Posted on 01/17/2012 5:59:43 PM PST by dragonblustar
DNA evidence is offering a serious challenge to the Mormon claim that Native Americans are descended from Hebrew colonizers who came to the Americas around the time Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians hundreds of years before Christ.
Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith, claimed that an angel named Moroni appeared to him when he was 17 and told him of golden plates buried in a stone box near his family’s home in Palmyra, New York. The angel also told Smith that the plates contained an “account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang.” Smith retrieved the plates, and his translation of them was published in 1830 and titled the Book of Mormon.
The title page of the Book of Mormon states it is “an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites — written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel.” The main theme of the book revolves around the descendents of a prophet named Lehi, who was a descendent of the biblical Manasseh, according to Alma 10:3. Nephi and Laman, two of Lehi’s sons, play principal roles at the beginning of the book. Nephi is described as the righteous son of Lehi while Laman is described as wicked. As a result of his evil behavior, Laman and those who followed him were cursed with dark skin. Many Mormons believe Native Americans are the dark-skinned descendents of the Lamanites.
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Murphy insists that the Book of Mormon, touted by fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) as the “most correct book on earth,” is incorrect when it claims that Native Americans are of Jewish descent. In a 2002 essay titled “Lamanite Genesis, Genealogy, and Genetics,” he stated, “So far, DNA research lends no support to traditional Mormon beliefs about the origins of Native Americans.”
17? Nope. The account of the first version of the first vision J Smith was 14, but hey he only had fourteen versions of the first visions...so who knows for sure.
Isn't that funny. Mormons think the bible can't be trusted because it's old and has been edited so many times yet they embrace the different accounts of Joseph Smith's visions.
Basically a cult. This is why there are so few true intellectuals, scientists, philosophers and statesmen who are Mormons.
So true.
Ex-Mormon testimony with some excellent links:
http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/ex-mormon-testimony.
That’s a great link! Thanks for sharing!!
Anwyay, does anyone have DNA from Israelites of the 7th century B.C. to compare the DNA of American Indians to?
So, basically, American Indians are Jews? Come on already! Does anyone really believe this? You mean to tell me that the Jews...Sold Manhattan...to the Dutch for 24 dollars worth of beads and trinkets?!! Heh Heh! Right...Good one!
They didn’t own it.
http://patents.justia.com/inventor/ARTHURDHUNTERJR.html
http://famousmormons.net/inventors.html
http://famousmormons.net/inventors.html
http://famousmormons.net/computers.html
17? Yes. This is talking about the visit from Moroni, not the “first vision” that happened when he was around 14.
17? Yes. This is talking about the visit from Moroni, not the “first vision” that happened when he was around 14.
Well, considering every time J Smith told his first version story (fourteen versions) it was different being(s) who appeared....one two three or was it one.....
No wonder I was confused.
I assume Mormons do. I don't.
But to say there is DNA evidence disproving it requires assuming that modern-day Jews are descended from the ancient Israelites (that's a very reasonable belief based on what we know of Jewish history, and I think the DNA studies so far support it, but it's not like 2 + 2 = 4). If any American Indians have Jewish ancestry, it's from Jews who came to the New World after 1492.
Mormons believe it. Of course they also believe that the Garden of Eden was in Missiouri (I’m not kidding).
I am reaganaut, and I am an ex-Mormon.
Steelfish you might (actually) enjoy these videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mzm0LovPH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZcBr4OS_dU
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