We are studying Americas now in a religion class and the book covered a few issues linking Mesoamerica with the Mediterranean.

As previously mentioned, there was a pervasive legend of a bearded white god they called Quetzelcoatl who visited them, brought about peace and properity, and promised to return. This was initially why the Aztecs under Montezuma welcomed the Spaniards with open arms, only to realize too late, that they were mistaken. The fact that he was bearded and white were the main physical traits emphasized. Here's a representation of Quetzelcoatl from Oaxaca:

And from the Yucatan:

And a jade depiction now housed in a museum in Paris:

The kicker is this stained glass window from a Catholic Church in Mexico:

Looks kind of non-Mesoamerican, doesn't he?

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The three witnesses were shown the plates and other artifacts by an angel and heard the voice of God testify audibly to the truthfulness of the work. Joseph Smith was also commanded to allow others to handle and examine the plates so that they could testify to the world. These witnesses' experience was a purely "physical" one, without an angel or voice from heaven, which was wise on the part of God, I think, because their testimony balances the spiritual testimony of the three witnesses.

Six of these eleven witnesses left the Church at various times, but all remained firm that they had seen and handled the plates and were convinced that they were genuine and that Joseph Smith had received them from God. David Whitmer, one of the three witnesses, never returned to the Church but is on record in many newspapers confirming his testimony (as the last surviving witness to the Book of Mormon plates, he was sought after for interviews, most of which sought to see if he would renounce his testimony after so many years had elapsed). David Whitmer even went so far late in life as to swear out an affadavit, have it notorized, and attach hundreds of character references from his town in Richmond, Missouri in response to an article in Encyclopedia Brittanica that stated that he had denied his testimony. He emphatically denied this and confirmed that he had seen and spoken with an angel, heard God's voice, and handled the plates. Near his death, he published a book "An Address to All Believers in Christ," where he reiterated his testimony of the Book of Mormon and of Joseph Smith as a prophet and sought to explain why he had left the Church and why he had not returned to it. 

Moinmoin has his faith and the rest of you beating up on him have your own faith.  Why do people of different faiths feel the need to bash other faiths?  Are you so insecure in your own faith that you have to belittle the rest?

Believe in yours and let others believe in theirs.  Peace.

"I wonder why fundamentalist Christian critics of the Book of Mormon so vigorously fight against the very idea that Jesus visited other people after His resurrection. He told His apostles "other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd" (John 10:16), and fulfilled this in visiting some of His other sheep in the Western Hemisphere after His resurrection"

Wel becuase you did not do this or believe in that and you cant really understand, blah, blah, blah. But but but, balh, blabl, babbble, booble.

I really do not have a issue with Jesus talking to other groups, but then again I do not attempt to chain God to a book of paper either.

Where is the fun in that? Although I am guilty of this as well, but I also dislike bullies.

Who is the bully?

Espeically the ones with assault weapons.........

"Who is the bully?"

If using logic and scripture to show that someone is being hypocritical in their condemnation of others faith, and pointing out that their own belief is faulty is being a bully. Then yes I am.