Native Americans Descended From a Single Ancestral Group, DNA Study Confirms
University of California – Davis, April 28, 2009

[The Book of Mormon] is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas
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The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.
~Book of Mormon, Introduction

Mormons claim the Book of Mormon is true because, among other things, despite nearly 180 years of trying, nobody has proven it false. The problem with this claim is that it has been proven false. Archeological and DNA evidence long ago proved that Native Americans emigrated from East Asia. Mormon apologists then posited that there may have been multiple groups in the Americas at the time. The DNA evidence, however, was so overwhelming that the leaders of the church updated the Introduction to the Book of Mormon.
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I stopped going to church way back in 2004. Since then I’ve been an outspoken atheist and critic of theism generally and Mormonism specifically. A family member once asked, “why don’t you have your name removed from the records of the church?” My reasoning for not doing so was that I didn’t care what the church considered to be my membership status. I stopped being a member when I stopped believing the ridiculous dogma.

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People who know me at all know that I do not believe in god. In fact, I would label myself an antitheist. I haven’t been able to shake my disdain for theism from my sleeve. Some have wondered to me how I went from Book of Mormon totin’ Mormon missionary to positive atheism and antitheism. What tipped me over the edge?

The house of cards that was my strong Christian belief fell near the end of my bachelor of science pursuit. It became impossible to continue to reconcile what I’d learned in geology, physics, statistics, philosophy, logic, psychology, and biology with what I’d known my entire life. And what a rush it’s been! The world is so much clearer now; but people are so stupider.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is changing a single word in the Introduction of the Book of Mormon. The news that one word is being changed may at first seem insignificant until one examines which word and why.

The Book of Mormon is, to Mormons, the word of god much like The Bible, only better. It is an account of a family who fled Jerusalem by boat and eventually landed in the Americas. After arriving they multiplied and established a great civilization. Eventually the people splintered into two groups, the Nephites and Lamanites. The book, because it was translated by Joseph Smith from the original gold plates (an angel conveniently took the plates when Joseph was done), contains no errors.

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