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| + | |sublink1=Response to claim: 199 - No Semitic languages have been found in the New World | ||
| + | |sublink2=Response to claim: 199 - No wheeled chariots or horses to pull them have been found in the New World | ||
| + | |sublink3=Response to claim: 199 - No swords or steel have been found in the New World | ||
| + | |sublink4=Response to claim: 200 - The Israelites of the Book of Mormon made no noticeable contribution to the native gene pool in the New World or in Polynesia | ||
| + | |sublink5=Response to claim: 200 - Many LDS are disquieted by "how far the Book of Mormon is from reality" | ||
| + | |sublink6=Response to claim: 200 - Many LDS are disquieted by "how far the apologists have strayed from traditional Mormon beliefs" | ||
| + | |sublink7=Response to claim: 201 - The author presents a supposition that the Church as a history of ancient America may some day be de-emphasized | ||
| + | |sublink8=Response to claim: 202 - A limited Book of Mormon setting has "not been granted the church's official blessing in any way" | ||
| + | |sublink9=Response to claim: 202 - The general membership would not believe a limited Book of Mormon geography | ||
| + | |sublink10=Response to claim: 202 - Millions of Mormons believe that Lehi stands at the head of their own family pedigrees | ||
| + | |sublink11=Response to claim: 202b - The work of LDS apologists is not discussed in any public forum sponsored by the Church | ||
| + | |sublink12=Response to claim: 202-203 - The genetic support for an Israelite presence in the New World is "slim to none" | ||
| + | |sublink13=Response to claim: 203 - Apologists are unable to find an Israelite genetic signature in the islands of the Pacific | ||
| + | |sublink14=Response to claim: 203 - Apologists are unable to find an Israelite genetic signature in Central America | ||
| + | |sublink15=Response to claim: 203 - Apologists have chosen to reinterpret the statements of modern prophets regarding Book of Mormon geography | ||
| + | |sublink16=Response to claim: 203 - Most Mormons believe that Adam and Eve were placed on the Earth 6000 years ago | ||
| + | |sublink17=Response to claim: 203 - Most Mormons believe that the Earth was re-colonized after the Flood | ||
| + | |sublink18=Response to claim: 203 - LDS apologists need to explain how people have lived in Australia and the New World separately for tens of thousands of years without evidence of a global flood having disturbed them | ||
| + | |sublink19=Response to claim: 203 - BYU professors have been "compelled to shrink the scale of the assumed Israelite incursion into the Americas" | ||
| + | |sublink20=Response to claim: 204 - In 1938 Joseph Fielding Smith opposed a limited geography for the Book of Mormon | ||
| + | |sublink21=Response to claim: 204 - The youth of the Church have been assured that the Smithsonian uses the Book of Mormon to guide their research | ||
| + | |sublink22=Response to claim: 204 - The Book of Mormon depicts the settlement of an area of the world that was previously unpopulated | ||
| + | |sublink23=Response to claim: 205 - General Authorities tell members in certain areas of the world that they are the offspring of Lehi | ||
| + | |sublink24=Response to claim: 205 - The Church disregards people's own cultural history and local mythologies | ||
| + | |sublink25=Response to claim: 205 - The Church does not officially endorse apologetic scholarship | ||
| + | |sublink26=Response to claim: 205 - The Church officially tells members not to attempt to link the Book of Mormon to any geographical location | ||
| + | |sublink27=Response to claim: 206 - There is no evidence of a Hebrew influence in Mesoamerica | ||
| + | |sublink28=Response to claim: 206 - LDS apologists believe that the "miniscule Lehite colony" had no lasting impact on the Americas | ||
| + | |sublink29=Response to claim: 206 - LDS apologists are cut off from the larger church community because of differences in their beliefs | ||
| + | |sublink30=Response to claim: 206 - Millions of members feel a "familial bond" with Lehi that played a central role in their conversion to the church | ||
| + | |sublink31=Response to claim: 206-207 - The General Authorities have not found a way to detach or reinterpret the Book of Mormon from real history | ||
| + | |sublink32=Response to claim: 207 - The Church takes a "dim view" of scientists and intellectuals | ||
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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.