Book of Mormon/Geography/New World/Limited Geography Theory/Mesoamerica

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The Mesoamerica Model

Summary: Theories related to a Mesoamerican geography model.

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• The "three days of darkness" in the New World following Christ's death

The "three days of darkness" in the New World following Christ's death

Summary: The three days of darkness is consistent with a period of intense volcanism. This explanation of the darkness has been particularly popular among those who advocate a limited geographical model of the Book of Mormon. Most LGT models place Book of Mormon lands in central America; this area is well-known for active seismic activity.

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• Question: How is it possible that there were three days of darkness in the New World and not in the Old World?
• Question: How did ancient people of the Old and New Worlds view the "the world"?
• "An Hypothesis concerning the Three Days of Darkness among the Nephites"
• Anonymous, "When the Day Turned to Night"

How did the gold plates get to New York from Mesoamerica?

Summary: If Book of Mormon events took place in Mesoamerica, how did the plates end up in New York for Joseph Smith to find and translate?

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• Question: If the gold plates were originally in Mesoamerica, how did they get to New York?