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DNA and The Book of Mormon Explained full-length video
FAIR MORMON ^ | Published on Feb 18, 2013

Posted on 02/24/2014 7:28:13 PM PST by restornu

Miraculous claims surrounding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon are an evidence of the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith. Critics intent on discrediting the Restoration point to DNA studies on indigenous American peoples in an attempt to expose Joseph, the Book of Mormon, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as frauds. Claiming that scientific evidence excludes any possibility that Middle Eastern or ancient Jewish travelers came to the Americas in antiquity, such critics attempt to sow seeds of doubt in the minds of Latter-day Saints and those of other faiths concerning the authenticity of the Book of Mormon as an ancient religious text.

Are these studies credible? Do the data actually show what the critics claim? Do they discredit the Book of Mormon, or is there biological and other scientific evidence that supports the claims that it is indeed an ancient record of a people that once inhabited the Americas?

The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR) interviews scholars and scientists to answer these important questions and reveals the faith-affirming truth that not only are the critics' conclusions and methods flawed, but that there is credible scientific evidence in favor of the Book of Mormon as an ancient religious text.


TOPICS: History; Religion & Culture; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: dna; inman; lds; mormon; mormonism
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To: Godzilla

Plus:
tennis was talked about in the OT, after all David played on the courts of the king
and they smoked too, picked up their camels and left
I like the receipt for tortilla chips, take unleavened bread break into pieces, use fat that renders flavor and cook the bread. We already know the accents drank a kind of beer.
Oh, well.
The OT never talked about mormon.


561 posted on 02/28/2014 2:40:01 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: restornu

So you are calling Joseph Smith god.
I am slack jawed, over some of your posts today.


562 posted on 02/28/2014 2:41:02 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: restornu

some in the NT thought Jesus was going to return soon...

Here we are two thousand years later that is a long soon..
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so glad you mentioned that...

so glad you opened that door...

Let’s see what your mormon prophet Joey Smith has to say about that..

Smith claimed that his Mormon jesus would come back and the world would end in his lifetime...if he lived for 56 more years..

Well no type of jesus arrived in Smith’s lifetime and not 56 years after he falsely prophesized that..

so much for a great prophet


563 posted on 02/28/2014 2:42:30 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

It is you guy who use the word Mormons
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Of course that’s because Mormons prefer to be called Mormons..

I thought someone else would mention the obvious..

the multimillion dollar PR campaign the Mormons have put out with their I’m Joey Smith and I’m a MORMON...

and the Mormons’ own newspaper Deseret News has a “Mormon News” section under “Faith”

Not “Christian News” because the Mormons are not Christians, but MORMON NEWS..

Plus all those boasting every time a MORMON got a medal at the Olympics last week, of got a top spot in American idol, or did anything that to the Mormn mind ws news worthy and/or “faith promoting”..

the honored one would be illuminated in lights as

a MORMON !!!

and right here I rest my case..


564 posted on 02/28/2014 2:49:48 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: svcw

So you are calling Joseph Smith god.
I am slack jawed, over some of your posts today.

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If you want to play cute I guess we could say Moses was a God too he is one who told us about the Lord’s Creation in 7 days.


565 posted on 02/28/2014 2:50:35 PM PST by restornu
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To: restornu

true believers are called Christians: Alma 46:14–15 .
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but theyre not called Mormons or LDS..


566 posted on 02/28/2014 2:51:27 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

Yaw, wonder what our neighbors know about us there are no angles here...
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sounds like you ne3d to show your neighbors your square signs..


567 posted on 02/28/2014 2:53:25 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

It is you guy who use the word Mormons
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Of course that’s because Mormons prefer to be called Mormons..

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We correct it a zillion times but to no avail, I prefer LDS.


568 posted on 02/28/2014 2:53:50 PM PST by restornu
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To: restornu

Bye..
http://www.byutv.org/watch/livetv


569 posted on 02/28/2014 2:58:43 PM PST by restornu
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To: greyfoxx39

The Mormons are out looking for land on other planets to buy before the price goes too high and only the Salt lake boys can afford it..

Could be that the speculating Morg snapped up all the good “worlds” with beaches and just left some swamp land on Mars for the lessor Mormons ...


570 posted on 02/28/2014 3:01:51 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

Nan: of the MILLIONS of dollars the Morg in SLC rake in every year barely 1% goes to charity..and that in the form of a loan..

You: That is not an accurate report but what else is new...

the knowledge is out there for those who really care!
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With no hospitals no shelters no free meals the Mormons have no proof they spend a penny for charity ..

