The Jaredites 

These are not Jaredite lands. Great lakes America. Detroit sits right on top of what's believed to be one of the largest cities in North America . The Adena Culture 2500 bc - 300bc

I sort of forgot that there were other people written of in the B of M. This was eye-opening for me and I want to thank you for your work in making this available.

Hello again. I'm anxious to learn more about this and I continue to wait for your response with the details and info sources. Thank you!

Another well presented video/podcast. Great pictures and explanation. I also like the way you have kept these brief and concise. Still can't get behind the notion that Lehi landed in South America. Nor Central America. You quote Nephi about the land of promise yet the people are not pressing/flocking to get into Guatemala, or Peru, or Mexico. Just take a moment and consider that one thing. They're coming to North America and the United States. Eden wasn't in Lima or the Yucatan. The US is the promised land and where the New Jerusalem will be built. Your discussion about cameloids is undercut by your discussion on bees. If the cameloids evolved from larger camels 🐫 to smalker with wool then why would the bees not get smaller and modify their anatomy? I think you should cite your quotes from your opening of these videos in the YT "about" page or post them as links below any video that has this statement. Thank you for this Podcast.

I continue to wait to hear back from you.

Latter Day Trumpet's horn seems to be way off key? If you're going to toot your horn as fact, I suggest you first back it up with reliable sources.

Hi again. I just watched this video again, and have other concerns / questions. First of all, the scriptures state that the Lord commanded them to gather their flocks, male and female, to take with them. ( Ether 1:41 ) Does the Lord command them to take the male and female of all the animals, as he commanded Noah to do? No, but of their flocks. Are we to suppose that they had flocks of every kind of animal; I don't think so. Do the scriptures teach us, or have any of the General Authorities ever mentioned that the Lord gave the Jaredites the mission to repopulate the promised land with the many species of animals? No, that was part of Noah's mission. The Lord did, however, know that the Jaredites would be traveling in the wilderness for several years and would need those flocks to reproduce, providing them with food and materials. Again, the scriptures in the Old Testament clearly teach us that the lands were not divided by the seas until several generations AFTER Noah, hence the Americas would have been repopulated by natural reproduction and expansion / migration long before "the Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth even to that great sea which divideth the lands". ( Ether 2:13) In the specific topic of the llamas, vicuñas, alpacas, y guanacos, had the Jaredites been the ones to take them to the Americas, why are no remaining llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, or alpacas in any area near Mesopotamia?? Secondly, I need to ask why you state that the Andean highland region is the motherland for all three of the major cultures / civilizations of pre-Columbian America? Now, please understand; the Andean highland region, ( particularly that of Ecuador ), is very near and dear to my heart, and has been a keen point of interest and study throughout my adult life. Yet the definitiveness with which you make your statements is somewhat troubling. Thirdly, I'm still experiencing difficulty grasping the concept that the Olmec civilization extended that far South, as all of the previous research that I've studied indicates that the Olmec was a Central American civilization. Was it possible? Yes, I can concede that it was possible, but again, would very much like to know and research your information sources for myself. Fourthly, near the 10:00 minute mark of the video you speak about the Manabí culture of Western coastal area of Ecuador, but your reference scenes during those moments are of the Ingapirca ruins in the highlands, just North of Biblián and Azogues, where I served as Branch President. The Ingapirca ruins, ( which I have visited and explored three times ), belong to the Cañari culture, who fought fiercely before becoming assimilated into the Inca empire late 15th, early 16th centuries AD. Again, I'm not trying to be contrary, but if we are to present and share this kind of content, should we not present it a little more in form of hypothesis rather than established fact, and shouldn't we back it up with more direct, clear, and concise evidence and scripture? I look forward to learn more about your sources and research. Thank you.

How do you justify The profit Joseph Smith's statement that Zarhamlima was across from nauvoo on the west side of the Mississippi?

Still waiting to hear back from you.

The Book of Mormon does not include any reference to where they landed.

Wrong place since when was south America ever a free land blessed by God

You need to read books of Wayne May.,

Sorry L. Norman Shurtleff: No "Tower of Babel" is mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Only a "Great Tower" at a much earlier time. Non-scholars do not read carefully and have no idea what this means. The Olmec did not exist in Peru & Ecuador, but only in Mesoamerica, and it was the mother culture to subsequent civilizations in Mesoamerica. Bees which make honey are native to the New World, and were widely used in Pre-Columbian times by native Americans. The Book of Ether does not say that bees were brought to the New World, only that they were transported by the Jaredites within the Old World. Once again, careless reading.

I love to see opinions on where the BOM took place. Thank you for sharing your opinion. There are many issues wrong with your thoughts about the Jaredites. A massive issue is that you are claiming that the Jaredites brought camels and then they evolved into llamas... in how many years? the Incas used llamas.... so, maybe a thousand or so years for them to evolve into llamas? Also, llamas didn't evolve from camels, they share a common ancestor..... 11 million years ago....

Why do you say that the Olmecs were in South America?? Also, why do you say that the Jaredites took the cameloids to the Americas??

Ether 2-23 . Pretty interesting that glass windows were available 2200 bc . History tells us glass windows weren’t invented til 5-600ad .

Sorry, but I disagree with your conclusions.

The Jaredites were black people from the loins of Ham.

there is the same argument for the hopewell and udema cultures.. this is not very convincing nor informative and will only confuse a new convert..

Sorry you have been deceived. The events of the Book of Mormon happened in ancient America, a land choice above all other lands.

This is the pride land. Who and why some group idn but, In Salt Lake are trying to mislead us with lies. I follow the prophets only. You are hugely mistaken, and will be accountable.

False