tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post8559421542274348395..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: How Could the Continent of South America Have Been an Island During Nephite Times? – Part IDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-85680987208881236002018-10-24T09:55:48.416-07:002018-10-24T09:55:48.416-07:00"...but we have been led to a better land, fo..."...but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an ISLE OF THE SEA." --2 Nephi 10:20 (Jacob speaking)<br /><br /> "and thus the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla were nearly SURROUNDED BY WATER, there being a small neck of land between the land northward and the land southward." --Alma 22:32<br /><br /> "And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea SOUTH to the sea NORTH , from the sea WEST to the sea EAST." --Hel 3:8erichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279217537472159142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-84227369821372273642018-10-24T09:25:47.709-07:002018-10-24T09:25:47.709-07:00If one accepts the possibility that the Book of Mo...If one accepts the possibility that the Book of Mormon statements that the Nephites actually were on an “Isle of the sea” are not explained away, then what area in the Americas is the most likely candidate for such an island? <br /><br />The great lakes area? No. Not unless one re-defines the word river to also mean sea. Somewhere in Mesoamerica? No again. But maybe a bit more likely.<br /><br />The area that is most likely to have been an “Isle of the sea” before the time of Christ is the Andes, with little honest competition. erichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279217537472159142noreply@blogger.com