Golden Plates on Display in Bulgaria
The world's oldest multiple-page book — in the lost Etruscan language — has gone on display in Bulgaria 's National History Museum in Sofia . And something about that book has particular interest for Latter-day Saints.
As is evident from the photograph, this book was created on metal plates that are bound together with metal rings similar to the original source documents that became the Book of Mormon.
The book dates back to 600 B.C., which is roughly the time that Lehi and his family left Jerusalem .
The small manuscript, which is more than two and a half millennia old, was discovered 60 years ago in a tomb uncovered during digging for a canal along the Strouma River in southwestern Bulgaria . It has now been donated to the museum by its finder, on condition of anonymity.
Reports say the unidentified donor is now 87 years old and lives in Macedonia.The authenticity of the book has been confirmed by two experts in Sofia and London , museum director Bojidar Dimitrov said quoted by AFP. The six sheets are believed to be the oldest comprehensive work involving multiple pages, said Elka Penkova, who heads the museum's archaeological department.
There are around 30 similar pages known in the world, Ms Penkova said, "but they are not linked together in a book".
The Etruscans — one of Europe's most mysterious ancient peoples — are believed to have migrated from Lydia, in modern western Turkey, settling in northern and central Italy nearly 3,000 years ago. They were wiped out by the conquering Romans in the fourth century BC, leaving few written records.
The long debated question about bound metal records existing in the Middle East 2500 years ago as claimed by the Book of Mormon can now be put to rest. Critics should take note and check that item off their list of objections to the authenticity of the Book of Mormon.
XD BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this has to be THE stupidest claim I've seen MORmON's make so far. Automatically assuming that this is supposed to be THE book of mormon...right, sure, and I'm the pope.
First, as it CLEARLY states at the beginning "The world's oldest multiple-page book — in the lost Etruscan language" Hmm...that's funny how in the hell can this be THE book of mormon if it's in a lost language? Oh, there's the bullshit of the urum and thummim...oh...wait...that was just some damn rocks in a hat. Oddly enough, that's EXACTLY how Joe got his ass in trouble with people back East. Saying that he could locate treasure on their land by putting rocks in a hat and it would guide him to this buried treasure.
...why is it that all religions are started by an outright crook? And then it's followers are so damned blind that they start assuming that stuff like above is proof to the authenticity to an obvious work of fiction.
Well, I had a good laugh from this and I hope anyone else who reads this does as well. It was a great way to end the day.
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Yeah, it reminds me of a cartoon I saw a while ago. This mom has her roughly 4 year old son at the store and he looks over at this lady who's wearing a cross and asks her "Aren't you a little old to still have an imaginary friend?"
ReplyDeleteI agree, there is absolutely no reason that they should be scared of or rely on these religious morons to run the government.
Yeah, and I would absolutely love to see that solution played out...and even have a hand in it as well!!
And you're not afraid to speak your mind. I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't you think it's a bit ironic that Mormon is so closely akin to the word, MORON???
lol, not at all, I love speaking my mind. And screw BS like "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law." 1 Corinthians 14:34 Yeah, fuck that!!
ReplyDeleteHonestly, unless they've deconverted or already know mormonism is shit, they don't notice that lovely little bit. It's just like people who buy evian bottle water, cause evian backwards is naive