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When evaluating the various "theories" about what happened to the Lost Tribes of Israel it's important to determine who is coming from where, who's Ox is being gored, and who has the most to lose. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure out in whose interest it is that the Lost Tribes never be found. If they are never found, then there is no problem. Lost Tribes tell no tales.

An alternate to keeping the Lost Tribes lost is to "find them", but not in their Biblical form as a Huge Israelite Nation now grown much larger, but perhaps as a scabby little tribe of desert nomads huddled around campfires, watering their camels and picking their noses. Now they would be harmless (and controllable) enough.

Better yet, "find" them as a number of small (but controllable) groups of obscure people, scattered here and there around the world. If they practise circumcision they are sure fire candidates, even though that was an Abrahamic practise, not starting with Jews. The important thing is to divert attention away from the REAL Lost Tribes, to dilute the issue. Dilute it enough and it goes away.

To those ends, various books, TV specials, even computer games have been created in an attempt to "address and control" the Lost Tribes issue, which becomes stronger each year as Archeological finds continue to confirm the accuracy of the Bible. Amazingly, these media devices always do manage to find some obscure Tribes, but never the REAL Lost Tribes of Israel which are the ~One BILLION American and Europeans of Celtic origin.

The TV special "Quest For The Lost Tribes" shown on A&E was an especially egregious example of raw political propagada, offered with a straight face worthy of the Clinton administration. You can sometimes spot probable bias by simply noting the sponsoring organizations, or the producers and other participants. This one was a hoot. Be sure to watch it the next time it comes around, just to observe how they skirt the real issues.

Also observe who offers apparently sound and logical analysis of solid Biblical and Historical sources for your consideration and checking, and who offers only shouting, ridicule, name calling, hollow claims without evidence, and intellectual terrorism. That says a lot.

-LT

Funny that you mention the "we found the lost tribes" on your computer scam. Friend of mine bought this little turkey on eBay for $5 and we were looking at it the other day.

Your description was perfect! Right on target!!! They had found these scuffy little nomadic tribes around the world and I'll be dam#ed if they were not all pieces of the lost tribes! And Stacy Keach narrated it with a straight face. We just laughed and laughed it was such a put up deal.

They have to sell this pitch to kids I guess because no adult would be dumb enough to believe it. Don't you just have to guess where the money came from for this propaganda "search"? LOL.

Lost Tribes Tell No Tales.

Thats a pretty good line, and tells a pretty big story, or stories.

So many people and groups have so much invested in the status quo something like this really upsets them. Think of all the books which have to be rewritten? Think of all the teachers and preachers who have been telling a different story for so long, and now it turns out "the earth is not at the center of the universe". This is traumatic. It becomes more important for the Lost Tribes to stay lost for the sake of order than for the truth to be acknowledged. Organizations with very long change times like churchs and colleges cannot accept this easily, the Truth be damned!

I have noticed that fundamentalist types here seem especially insecure about anything theological. The slightest change from what they have bought in to causes lots of distress. Many of them are poorly or narrowly educated and their security blanket is easily threatened when shifted askew exposing their very small world. Others here seem threatened with having to "share" something which they have been taught was exclusively theirs, and they don't have the mental flexibility to entertain other possibilities.

We had a maid a few years ago who insisted the King James Bible was the only true Bible. While I like the KJV I never could convince her there were a number of editions of the KJV, some with substantial changes, and could she just tell me which of these she preferred? A closed and locked mind is a terrible thing to live with.

But while I don't say much here I do greatly appreciate your contribution to the factual base underlying rational discussion of this topic. It is clear you have done an immense amount of work in this field and I stand in awe of both the breadth and depth of your knowledge. You have expanded the minds of us all, and I even suspect you are mostly correct!

Keep up the very good work and don't let the bastards grind you down. They are not worthy of your contempt. They are the owners of their own problems.