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From the LATimes: How Mormon teaching is being shaken by DNA testing<\/a><\/p>\n

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For Mormons, the lack of discernible Hebrew blood in Native Americans is no minor collision between faith and science. It burrows into the historical foundations of the Book of Mormon, a 175-year-old transcription that the church regards as literal and without error.<\/p>\n

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Unofficially, church leaders have tacitly approved an alternative interpretation of the Book of Mormon by church apologists <\/strong>\u2014 a term used for scholars who defend the faith.<\/p>\n

The apologists say Southerton and others are relying on a traditional reading of the Book of Mormon \u2014 that the Hebrews were the first and sole inhabitants of the New World and eventually populated the North and South American continents.<\/p>\n

The latest scholarship, they argue, shows that the text should be interpreted differently. They say the events described in the Book of Mormon were confined to a small section of Central America, and that the Hebrew tribe was small enough that its DNA was swallowed up by the existing Native Americans.<\/p>\n

"It would be a virtual certainly that their DNA would be swamped," said Daniel Peterson, a professor of Near Eastern studies at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, part of the worldwide Mormon educational system, and editor of a magazine devoted to Mormon apologetics. "And if that is the case, you couldn’t tell who was a Lamanite descendant."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to a commentor for pointing out: Mormon2Catholic – a blog whose content should be evident!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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