{"id":2903,"date":"2014-05-11T13:47:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T20:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2014-05-11T13:47:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T20:47:23","slug":"proving-the-church-through-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2014\/05\/11\/proving-the-church-through-archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"Proving the church through archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"

During our lesson today, our elders quorum instructor shared an experience her had before his mission when he was in a university archaeology class.<\/p>\n

On the first day of class, his professor asked all the Mormons to identify themselves, then he proceeded to use archaeological evidence to disprove the church.<\/p>\n

I believe this is a flawed approach.<\/p>\n

The subtitle of the Book of Mormon isn\u2019t Another Testament of the Pyramids in the Americas<\/em>. It\u2019s\u00a0Another Testament of Jesus Christ<\/em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The point of the Book of Mormon isn\u2019t about the establishment of an ancient American civilization; it\u2019s that Jesus\u2019s gospel is universal.<\/p>\n

Mormons have brought it upon themselves, I believe, by trying to project archaeological findings onto the Book of Mormon. That\u2019s a dangerous practice because if that evidence is refuted by additional research, where does it leave the church?<\/p>\n

In my opinion, we should be less concerned about trying to prove the church is true and more concerned about proving that the gospel can change lives and make people better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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