Response to Under the Banner of Heaven, Chapter 6

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A FAIR Analysis of: [[../../|Under the Banner of Heaven]] A work by author: Jon Krakauer

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Claims made in "Chapter 6: Cumorah"

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Claim

• Native Americans are, according to the Book of Mormon, descended from the lost tribes of Israel.

Author's source(s)

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Response

•  The author's claim is false: Book of Mormon peoples are distinct from the lost ten tribes (2 Nephi 29꞉13, 3 Nephi 17꞉4).
• The author again betrays his superficial grasp of LDS thought and theology.