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==Index to claims made in ''Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church''==
This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIRwiki.
 
===Chapter 10: The Lord's University===
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| style="width:5%"|135||Mormons believe that if there is a conflict between science and religion, that the science is incorrect
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|135-136||Mormonism reserves the right to identify scientific truth
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|136||Mormonism declares that it "corners the market" on religious truth
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|136||Joseph Smith declared that all other religions were false.||[[MormonFAQ:Myths and Questions#"But Joseph Smith said that all churches were wrong, and that they were an 'abomination' in God's sight. Doesn't that sound bigoted?"|"Joseph Smith said that all churches were wrong, and that they were an 'abomination' in God's sight. Doesn't that sound bigoted?"]]
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|136||LDS think that all other religions are the "whore of the earth" and "church of the devil"||[[Whore of the earth]]
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|136||The current generation of Mormons is taught a selective view of Church history||[[Censorship and revision of LDS history]]
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|137||Many church members are "blissfully unaware" of Brigham Young's practice of polygamy||[[Brigham Young and polygamy]]
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|137||Senior church leaders prefer that members not question changes in temple ordinances.||[[Temple endowment changes]]
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|138||Ecclesiastical leader expect "unquestioning obedience" of church members
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|139||The Church "unofficially" discourages prayer to "Mother in Heaven"||[[Heavenly Mother]]
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|140||Church leaders are "loath" to make unequivocal statement of doctrine
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|140||BYU's emphasis is on conformity rather than personal freedom
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|141||CES insists that gospel learning takes precedence over secular learning
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|142||CES instructs students not to attempt to locate Book of Mormon geographical locations
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|142||Limited geography theories advanced by FARMS are "much too controversial" for CES students||[[Book of Mormon geography:New World:LGT]]
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|142||Spencer W. Kimball believed in a hemispheric Book of Mormon geography||[[Amerindians as Lamanites#Talking past each other?]]
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|142||Church members are shocked at the "limited archaeological evidence" for the Book of Mormon||[[Book of Mormon archeology]]
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|143||LDS apologists continue to tell members how "scientists continue to get it wrong."
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|143||Most members follow their leaders without question
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|143||LDS theology supports a literal interpretation of the creation of man
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|143||LDS theology supports a literal interpretation of the tower of Babel
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|143||LDS theology supports a literal interpretation of the Flood||[[Global or local Flood]]
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|143||The perception is that the Church has officially denounced evolution||[[Evolution]]
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|146||The Garden of Eden was in Jackson County, Missouri||[[Garden of Eden in Missouri?]]
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|146||Mormons believe that the continents separated only after a global flood
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|146||Mormons are "compelled" to believe in a global flood as symbolizing the "baptism of the earth"||[[Global or local Flood]]
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|148||FARMS reviews of books by General Authorities or FARMS staff are always given favorable reviews
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|148||FARMS' goal is to deter members from reading any book that challenges their faith||[[Does the Church discourage reading critical material?]]
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===Chapter 11: Plausible Geography===
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| style="width:5%"|153||B.H. Roberts' manuscripts "Book of Mormon Difficulties" and "A Book of Mormon Study" were "clearly intended for publication."
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|153||Roberts' concluded that a 19th-century origin for the Book of Mormon was "entirely plausible"||[[Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews]]
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|154||LDS scholars have made a "steady retraction" of claims regarding the scale of the Nephite/Lamanite presence since the 1920's
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|156||All Church presidents and General Authorities have believed in a hemispheric Book of Mormon geography||[[Book of Mormon geography:Statements]]
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|156||The Book of Mormon states that the Lamanites are "the principal ancestors of the American Indians"||[[Search for the Truth DVD:DNA#Claim: "The introduction to the Book of Mormon says after thousands of years all were destroyed except the Lamanites and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians." - Pamela Robertson|Are the Lamanites the principal ancestors of the American Indians?]]
