Contradictions and Confusion of Wayne May

 

Wayne May places the Land Northward in current-day Canada which is ruled under a monarchy, but the Book of Mormon states:

there shall be no kings upon the land (2 Nephi 2:11)

  Narrow Pass - Wayne May

Land Southward to Land Northward, Narrow Pass Map (Wayne May, "Book of Mormon Geography" presentation, Ancient American History Conference, SLC, April 1, 2011)

 

Wayne May's contradictory map:

 

Seasons, Migrations, Beasts - Wayne May

Land Southward to Land Northward Map - Animal Migrations (Wayne May, "Book of Mormon Geography" presentation, Ancient American History Conference, SLC, April 1, 2011)

 

Wayne May says the Land of Nephi (Tennessee) was a higher elevation than the Land of Zarahemla (Illinois):

 

Land of Nephi to Zarahemla, Up, Down, Tennesse to Illinois - Wayne May

Higher to Lower Elevation Map (Wayne May, "Book of Mormon Geography" presentation, Ancient American History Conference, SLC, April 1, 2011)

 

Rivers flow from higher elevations to lower elevations. Wayne May's River Sidon (Mississippi River) flows the wrong way.

 

Wayne May says the Hopewell were the Nephites

 

Wrong. The Nephite culture was a sub-culture of a larger pre-existing Lamanite culture group. The Hopewell were the Lamanites.

 

Sphere of Hopewell Influence

Hopewell Sphere of Influence Map (Wayne May, "Book of Mormon Geography" presentation, Ancient American History Conference, SLC, April 1, 2011)

 

Hopewell Migration West to East (See #8):

 

Prof. W.C. Mills, Hopewell Migration West to East Through Ohio

Hopewell Migration Through Ohio - West to East - Map (Wayne May, "Book of Mormon Geography" presentation, Ancient American History Conference, SLC, April 1, 2011)

 

Unfortunately for May, Book of Mormon migrations were NORTH NOT EAST:

  • North from Lehi's landing point (Land of Ishmael) to Nephi's city 
  • North from Nephi's city to the City of Zarahemla.
  • North from Zarahemla to Bountiful.
  • North from Bountiful to Desolation.
  • North from Land Southward to Land Northward.

The only people who migrated east were Lamanites.

 

OMISSIONS

 

Wayne May has ignored the following: 

  • A sea west of Zarahemla.
  • A sea east of Zarahemla.
  • Nephite cities along the Sea East.
  • Nephite cities along the Sea West.
  • A sea south of the Land Northward.
  • A sea north of the Land Northward.
  • A sea east of the Land Northward.
  • A sea west of the Land Northward.

LAND SIZE

 

Wayne May has ignored stated travel times in the Book of Mormon:

  • 1.5 days from the Sea West to the Sea East.
  • Less than a day from Bountiful to Manti.
  • Less than a day from the City Zarahemla to the Sea East.

It is impossible for Wayne May's "Book of Mormon" geography model to fit the Book of Mormon. It fits the Hopewell/Lamanites - period.