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+ | |sublink1=Response to claim: 22 - The Book of Mormon portrays the Lamanites as naked, head shaven, tent dwelling, arrow wielding and idle, similar to stereotypical perceptions of the Native Americans at the time | ||
+ | |sublink1=Response to claim: 22 - Joseph Smith may have woven "frontier prejudices" into the Book of Mormon | ||
+ | |sublink2=Response to claim: 27 - Joseph Smith "fell under the spell of the mounds and could not resist the lure of buried riches" | ||
+ | |sublink3=Response to claim: 27 - Joseph Smith used a "seer stone" or "peep stone" to search for buried treasure | ||
+ | |sublink4=Response to claim: 27 - Joseph Smith was charged with being "disorderly" for his money digging activities in 1826 | ||
+ | |sublink5=Response to claim: 28 - Scholars have "concluded" that Joseph Smith was inspired by View of the Hebrews | ||
+ | |sublink6=Response to claim: 28 - The New World history in View of the Hebrews "shares close parallels with the plot of the Book of Mormon" | ||
+ | |sublink7=Response to claim: 29 - Joseph Smith was inspired by the myths surrounding the Moundbuilders in writing the Book of Mormon | ||
+ | |sublink8=Response to claim: 30 - The author claims that Joseph "likely" added the story of the Jaredites to account for the speculation about the diversity of Indian cultures and languages | ||
+ | |sublink9=Response to claim: 30 - Joseph "likely" added the story of the Jaredites to account for how animals arrived in the New World after the Flood | ||
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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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