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|156||A hemispheric geography most closely aligns with an "uncontrived" reading of the Book of Mormon
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|159||Moroni makes no mention of traveling from Central America to New York in the Book of Mormon
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|160||There is no indication that the Book of Mormon people came in contact with others in the land
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|163||The shrinking of Book of Mormon geographical models corresponds with the growing research showing that ancient Americans came from Asia
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|164||A limited Book of Mormon setting is at odds with "a straightforward reading" of the Book of Mormon
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|164||The limited Book of Mormon setting contradicts D&C 54:8
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===Chapter 12: Faith Promoting Science===
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| style="width:5%"|168||LDS scholars believe that Mayan cities are prime candidates for where Lehi's people lived||<!--[[Do LDS scholars believe that the Maya are the Lamanites?]]-->
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|168||The Jaredites are usually identified as the Olmec||<!--[[Do LDS scholars believe that the Olmec are the Jaredites?]]-->
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|168||The history of Book of Mormon archaeology is "littered with apostacy"||<!--[[Do LDS archaeologists lose their testimony?]]-->
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|170||Thomas Ferguson was one of the better known early "Mormon archaeologists"||<!--[[Book of Mormon archaeology]] (add info on Thomas Stuart Ferguson)-->
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|172||There is no evidence of iron or steel smelting in the ancient New World||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Metals#Iron]]
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|172||There were no wheeled vehicles in ancient America||<!--[[Book of Mormon anachronisms/Wheels]]-->
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|172||There were no draft animals to pull wheeled vehicles||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Animals#Horse]]
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|172||There are no archaeological remains of wheat or barley in Mesoamerica. The barley found in Arizona doesn't count because it was only in a limited region.||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Plants#Barley]]
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|173||Deer or tapir were never ridden by Native Americans, therefore they could not be the "horses" referred to in the Book of Mormon||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Animals]]
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|173||Dee Green said in 1973 that Book of Mormon archaeology does not exist||<!--[[Book of Mormon archaeology]] (add info on Dee Green)-->
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|175||"Book of Mormon archaeology" has yielded little credible evidence||[[Book of Mormon archaeology]]
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|176||The Smithsonian issues a statement that discredits the Book of Mormon||[[Smithsonian statement on Book of Mormon archaeology]]
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|177||LDS apologists claim that the simplification of the Smithsonian statement indicates that the original statement is now inconsistent with the current knowledge of Mesoamerican archaeology||[[Smithsonian statement on Book of Mormon archaeology]]
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|177||There is little evidence of a cultural link between Polynesia and the Americas. The presence of a South American variety of sweet potato in Polynesia is not yet explained.
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===Chapter 13: LDS Molecular Apologetics===
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| style="width:5%"|180||Most Mormons have had their ancestors posthumously "baptized into the Mormon faith."||[[Baptism for the dead]]
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|181||FARMS has downplayed the potential of James Sorenson's "global molecular geneaology project."
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|181||The Molecular Genealogy Foundation may reveal disconcerting "surprises" in LDS family trees that trace back to "well known polygamists" in the early church
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|184||The Indian Student Placement Program was an attempt to turn them "white and delightsome."
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|184||"Mormon folklore" claims that Native Americans and Polynesians carry a curse based upon "misdeeds on the part of their ancestors."
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|185||LDS scholars experienced in DNA research have spoken only to Mormon audiences.
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|185-186||In response to the DNA issue, the Church linked to an article written by Jeff Lindsey, "a chemical engineer with no professional training in DNA research."
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|186||LDS scientists have responded to DNA findings by claiming that it would be improbable to find evidence of an Israelite presence in the Americas||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|186||LDS writers claim that the presence of other people in the Americas actually supports "careful readings of the Book of Mormon."||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|186||LDS scholars "have come to the conclusion" that Book of Mormon populations comprised a very small part of a much larger group of people on the continent.||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|187||LDS suggest that it would impossible to use DNA technology to identify a small local colony of individuals.||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|188||It is not likely that "founders effect" or "genetic drift" would "completely frustrate the identification of Israelite DNA in the Americas."||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|188||The Lehite/Mulekite groups were both descended from Jewish ancestors||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence#General genetics issues]]
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|189||The ancestry of Israelites living today will all "meet at the Caucasian branch of the human family tree."
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|190||The Lemba prove that it is possible to detect Middle Eastern genes in a foreign environment||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence#Lemba and Cohen modal haplotype|Lemba and Cohen modal haplotype]]
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|190||Church leaders have consistently associated Lamanites with Central America
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|191||The Mayan Empire is considered by Mormons to the closest to the people of the Book of Mormon
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|191||There is too much genetic variation in the X lineage to account for Book of Mormon people to have arrived as recently as 2600 years ago
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|192||The X lineage occurs in North America and is not found in Central America
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|192||LDS writers have overlooked the fact that Mitochondrial DNA research shows that 99.6% of Native Americans migrated to the American continent thousands of years before the Israelites came into existence, and none of these are candidates for Israelite origin.||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|192||The remaining 0.4% is likely the result of genetic mixture with people who came to the New World after Columbus||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|193||LDS scholars claim that the impact of Book of Mormon immigrants to the New World made an impact "so small that they barely mattered."||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|193||A great number of Native Americans are now assumed to have been absorbed into New World Israelite civilizations.||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|193||"Other people" in the Book of Mormon have "remained invisible" to most readers.||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|194||"Gentiles who inhabited the Americas before, during and after the Book of Mormon period are potential Lamanites."||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|195||The children of Lehi were to be "kept from all other nations, the they may possess this land unto themselves."||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|195||There are no explicit references to non-Israelites living near the Lehites or Jaredites.||[[Amerindians as Lamanites]]
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|195||Five hundred years after their arrival, groups were still identified as having descended from Laman, Lemuel, Ishmael, etc.
