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indeed, and with LDS sometimes it's even less than an exploration of other faiths, and more about hoping to project their own faith on others' histories. e.g.
by an1sotropy 4y ago
indeed, and with LDS sometimes it's even less than an exploration of other faiths, and more about hoping to project their own faith on others' histories. e.g. https://www.science.org/content/article/how-mormon-lawyer-transformed-archaeology-mexico-and-ended-losing-his-faith https://www.science.org/content/article/how-mormon-lawyer-tr...
- cogman10 4y agoSometimes? It's more of an almost always thing. Mormons will try and bend every single ancient american archeological nugget into a faith promoting confirmation of the Book of Mormon narrative. A mezoamerican city buried in the jungle? Obviously a confirmation that zerahelma was real! The foundation of mormonism is confirmation bias.