by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[Michael Crawford’s] work shows that Amerisraelite Lamanites could not possibly have been the ‘principle ancestors of the American Indians,’ as claimed in the current introduction to the Book of Mormon… [Oxford geneticist Bryan Sykes and Russian geneticist Miroslav...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I don’t think there is one iota of evidence that suggests a lost tribe from Israel made it all the way to the New World. It is a great story, slain by ugly fact.” Michael Crawford/Anthropologist at University of Kansas, as quoted in Thomas Murphy, American...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“So far, DNA research has lent no support to the traditional Mormon beliefs about the origins of Native Americans. Instead, genetic data have confirmed that migrations from Asia are the primary source of American Indian origins… While DNA shows that ultimately all...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[P]erhaps it can be anticipated that before long some scholar will examine the DNA of early inhabitants of eastern Siberia and the DNA of early American Indians for confirmation of their relationship. All that would be left would be for an interested Mormon to...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
An Uncorrected Error in the Book of Mormon: “And he also read the account of Alma and his brethren, and all their afflictions, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until the time they returned again.” The Book of Mormon – Mosiah 25:6 (Salt Lake City,...
by Dan Wees | Sep 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Why do they make a big deal about this in the temple? If you could get into heaven by just knowing the signs, you could simply buy them from someone or fake your way in it to the temple once to learn them. No need to be obedient or worthy for a lifetime. It...
