Reason #107: The Silliness of Tapir Warfare

Mormon apologists, such as those at FAIR, sidestep the complete lack of scientific evidence for the horses mentioned in the Book of Mormon by saying that perhaps they were tapirs. (The book that mentions cureloms and cumoms called a boar-like animal a horse? —  Just redefine the word.) I found particularly interesting that the author of the hyperlinked article from FAIR actually uses as evidence a Mayan carving of a man sitting on a pig. Here’s an article from a newspaper about the temperament of a tapir when riled: Tapir Bites Off Zookeeper’s Arm November 21, 1998 A tapir pulled an Oklahoma City zookeeper into its cage and bit her arm off at mid-biceps as she tried to feed the animal before the zoo opened, authorities said. The woman, whose...