Ep262: Why a Literal Hill Cumorah is a Huge Problem for Mormonism

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Unoriginal Jim to discuss the important story of The Hill Cumorah and the complete lack of any kind of evidence at that location.Mormonism came forth in an environment where the origin andidentity of indigenous populations was highly questioned. Therewere several books published between the 16th century and the1830s that promoted the idea that Native Americans were eitherseafaring Jews or members of the lost 12 tribes. At the sametime many of the same publications promoted theMoundbuilders myth.The Book of Mormon did not attempt to provide scientific orarchaeological evidence. Joseph Smith presented the Book ofMormon as the proof of Native American history and blendedboth theories.The Hill Cumorah narrative draws from these contemporarytheories and presents them as a historical fact.It is central to the text and to Smith's entire message and theidentity of the church. And it is a falsifiable claim.***How to DONATE to Mormonish Podcast: If you would like to help financially support our podcast, you can DONATE to support Mormonish Podcast here: Mormonish Podcast is a 501(c) (3) https://donorbox.org/mormonish-podcast ****WE HAVE MERCH! **** If you’d like to purchase Mormonish Merch, you can visit our Merch store here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mormonishmerch We appreciate our Mormonish viewers and listeners so much! Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to Mormonish Podcast! Contact Mormonish Podcast: [email protected] #mormonish #lds #mormon #exmormon #postmormon #religion #news, #ldschurch #comeuntochrist #churchofjesuschrist #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #byu #byui #josephsmith #comefollowme #polygamy #bookofmormon #becauseofhim #hearhim #ldstempleFAIR USE DISCLAIMER All Media in this video (including the thumbnail) is used for the purpose of review and critique. The images in the thumbnail are used as the primary means of visually identifying the subject matter of the video.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy