“It is the personal opinion of the writer that the Lord does not intend that the Book of Mormon, at least at the present time, shall be proved true by any archaeological findings. The day may come when such will be the case, but not now. The Book of Mormon is itself a witness of the truth, and the promise has been given most solemnly that any person who will read it with a prayerful heart may receive the abiding testimony of its truth.”

^{Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions – Volume 2 (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Company, 1998 reprint; original in 1957), 196.}