[Red Badger]

If they were one of the "Lost" (Not Lost, God knows where they are) tribes, then why do they have to convert?.....

[hlmencken3]

Also covered at

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486127/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1436777/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377539/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374681/posts

[Red Badger]

http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/tw-bk.cgi?category=Booklets1&item=1104094367

[marron]

India's Christians maintain that they date back to the beginning, that their church was started by Thomas, who was martyred in India.

[Verginius Rufus]

It would be interesting if they could get DNA evidence to confirm the relationship...but they should be more closely related to the Samaritans than to Jews, since Manasseh was one of the ten tribes of the northern kingdom, whereas Jews are mainly descended from the people of the kingdom of Judah. At least that's how I've always understood it...I could be wrong.

[Antonello]

Let me know when they get to the tribe of Levi so I can pack my bags. According to my Mormon patriarchal blessing that's the tribe I belong to.

[SunkenCiv]

Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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