Talk:2 Ne 10:1-25

v. 20 "..we are upon an isle of the sea." This ancient Book of Mormon writer didn’t know this was a continent!

A 19th century writer in upstate New York trying to "make-up" the Book of Mormon would not have had the geographical mindset to casually write this statement. (An apostate could say that the devil is clever enough to influence a person to be so deliberately deceptive as to insert such innocent errors that would throw us off track.)--RM Matheson

I moved this passage because it reads more like a discussion topic than exegesis. On the discussion side, I am uncertain that "isle of the sea" as used by an ancient writer should be equated with island. At least one possibility (although I have done no research on this) is that isle of the sea, to these people, is any land separate from the land of their fathers. I tend to believe the writers of the text were more familiar with their surroundings and location than I am, so if a writer says they are on an isle of the sea I believe they are on an isle of the sea or that isle of the sea means something different to me than it did to them. This point is certainly debatable, so I have no problem if someone wants to repost the above back under exegesis.MJ 13:49, 15 Nov 2005 (UTC)