Critics of the Book of Mormon often demand its advocates provide the strongest single piece of archaeological evidence â?? or that they name, say, the top three pieces of such evidence. That, in the judgment of those critics, should prove its historical authenticity to an unbiased observer.
Even though the notion of an â??unbiased observerâ? is problematic by itself, such demands seem to me to fundamentally misconceive the issue. They misunderstand what advocates of the Book of Mormon as history believe themselves to be doing.
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