in that book, from the remotest antiquity down to the close of the New Testament record; thus demonstrating the authenticity of that book. But alas, how different it is with the Book of Mormon! Take that book and go into Central America, where it claims to have originated, and we fail to find a name that it gives. Not one of them was ever known there. The names are there now that were there 2,000 years ago.
The Bible tells us that the Jews, with whom it claims to have originated, were the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Those names are there now. Towns and places they talked of, where they lived, and wells they dug can be shown, and wherever we find their descendants those names are revered. Scores of centuries could not obliterate them.
The Book of Mormon tells us that Lehi, Nephi, and Laman were the progenitors of the aborigines of North and South America. Why can we not go to the parts where they lived, and where it is claimed that their descendants flourished most, where they reached their highest civilization, and find their names revered—find the places they talked about—find some monument that marks their enterprise? Gentle reader, those names are not there, and never were there! Why is this? Echo answers why? Such men never lived! The Book of Mormon is a book of fiction—a falsehood of the deepest dye.
We now give in parallel columns the names of lands, cities and countries of ancient America as given in the Book of Mormon, and the actual names that were here, as ascertained by the research of antiquarians. The left hand column will give the actual names, and the right hand column will give the names according to the Book of Mormon.
Ancient names. |
Mormon names. |
|---|---|
| Carchac | Antionum |
| Champoton | Amulon |
| Chichen Itza | Ammonihah |
| Chimathuacan | Antipara |
| Chiquimula | Boaz |
