tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post2216345586701245091..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: Could Panama be the Narrow Neck of Land?Delhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-83597797951459228412014-03-06T09:43:04.305-08:002014-03-06T09:43:04.305-08:00Thank you for your question. I have always taken t...Thank you for your question. I have always taken the view that if there is no geologic, forestation/deforestation, flood, or other religious or science-advanced scenarios of given areas, that they probably remained the same over time. On the other hand, the Darien Gap is presently a swamp--a swamp is an area of land permanently saturated, or filled, with water. Swamps are also always dominated by trees, and named after the type of trees that grow in them. In addition, swamps are transition areas, neither totally land nor totally water. Swamps generally are permanent in nature, that is, they last for thousands of years. While we do not have any record of what existed in the Americas (other than the Book of Mormon) in antiquity, we do have record of swamps in Rome and Mesopotamia that existed for thousands of years. The only reason Rome's swamp land (around the seven hills) no longer exists is because man drained it; the one in Mesopotamia existed from the time of the Jaredites "who crossed many waters" leaving their home, and passed by the sea in the wilderness, all the way up to the time of Saddam Hussein, who drained most of it (it is called the Fertile Crescent because of the richness of this area, and has been called such for at least two thousand years). The swamp we call the Everglades in Florida has been there since they were first recorded in the 1500s, The conditions surrounding swamps that occur along tropical coastlines such as the Darien Gap have never been known to dissipate, solidify, or disappear. In addition, since that entire area was underwater before about 2000 years ago--according to the deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies, the Glomar Challenger drilled on both sides of this Panamanian area and found that it was totally submerged at one time. Consequently, there is far more known to suggest this area was the same 2000 years ago as it is today. We do know that 500 years ago it was the same when the Spanish arrived there and tried to negotiate the area.Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-88744408304001523122014-03-05T12:55:26.441-08:002014-03-05T12:55:26.441-08:00There is only one thing you are forgetting. What ...There is only one thing you are forgetting. What were the conditions of 31 mile area 2,000 years ago. Was it jungle then, we really do not know.JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037462397658800951noreply@blogger.com