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|196||Familial terms used in the Book of Mormon imply a genetic link.
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|197||Joseph Smith and other leaders taught that the Book of Mormon described the origins of the Indians in the western hemisphere.
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|197||Mormons "tend to be hazy" regarding what past Church leaders have said regarding geography.||[[Book of Mormon geography:Statements|Statements by Church leaders regarding Book of Mormon geography]]
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===Chapter 14: Moving the Spirit===
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| style="width:5%"|199||No Semitic languages have been found in the New World||[[Hebrew and Native American languages]]
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|199||No wheeled chariots or horses to pull them have been found in the New World||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Animals#Horse|Horses in the Book of Mormon]]
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|199||No swords or steel have been found in the New World||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms:Metals#Steel|Steel in the Book of Mormon]]
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|200||The Israelites of the Book of Mormon made no noticable contribution to the native gene pool in the New World or in Polynesia||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|200||Many LDS are disquieted by "how far the Book of Mormon is from reality"||[[Book of Mormon historicity]]
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|200||Many LDS are disquieted by "how far the apologists have strayed from traditional Mormon beliefs"||[[Apologetics]]
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|201||A supposition that the Church has a history of ancient America may some day be de-emphasized||[[Book of Mormon historicity]]
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|202||A limited Book of Mormon setting has "not been granted the church's official blessing in any way"||[[Book of Mormon geography:Statements|Statements by Church leaders regarding Book of Mormon geography]]
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|202||The general membership would not believe a limited Book of Mormon geography||[[Book of Mormon geography:New World:LGT|Book of Mormon limited geography theory]]
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|202||Millions of Mormons believe that Lehi stands at the head of their own family pedigrees
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|202||The work of LDS apologists is not discussed in any public forum sponsored by the Church
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|202-203||The genetic support for an Israelite presence in the New World is "slim to none"||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|203||Apologists are unable to find an Israelite genetic signature in the islands of the Pacific||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|203||Apologists are unable to find an Israelite genetic signature in Central America||[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]
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|203||Apologists have chosen to reinterpret the statements of modern prophets regarding Book of Mormon geography||[[Book of Mormon geography:New World:LGT|Book of Mormon limited geography theory]]
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|203||Most Mormons believe that Adam and Eve were placed on the Earth 6000 years ago
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|203||Most Mormons believe that the Earth was re-colonized after the Flood||[[Global or local Flood]]
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|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||[[Global or local Flood]]
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|203||BYU professors have been "compelled to shrink the scale of the assumed Israelite incursion into the Americas"||[[Book of Mormon geography:New World:LGT|Book of Mormon limited geography theory]]
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|204||In 1938 Joseph Fielding Smith opposed a limited geography for the Book of Mormon
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|204||The youth of the Church have been assured that the Smithsonian uses the Book of Mormon to guide their research||[[Smithsonian statement on Book of Mormon archaeology]]
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|204||The Book of Mormon depicts the settlement of an area of the world that was previously unpopulated
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|205||General Authorities tell members in certain areas of the world that they are the offspring of Lehi
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|205||The Church disregards people's own cultural history and local mythologies
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|205||The Church does not officially endorse apologetic scholarship||[[Apologetics]]
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|205||The Church officially tells members not to attempt to link the Book of Mormon to any geographical location||[[Book of Mormon geography:New World#Is there an "official" or revealed geography?|Is there an "official" or revealed geography?]]
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|206||There is no evidence of a Hebrew influence in Mesoamerica
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|206||LDS apologists believe that the "miniscule Lehite colony" had no lasting impact on the Americas
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|206||LDS apologists are cut off from the larger church community because of differences in their beliefs
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|206||Millions of members feel a "familial bond" with Lehi that played a central role in their conversion to the church
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|206-207||The General Authorities have not found a way to detach or reinterpret the Book of Mormon from real history||[[Book of Mormon historicity]]
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|207||The Church takes a "dim view" of scientists and intellectuals
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