{"id":266,"date":"2004-09-18T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-18T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2004-09-18T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-18T15:25:00","slug":"266","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

DNA vs. the Mormons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christianity Today<\/span>, which bears no love for the Latter-day Saints, reviews a new book<\/a> that undercuts a key Mormon teaching: that American Indian tribes are descended from “Lamanites” and “Nephites,” alleged ancient immigrants from Israel. LDS officials react with predictable smokescreen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Years ago, I worked at a newspaper in a Colorado town next to a Mormon colleague. The paper was owned by a family named Lehman, so I’d occasionally make a joke based on wordplay of Lehman-ite\/Lamanite. She would laugh, but with a look in her eye that said, “How do you know about that?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DNA vs. the Mormons Christianity Today, which bears no love for the Latter-day Saints, reviews a new book that undercuts a key Mormon teaching: that American Indian tribes are descended from “Lamanites” and “Nephites,” alleged ancient immigrants from Israel. LDS officials react with predictable smokescreen. 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