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I don't know God or Nephi does not say why

After the pilgrims the multitudes did come but it was first established for religious reasons.

The puritans wanted to establish their own puritan society

The first European settlers to arrive to the new world were the pilgrims fleeing religious persecution. They wanted to practice their religion without persecution. So the answer to that is yes. What happens after that is a different story

It was a prophecy. Nephi was not politically correct in the way he described his revelation but that does not mean he is racist.

The Book of Mormon in 1 Nephi 13 prophesies of the discovery of the Americas it states that his people would not be utterly destroyed. The indigenous people of the Americas were tragically devastate by the diseases that the Europeans brought over the atrocities that they committed against indigenous...

The Book of Mormon is not racist.

I could have sworn you have used the avatar with a native American riding a tapir. Your name tapirrider fits the avatar really really well if not I will take your word for it. You saying the Book of Mormon is racist is your opinion and its offensive to me and members of the church. You forget that N...

I know you hate the church I assumed that you hated America too.

You say you do not hate America I'm glad to hear you do not hate your country and that you served in the military I can relate.

Tapir you say the Book of Mormon is racist. You say I'm racist because I believe in the Book of Mormon so when you call me a racist I say you are lying and misinterpreting the beliefs of Mormons. The Book of Mormon says that families from the Middle East traveled to the Americans and intermarried wi...

Everything that Christ receives he receives from the Father John 16: 15. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you We give Christ nothing we make an agreement to follow him. The righteousness we do by following him are filth...