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Skeptoid #43: A Mormon History of the Americas

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Science, History, Paranormal, Urban Legends, Skeptic, Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, Social Sciences

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2007

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology.

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Religions have all sorts of beliefs about things beyond the realm of science, and that's

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fine.

0:09.2

However, sometimes they also make scientific or historical assertions that are factually

0:15.9

untrue and disproven.

0:18.9

And then it's time for scaptoid to step in.

0:21.8

Today we're going to look at the false history of the early American continents, promoted

0:26.5

by the Mormons.

0:28.9

It's coming up next, unskeptoid.

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