Book of Mormon as a history text. No

Good grief, even the Mormons in my town (I'm a few hours from Salt Lake City, my area is heavily LDS) don't try to use the Book of Mormon as a history text. Nothing has been validated, none of the cities listed have been found. Keep in mind, we have the Mayan writings and can read them...it is nothing like what is written in the Book of Mormon. Then there is DNA evidence, and nothing matches up there as well.