Within the Mormon Church Bible, it claims it is the history of American Indians, does science support this?

Question

Have any data that sheds any light on the Lamanite proposition and so on? I'll tell ya what I know later : )

There no Middle Eastern tools, or skeletal remains located on the American continent. The South American ancestral civilizations were well advanced prior to the arrival of the so-called Nephites and Lamanites. There is no mtdna that supports this. However, there is some, small data, that supports a little similarity to some Iranians...... Overall, the Native mtDNA seems to be from four groups, A, B, C, D, and Y? Y could be a contamination, however, Native people believe we are all related, and a ancestor with Y could be possible.

Answer 1

Obviously you've done something mormons normally don't do: read. I'd suggest reading "Losing a Lost Tribe" by Simon Southerton, an excommunicated former lds bishop and genetic scientist. The book examines the history and culture of the early european settlers of the period, and the strong belief that the Native Americans had to come from "somewhere", and it had to be from Israel.

If you've already read that, then your post is really aimed at pulling the Morgbots chord and collecting 'testimony' replies.

Shame on your for exposing fallacies and falsehoods...;)

Answer 2

The Mormon church Bible is the King James Version... I Do know it talks about the Stick of Joseph and it prophesies the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. There is no "Mormon Bible." They do however have a Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

If you're going to tell us about the DNA claims... they're not accurate and besides, God can change DNA or are you saying He can't? Because that's what it says He did in the Book of Mormon. He changed the Lamanites.


An interesting study reported in the June 2003 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics leads me to believe that it is possible for Book of Mormon peoples to be ancestors of modern Native Americans and yet not be easily detected using traditional Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests. This study, conducted by a group of scientists from a company called deCODE Genetics, used the extensive genealogies of people from Iceland combined with probably the most massive population study ever performed. They traced the matrilineal and patrilineal ancestry of all 131,060 Icelanders born after 1972 back to two cohorts of ancestors, one born between 1848 and 1892 and the other between 1798 and 1742.

Examining the same Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA markers used in other genetic studies, these 131,060 Icelanders revealed highly skewed distributions of descendants to ancestors, with the vast majority of potential ancestors contributing one or no descendants and a minority of ancestors contributing large numbers of descendants. In other words, the majority of people living today in Iceland had ancestors living only 150 years ago that could not be detected based on the Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests being performed yet the genealogical records exist showing that these people lived and were real ancestors. To the point at hand, if many documented ancestors of 150 years ago cannot be seen with Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests from modern Iceland, then the possibility can exist for people that are reported in the Book of Mormon to have migrated to the Americas over 2600 years ago and yet not have detectable genetic signatures today

And actually, getting deeper into the DNA claims. They are said to be majority Asian. The Book of Mormon also talks about a group of about 2000 that came from asia-The Jaredites.

Have a great Day! :)

Answer 3

There is lots of evidence that says that the Book of Mormon could very well be what it claims.

As far as the DNA, one would have to have a DNA sample of the Lehites, ca. 600 B.C., and then of the Lamanites and Moroni, ca. 421 A.D. and then, the DNA of everyone else who's been here for the 1400some years between the end of the Book of Mormon and when Joseph Smith discovered the plates.

Answer 4

American Indian DNA does not match that of any of the Semitic People of the Middle East. I do not think the Lamanites mentioned in the Book of Mormon are Native American. I do not think that native Americans are any lost tribe of Israel. I don't think anything in the Book of Mormon is true.

If you are a Native American I hope you don't believe this Mormon junk.

Answer 5

No. DNA evidence disproves it. According to the Introduction of The Book of Mormon, the Lamanites are "the principle ancestors of the American Indians." No trace of Hebrew DNA has been found. The Mormons will claim they mixed with other races, but DNA would still be evident from a "principle ancestor".

The words "principle ancestors" is the fatal flaw in the Book of Mormon regarding Native Americans.

It should also be noted that Native Americans have been on the North American continent for an estimated 14,000 years, not 2,600.

Answer 6

What I know is that the Mormon Church Bible is the King James Version. And no, that particular book does not have any reference to any people on this continent or in China or India or anywhere outside of a very small landmass we today call Isreal.

Answer 7

Not necessarily Beavis. See my post at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmK5oD5MtsYDWA.1V6kXIwPty6IX?qid=20070414010534AAsFVEt&show=7#profile-info-AA11852896

Answer 8

http://www.farmsresearch.org

Answer 9

YES!!!!