[restornu]

So you got this off of the Huffington post!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/FaceReality2/jewish-mormon-relations-m_b_657148_55267927.html

PD this is an excellent book DVD

The Book of Mormon and the New World DNA

by Deseret Book Company (Publisher)

Critics of the LDS Church recently latched onto DNA studies that point to a predominant Asiatic origin to the American Indians and conclude that the Book of Mormon cannot be an ancient record as claimed by Joseph Smith. This video carefully examines the complex issues of genetic research, revealing the significant flaws in the process, reasoning and conclusions of those critics, and presents compelling evidence in defense of the Book of Mormon as an ancient text. Produced by FAIR, a non-profit organization that sponsors conferences and websites in defence of the Church, this video dispells what for some is a troubling criticism.
http://deseretbook.com/Book-Mormon-New-World-DNA-Deseret-Company/i/5005871

[ejonesie22]

Produced by FAIR, a non-profit organization that sponsors conferences and websites in defence of the Church, this video dispells what for some is a troubling criticism.

LOL...

It just doesn't get any better...

When REAL independent scientist come up with something, give us a call...

[Elsie]

Ha! You should READ the reviews of this 'book' found at your link! Talk about exposing MORMONism for the IDIOCY that it is!

[Cronos]

Actually, no, I got that off the Mormon links that PD sent, plus some digging around into the fact that Mormons believe that there were Semites (Nephites and Lamanites) in pre-Columbine America. Of course, you then add this in to the FACT that there is no historical / archaeological / genetic / linguistic proof for this

THe link you gave does not aid that:

It says that there is no Jewish gene, which is false -- it's a proven fact that there IS a Jewish/Israelie haplogroup which was used to identify long lost ISraelie in East Africa and india.

however, the Native Americans do not have this haplogroup, not one of them. None of the skeletons found have semitic origins either.

[Cronos]

“"According to the Book of Mormon, the family of Lehi (a wealthy Hebrew prophet), the family of Ishmael, and Zoram traveled from the Middle East circa 600 BC to the Americas by boat. Some time after the death of Lehi (in the Americas), one of the sons of Lehi, Nephi, overheard that his brothers were plotting to kill him, so Nephi, his family, and his followers left and went into the wilderness­. The followers of Nephi called themselves Nephites. The followers of Laman, Lehi's oldest sons, were called Lamanites.

"Many Latter Day Saints believe that the Lamanites comprise some part, if not the primary origin, of Native Americans. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) appears to accept this position."

They believe that American Indians are the descendant­s of ancient Jews.

This is historically/ genetically / linguistically / archaeologically false