Jeremy Runnells lists a number of animals in the Book of Mormon as being anachronisms with respect to the New World.

Date
Oct 2017
Type
Book
Source
Jeremy Runnells
Excommunicated
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Jeremy Runnells, CES Letter: My Search for Answers to My Mormon Doubts, 11, accessed January 17, 2023

Scribe/Publisher
Jeremy Runnells
People
Jeremy Runnells
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

5. Anachronisms: Horses, cattle, oxen, sheep, swine, goats, elephants, wheels, chariots, wheat, silk, steel, and iron did not exist in pre-Columbian America during Book of Mormon times. why are these things mentioned in the Book of Mormon as being made available in the Americas between 2200 BC - 421 AD?

Unofficial apologists claim victories in some of these items but closer inspection reveals significant problems. It has been documented that apologists have manipulated wording so that steel is not steel, sheep become never-domesticated bighorn sheep, horses become tapirs, etc.

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