[MHGinTN]

The deeper question is ‘Are American Indians descended from Abraham? ... Should we ping the Mormon brigade at BYU using serrogates at FR to refute something claimed by Joe Smith now?

[allmendream]

I remember hearing some conservative radio show where they were discussing the genetic data that showed no linkage between Amerindians and Semitic people (Amerindians and Asians, yes; Amerindians and Jews, no.). They questioned a Mormon apologist about it saying ‘Now that THIS data is in, does it make you question the Book of Mormon?’

Oh, like THAT would be the straw that broke the camels back. They need to get real. There is no evidence that anything in the Book of Mormon is anything more than (to quote Mark Twain)...

“...merely a prosy detail of imaginary history, with the Old Testament for a model; followed by a tedious plagiarism of the New Testament.” Mark Twain

No linguistic data, no archaeological data, no cultural data, no historic data, no genetic data. It is a perfect record of absolute non-conformance to reality.

Luckily Mormons are good people and good Conservatives and don’t dwell much on their silly theology; they are too busy being Mormons.