The First American

I watched a special on the National Geographic channel yesterday while I was home for lunch. It was on the myth of the where the first Americans came from - the one we all grew up on: that the first Americans came over the Bering Strait, inhabited the land of America, were primitive and war-faring, etc., etc., etc. We've all heard that story. Well, as we read in the Book of Mormon, the story of this land's inhabitants is not so simple. There were many groups of peoples that came over at different epochs of the world's history - some of them became completely extinct. Others remained up until Columbus discovered this land, and remain to this day. The details of this theory have yet to be worked out, but according to National Geographic, the evidence supports the idea that there were indeed many peoples on this land who did indeed come from all over the globe - one people in particular who crossed the Atlantic ocean to get here in about the year 1000 B.C.! Skulls have been found on the continent that are in no way related to the skulls of American Indians, and weaponry has been discovered that suggests some peoples were completely wiped out by others.

Obviously, I'm not going to go into too great a detail here. Suffice it to say, it was comforting to watch that special yesterday - further evidence that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet. There's simply no way he could have concocted that story, which was completely contrary to the theories of that time, to have it coincide so perfectly in the light of new information today. The fact of the matter is, Joseph didn't write it. THE FIRST AMERICANS did! We can learn so much about their history by reading their words, and the scientists could have come up with this new theory much sooner if they would have read the Book. Not to mention what it could do for their souls...