These are the facts:
- Mormon did not use the word “lake” because he had never experienced a saltwater ocean and had nothing to differentiate
- It’s a fact that 99.9% of the models are void of a Land Northward surrounded by FOUR SEAS and a Land Southward surrounded by THREE SEAS, lacking one on the south
- It’s a fact they believed they were on an “ISLE OF THE SEA,” and God considered them to be on one also
- It’s a fact that FOUR SEAS bordered the Jaredite Land Northward
- It’s a fact the “Great Sea,” “Great Water,” “Irreantum,” “Many Waters,” “Deep,” and “Great Deep” that were crossed to arrive at Book of Mormon lands did NOT directly border Book of Mormon lands
- It’s a fact neither the Atlantic nor the Pacific oceans directly bordered Book of Mormon lands
- It’s a fact no seas bordered the SOUTHERN END of the Land of First Inheritance
- It’s a fact that the Sea South of the Jaredite Land Northward was the Sea North of the Nephite Land Southward
- It’s a fact that the body of water east of the Narrow Passage that led into the Jaredite Land Northward was the same as the Sea South of the Jaredite Land Northward and the Sea that Divides the Land from the Nephite Land Southward
- It’s a fact there are more references to the Sea North and the Sea South than Sorenson, Clark, or Hamblin admit
- It’s a fact there’s no cause to abandon the clear meaning of the FOUR SEAS text for a more “conducive physical model” that interprets the FOUR SEAS as merely a metaphor
- It’s a fact cities bordering “seas” imply the seas were fresh water, not salt, just like the Sea of Galilee
- It’s a fact the word “Sea” has been used in the Bible to describe INLAND FRESH WATER LAKES
- It’s a fact if an Internal Map is void of the bodies of water described in the text, it is biased; seas should only be absent from Physical Maps if the “metaphorical card” is played
You can’t skirt the seas because they don’t fit. The seas bordered Book of Mormon lands. BOOK OF MORMON LANDS HAD DISTINCT BOUNDARIES.