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DNA tests shake the Book of Mormon's foundations
LA Times ^
| March 2006
| Lobdell
Posted on 03/18/2006 9:48:03 AM PST by Cato1
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The Catholic Church has to work harder to teach the faith to its members so that they are not suceptible to silly stories about jews migrating to latin america on boats in 600 AD. Kind of like UFO's. If you make up a story so fantastic that it cannot be proved false or true, and wrap it in biblical ethics that were the basis of most peoples worldview, you can start a religion.
L. Ron Hubbard is widely rumored to have said "The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion."
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:48:07 AM PST
by
Cato1
To: Cato1
The Catholic church should just show them the South Park episode on Joseph smith..... Dum dum Dum Dum...
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:51:18 AM PST
by
gondramB
(Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
To: Cato1
Nobody is taking into account that Washington and others committed multiple genocide in the north. Entire tribes were annihilated, men, women and children.
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:52:34 AM PST
by
PaxMacian
To: gondramB
Elizabeth Smith ... smart smart smart!
Joseph Smith ... dum.
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:53:45 AM PST
by
Zeppelin
(Texas Longhorns === National Champions !!!)
To: PaxMacian
I am sure any non-combat deaths were accidental from disease rather than actual genocide. Washington fought along side Indian's as well as well as against them and learned guerrilla warfare from them.
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:55:40 AM PST
by
Cato1
To: Cato1
DNA testing telling us what we already know
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:55:47 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: PaxMacian
Nobody is taking into account that Washington and others committed multiple genocide in the north. Entire tribes were annihilated, men, women and children.
And of course the Indians never harmed a soul. Give me a freaking break. They joined forces with the French to attack English settlements and ended up getting their ass kicked. Sure there was tragedy on every side, but to claim the Indians as some innocent victim is just rubbish.
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:59:34 AM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: colorcountry
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posted on
03/18/2006 9:59:59 AM PST
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America!)
To: Cato1
"You mean I don't have to trade in my headress for a yarmulke?"
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:13:14 AM PST
by
Old Seadog
(Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
To: gondramB
The Catholic church should just show them the South Park episode on Joseph smith..... Dum dum Dum Dum... How long till someone makes a movie of "Live from Golgotha" by Gore Vidal?
So9
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:14:12 AM PST
by
Servant of the 9
(" I am just going outside, and may be some time.")
To: AppyPappy
"the ancestors of American natives came from Asia, not the Middle East.""I think he must be shedding tears today, tears of love and gratitude. . . . This is but the beginning of the work in Peru."
Uh, and don't forget to remind them to pledge lots of money to the church.
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:19:51 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
To: Cato1
The book of Mormon is a lie. It has been proven so many times.
That aside I love Mormons and they have impressed me as some of the most devout and moral religious people I know but I believe they are devoutly wrong in hanging onto a book written by a con man.
The mythology of Mormonism is vast and starting with the seer stones that Smith managed to translate letter by letter into King James style English from Egyptian tablets really leaves the core of Smith's account empty as an obvious half-plagiarized fantasy. One could easily go on and talk about demon protecting underwear, baptizing the dead, and Quakers on the moon.
Joseph Smith crafted what could be best described as "historical" fiction with a scifi twist. Here is a good link for those who are interested.
http://sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/OH/miscoh07.htm
One of my relatives wrote an equally fictional "bible" called Oahspe.
http://archives.nmsu.edu/exhibits/shalam2/shalam1.html
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:22:22 AM PST
by
Ma3lst0rm
(Doing what is right is not contingent on whether the doing is easy.)
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To: austinmark
The Book of Mormon belongs in the same catagory as Moby Dick, Walden Pond or the Legend of Sleepy Hollow among the great books of American fiction.
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:27:08 AM PST
by
pravknight
(Christos Regnat, Christos Imperat, Christus Vincit)
To: Cato1
A good article on the DNA stuff I'd heard about.
The Mormon faith has many more problems that discredit it beyond this controversy. At least its members are generally decent people.
To: ConservativeMind
"At least its members are generally decent people" Without a doubt, the best neighbors we ever had.
Job changes forced them to move to a state away.
We still miss 'em.
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:47:23 AM PST
by
labette
(..to hit the ball and touch 'em all, a moment in the sun....)
To: pravknight
Other Books to add to the American Fiction section is THEIR:
Doctrines & Covenants- a "how to" book on Eternal Progression, Polygamy, How to become a GOD of your own planet, etc.
Pearl of Great Price- translated from "found"( ??? ) egyptian artifacts, the ONLY true & CORRECT translations of the Book of Moses, the Gospel of Matthew, and others...
The "Inspired" Version of the Bible- supposed to be a "Non Corrupt" version. PROBLEM. It was Smith's version. A lunatic who knew neither Greek or Hebrew. His is a chopped up King James Version...
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:51:13 AM PST
by
austinmark
("May the Flea's of a Thousand Camels Nest in ALLAH's Pubic Hair" !!!)
To: ConservativeMind
I will give you that Mormons are basically decent people even if their religion is heretical from my Byzantine Catholic perspective.
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:52:31 AM PST
by
pravknight
(Christos Regnat, Christos Imperat, Christus Vincit)
To: Cato1
How many religions have been started by delusional narcissistic egomaniacs? I guess it's best not to start a list...
To: ConservativeMind
Agreed. Every Mormon I've ever worked with or known have been terrific people.
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posted on
03/18/2006 10:57:31 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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