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* A similarity exists between the degraded Lamanites and the Native Americans of the 19th Century.
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* Note again only a dated anti-Mormon work is cited for this claim.  No engagement with the large body of work done in response to Brodie is cited or engaged.
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* 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.
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* Joseph Smith may have woven "frontier prejudices" into the Book of Mormon.
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* The author needs to present actual evidence.  In fact, the Book of Mormon sees the Lamanites as the equals of others, descendants of Israel, and blessed by God. This is a far cry from the frontier prejudice, where often "the only good Indian was a dead Indian."
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* Joseph Smith "fell under the spell of the mounds and could not resist the lure of buried riches."
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*Silverberg, ''The Mound Builders'', 1968.
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*Brodie, ''No Man Knows My History'', 1971.
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* Joseph Smith used a "seer stone" or "peep stone" to search for buried treasure.
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* Joseph Smith was charged with being "disorderly" for his money digging activities in 1826.
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* Scholars have "concluded" that Joseph Smith was inspired by ''View of the Hebrews''.
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* Critics of the Church have concluded this, after their favorite theory ([[Book_of_Mormon_and_Spaulding_manuscript|the Spalding manuscript]]) disintegrated in the early twentieth century.
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* The New World history in ''View of the Hebrews'' "shares close parallels with the plot of the Book of Mormon."
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* {{SecondaryFact}}: the author cites only Ethan Smith's book, who says nothing about whether his book matches the Book of Mormon.  This is standard anti-Mormon fare.
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* Joseph Smith was inspired by the myths surrounding the Moundbuilders in writing the Book of Mormon.
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* Joseph "likely" added the story of the Jaredites to account for the speculation about the diversity of Indian cultures and languages.
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* We are told earlier that Joseph mirrored frontier prejudices.  Yet, Vogel's book demonstrates that early settlers had little appreciation of the diversity of Amerindian culture.  They regarded Amerindians as a monolithic group.  These two claims do not mesh.
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* 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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Revision as of 14:57, 16 February 2010


Chapter 1
A FAIR Analysis of:
Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church
A work by author: Simon G. Southerton
 Chapter 3

Claims made in "Chapter 2: Race Relations in Colonial America"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

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  • A similarity exists between the degraded Lamanites and the Native Americans of the 19th Century.
  • Note again only a dated anti-Mormon work is cited for this claim. No engagement with the large body of work done in response to Brodie is cited or engaged.
  • Amerindians as Lamanites

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  • 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.
  • No source given.

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  • Joseph Smith may have woven "frontier prejudices" into the Book of Mormon.
  •  Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
  • The author needs to present actual evidence. In fact, the Book of Mormon sees the Lamanites as the equals of others, descendants of Israel, and blessed by God. This is a far cry from the frontier prejudice, where often "the only good Indian was a dead Indian."
  • No source given.

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  • Joseph Smith "fell under the spell of the mounds and could not resist the lure of buried riches."
  • Silverberg, The Mound Builders, 1968.
  • Dan Vogel, Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon: Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Book, 1986), no pages cited.
  • Brodie, No Man Knows My History, 1971.

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  • Joseph Smith used a "seer stone" or "peep stone" to search for buried treasure.
  • No source given.

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  • Joseph Smith was charged with being "disorderly" for his money digging activities in 1826.
  • No source given.

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  • Scholars have "concluded" that Joseph Smith was inspired by View of the Hebrews.
  • Persuitte, 2000.

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  • The New World history in View of the Hebrews "shares close parallels with the plot of the Book of Mormon."
  • Ethan Smith, View of the Hebrews, 1825.

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  • Joseph Smith was inspired by the myths surrounding the Moundbuilders in writing the Book of Mormon.
  • Brodie, No Man Knows My History, 1971.

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  • Joseph "likely" added the story of the Jaredites to account for the speculation about the diversity of Indian cultures and languages.
  •  Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
  • We are told earlier that Joseph mirrored frontier prejudices. Yet, Vogel's book demonstrates that early settlers had little appreciation of the diversity of Amerindian culture. They regarded Amerindians as a monolithic group. These two claims do not mesh.
  • Jaredites added to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought"  [needs work]

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  • Joseph "likely" added the story of the Jaredites to account for how animals arrived in the New World after the Flood.

Logical Fallacy: Composition—The author assumes that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole.

The Church has no official position on the extent of Noah's Flood. Just because some members and leaders believe that the Flood was global in scope does not mean that everyone believes it.
The work repeats itself on p. 30, 42., and 203.
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