The Mormons spend all that money on themselves for cattle ranches, resorts, malls, apartment buildings, prime land..etc

not to mention those ugly pagan club temples which lie empty most of the time and only paid up club members can enter...

Christian churches don’t gather riches to themselves..

only the greedy Mormons do that...

Christian churches don’t bar people from entering..

only Mormons do that ..

Christian churches don’t turn away the hungry and those in need ..

Only Mormons do that ..

Its disgusting the way the Mormons tell their own people to go to Christian churches or the government when they have a need and refuse to help tithe paying customers from their own donations..

The Mormons are in business for themselves...

they are moneygrubbing and selfish and there is no charity or God in them...

Mormonism has nothing to do with Christianity..


571 posted on 02/28/2014 3:15:05 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

So your program is at 6 PM your time

but I asked you at 2:50 your time to give me the scripture from the Bible which backs up what you claim is in there...

that’s if your on Central time..

if youre an hour earlier you had an extra hour..

cant you find a Bible ???

Cant you get one from a Christian neighbor ??

or a Pastor in your area ???


572 posted on 02/28/2014 3:20:57 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

well Warren Jeffs is LDS and a Mormon and he doesn’t complain..

and hes a Mormon prophet..

and he is a more faithful follower of Joey Smith and the book of Mormon than Tommy Monson is..


573 posted on 02/28/2014 3:23:39 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu

No, God told us about Creation, Moses was a flawed man who God chose to lead His people to freedom from Egypt then to the promised land and talk to God,then deliver messages IE clay tablets to His people.
If you wish to call him a god, go ahead, its silly though.

We are talking about your adulation of Joseph Smith, you have apparently chosen to view JS in a light that is complete fantasy.

(As a side note isn’t it interesting God Himself wrote on the clay tables, which Moses took down the mountain,
yet, JS claimed god gave him gold, I find that odd)


574 posted on 02/28/2014 3:26:57 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: restornu

Matthew 24:36
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Second Coming

Rev 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door(heart), and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.
Personal Salvation


575 posted on 02/28/2014 3:34:07 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: Tennessee Nana

I am glad it is not me who will have to tell the Lord I am sorry I did not know when I said all those things about you and your servants.


576 posted on 02/28/2014 4:23:36 PM PST by restornu
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To: restornu

I’m not about to have to speak to Joey Smith either so the idea is moot..

where the devil worshiper Joey Smith is now screaming in Hell, no believing Christian will end up..


577 posted on 02/28/2014 4:55:45 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: restornu; Tennessee Nana

I am glad, I will be able to say to the Lord God, thank you thank you....thank you for freeing me from sin, thank you for the privilege of dwelling with You for eternity.

And what will you say to Joseph Smith? As mormonism teaches he will decide if you make it past the gate.

I (Joseph Smith) have more to boast of than any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such work as I (History of the Church, Vol.6, pp. 408-09).

“If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him (Joseph Smith); if we enter into our glory, it will be through the authority that he (Joseph Smith) has received”
(Gospel Truth, pp. 199, 200).

“[There is] no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God”
Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, v. 1, p. 190

Who is it R, that you will be talking to? JS or Christ the Lord?

The choice is clear, Jesus Christ is calling you, He is knocking at the door, open it.....


578 posted on 02/28/2014 4:55:58 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: svcw
“[There is] no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God” Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, v. 1, p. 190

Who is it R, that you will be talking to? JS or Christ the Lord?

The choice is clear, Jesus Christ is calling you, He is knocking at the door, open it.....

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I am not trying to convert here first of all the I know that the present of the Lord is not in these conversation where contention exist. BTW choice I don't need a choice I receive a witness by the power of the Holy Ghost.

I am only clearing up some disinformation which needs to be understood in its whole context...

It seems some here don't know their scriptures that well, and forget that it will be all of the prophets even the prophet Joseph smith that will judge the world.

1 Corinthians 6:2

2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Revelation 11:18

(In the last days, two prophets will be slain in Jerusalem—After 3½ days, they will be resurrected—Christ will reign over all the earth.) and who do you think those two prophets will be?)

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

579 posted on 02/28/2014 5:45:57 PM PST by restornu
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To: restornu

I am ways amazed by your responses.
Apparently, you completely disregard what your leaders have said, and in dispersion quote Bible which you apparently know little to nothing.
Your quotes have zero to do with any discussion so far.
R Jesus knocks at the door (heart) and if you do not answer, there is an eternity I would not wish on anyone.


580 posted on 02/28/2014 6:14:02 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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