Quote: That said, let's be fair to the author. Smith came up with that in the early 19th century, when archaeology was still quite primitive.I don't have the time to do a proper lookup and citation right now, but I seem to recall that there was also a popular novel out shortly
before he claimed to have found the golden plates which bore a suspicious resemblance to the "scriptures" that were supposed to have been on them.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.