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|sublink1=Response to claim: xiii- The Book of Mormon talks primarily of a small group of Jews who sailed from Jerusalem in 600 B.C. | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: xiii - Mormons believe that the dark skinned race constitutes the principal ancestors of the American Indians | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: xiv - Joseph Smith claimed that the Book of Mormon was the most correct book on earth | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: xiv - The Israelites are said to have arrived in a land kept from the knowledge of other nations | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: xiv - There is no mention of any non-Israelite people in the New World | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon describes the farming of Old World domesticated plants | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon mentions horses in the New World | |||
|sublink8=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon describes the farming of Old World domesticated plants | |||
|sublink9=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon mentions horses in the New World | |||
|sublink10=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon mentions oxen in the New World | |||
|sublink11=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon mentions cattle in the New World | |||
|sublink12=Response to claim: xiv - The Book of Mormon mentions goats in the New World | |||
|sublink13=Response to claim: xv - Little has been discovered to support the civilizations described in the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink14=Response to claim: xv - The Mesoamerican cultures worshipped multiple gods and performed human sacrifice, which is not consistent with the culture of the Book of Mormon people | |||
|sublink15=Response to claim: xv - Many LDS scholars criticize mainstream scientific views in their defense of the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink16=Response to claim: xv - The Church employs academics to professionally defend the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink17=Response to claim: xv - The weight of evidence has forced LDS scholars to scale back the scope of the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink18=Response to claim: xvi - LDS leaders ignore LDS scholarship and continue to teach that Native Americans and Polynesians are literal descendants of the Israelites | |||
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A FAIR Analysis of: Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church A work by author: Dr. Simon G. Southerton
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