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| + | |sublink1=Response to claim: 3 - Attempts to describe Mormon doctrine are "fraught with peril" | ||
| + | |sublink2=Response to claim: 3 - Reversals of doctrine regarding polygamy and regarding Blacks and the priesthood were "painful and damaging" to the Church | ||
| + | |sublink3=Response to claim: 4 - The idea that the words of living prophets supersede the words of dead prophets has been "recently" promoted | ||
| + | |sublink4=Response to claim: 4 - Mormon doctrine is "fluid and changeable" | ||
| + | |sublink5=Response to claim: 7-8 - The Nephites raise "herds of cattle, goats and horses" | ||
| + | |sublink6=Response to claim: 8 - The Nephites raise Old World wheat and barley | ||
| + | |sublink7=Response to claim: 8 - The author states that the Nephites construct a temple that is "similar in splendor" to Solomon's | ||
| + | |sublink8=Response to claim: 8 - The Nephites are skilled in the use of metals such as iron, copper, brass, gold and silver | ||
| + | |sublink9=Response to claim: 8 - The Nephites use steel to fashion swords, breastplates, and arm and head shields | ||
| + | |sublink10=Response to claim: 8 - The Nephites built defensive mounds around their cities | ||
| + | |sublink11=Response to claim: 8 - The Lamanites vastly outnumber the Nephites | ||
| + | |sublink12=Response to claim: 8 - The "skin of blackness" is occasionally removed from the Lamanites when they are righteous, and returns to the Lamanites when they become unrighteous | ||
| + | |sublink13=Response to claim: 8 - The Book of Mormon links the color of a person's skin to morality | ||
| + | |sublink14=Response to claim: 9 - The Book of Mormon promotes the view that the "white race" is superior | ||
| + | |sublink15=Response to claim: 10 - In 1966 the Book of Abraham papyri were discovered | ||
| + | |sublink16=Response to claim: 10 - The translation of the papyri does not resemble the Book of Abraham | ||
| + | |sublink17=Response to claim: 10 - The denial of the priesthood to the Blacks was based upon the Book of Abraham | ||
| + | |sublink18=Response to claim: 10-11 - The Church publicly taught racist principles in the 1950's | ||
| + | |sublink19=Response to claim: 11 - The 1978 revelation allowing all men to hold the priesthood came in response to "public pressure" | ||
| + | |sublink20=Response to claim: 12 - Many General Authorities believed that the priesthood prohibition would remain in place until Christ's return | ||
| + | |sublink21=Response to claim: 12 - Passages in the Book of Mormon were rewritten to "tone down references to skin color" | ||
| + | |sublink22=Response to claim: 12 - LDS scripture states that those with lighter skin color "are favored because of what they did as spirits in a pre-earth life" | ||
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Index to claims made in Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church
| 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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This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIR Wiki. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible.