SALT LAKE CITY A book that uses D-N-A evidence to contradict a long-standing Mormon belief could get the author excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Simon Southerton told The Associated Press he's been ordered to appear at a July 31 hearing before church leaders in his native Australia.
Southerton's book, "Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA and the Mormon Church," was published a year ago by Salt Lake-based Signature Books.
It used established DNA data to argue against Book of Mormon teachings that ancient Americans inhabitants were descendants of Israelite patriarch Lehi.
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Neil, interesting testimony! Note how, towards the end the "tolerance ceased to be a virtue" toward these terrorists. Pretty chilling to hear that officer's take on it.
Neil, yeah the Nazca Plain evidence seems conclusive that they used Hot Air :maybe that's how the Mormons tie in with ancient Indian culture LOTS of hot air. Ever heard of the The Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857?the massacre was committed by order of Brigham and the high-council.
Good pt. Engr., although I understand some meso-American finds include toys with wheels. Couldn't they generalize on the concept? One constraint was, American horses had apparently died out until the Spaniards came.
There is evidence that Nazca Plain was inscribed with huge drawings because the locals had hot-air balloons (not space ships). Tightly-woven fabrics were the key.
Not only does DNA not match, but the technology shows no exposure to Jewish culture. When the Conquistadores came here, the American Indians had no wheels.SO? Well, if they'd been exposed to the (fictional) technology of the Israel tribes of the Book of Mormon, including CARTS with WHEELS, do you really think they'd have forgotten the WHEEL? I brought this up with a Mormon missionary and left the Mormonite speechless (also brought up the DNA lack ...another long silence from the Mormonite)
33k, DNA is better as sorting out mothers than it is fathers, it is in agreement that we all have one common mother.
Right, John, and neither had the Son of God giving revelation for that matter either. The book of the Mormon and the Koran are both works a fiction by human authors.
Each religion has only ONE "real" wittness (Smith and Mohammid), unlike the Bible which has at least 40 who testify of a savior so circumspect that He didn't even write any of His own Bible, choosing instead to allow a great cloud of inspired witnesses over a period of 1500 years to bring forth the true gospel from faith to faith, that many, by His grace would be saved. AMEN?
No doubt it is true that nothing in the DNA of early American inhabitants proves that ancient Americans inhabitants were descendants of Israelite patriarch Lehi. That is after all a ridiculous falsehood invented by a dangerous crank.
However, the DNA of all peoples is no doubt consistent with the truth that all men on earth are descendants from both Adam and Eve, and Noah and his wife.
We need to be careful that we don't assert too much the other way.
John D., this is exactly what happened in my last conversation with Mormon missionaries. God can do anything -- which is true, but not for Mormons, though. I sure had two Mormon missionaries confused what I brought up about the DNA of American Indians not matching Jewish DNA.
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