tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post116892226202589508..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Ancient Transoceanic Contact with the New World: Evidence from PlantsJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-14185174906010473912007-02-04T21:05:00.000-06:002007-02-04T21:05:00.000-06:00I wish to answer the questions to the above post.
...I wish to answer the questions to the above post.<br />anonymous said...<br /><br />"I am assuming that mormons are the kind of christians that beleive the earth is only 6,000 or so years old."<br /><br />That is incorrect. I know of no official LDS doctrine that claims to know how old the earth is. Who knows, science probably has it pretty close. <br /><br />anonymous said...<br />"I also think I heard it somewhere that the book of mormon says that native americans are descendants of a jewish population that crossed the ocean to the america's what like 2,600 or so years ago?"<br /><br />Correct. The ancient inhabitants recorded about in the Book of Mormon originally came from the Middle East. There were many different groups that crossed the ocean at separate times. One came from the time of the Tower of Babel and another came from Jerusalem at about 600 B.C. Their descendants still live today. <br /><br />anonymous said...<br />"What explains the findings of teeth in alaska that are 13,000 years old in one case and in another that is 10,300 years old?"<br /><br />I don't know if there is any official doctrine about this particular question, but in My Opinion I do not think that the Book of Mormon inhabitants were the only people to live in the Americas. People probably also came before and after by sea and by the land bridge connecting Alaska and Russia. The Book of Mormon is a record of the people of God who came from the Middle East; there may well have been other inhabitants, as North and South America are huge land masses.<br /><br />anonymous said...<br />"What explains that genetic markers from both of these samples are found in native americans from alaska all the way down to the tip of south america?"<br /><br />Throughout time no doubt the migration of all these different groups of people spread their genetic material all over the Americas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-91307075247567674652007-02-03T21:03:00.000-06:002007-02-03T21:03:00.000-06:00I am assuming that mormons are the kind of christi...I am assuming that mormons are the kind of christians that beleive the earth is only 6,000 or so years old.<br /><br />I also think I heard it somewhere that the book of mormon says that native americans are descendants of a jewish population that crossed the ocean to the america's what like 2,600 or so years ago?<br /><br />What explains the findings of teeth in alaska that are 13,000 years old in one case and in another that is 10,300 years old? <br /><br />What explains that genetic markers from both of these samples are found in native americans from alaska all the way down to the tip of south america?<br /><br />I will take my answers off the air, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1169223851922801722007-01-19T10:24:00.000-06:002007-01-19T10:24:00.000-06:00Looks like we have some more high quality discours...Looks like we have some more high quality discourse--educated, enlightening, and CIVIL (?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1169189235602203192007-01-19T00:47:00.000-06:002007-01-19T00:47:00.000-06:00Well dang it, SteveP, is it possible that his "not...Well dang it, SteveP, is it possible that his "not communicating" might perhaps be due to you not being able to receive? Doug's explanation seemed quite clear to me, and I'm not even a college graduate, much less a scientist. We mustn't blame others for our own weaknesses, must we? Back to "remedial comprehension" for you, guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1169180764735466672007-01-18T22:26:00.000-06:002007-01-18T22:26:00.000-06:00Doug ForbesSuggest you go back to remedial writing...Doug Forbes<BR/><BR/>Suggest you go back to remedial writing and learn how to present a coherent thesis.<BR/><BR/>You may have information but you don't know how to communicate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1169002749764098812007-01-16T20:59:00.000-06:002007-01-16T20:59:00.000-06:00I found a recent hookworm article here.I found a recent hookworm article <A HREF="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/499553&erFrom=3913355859049943622Guest" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1168975154471608642007-01-16T13:19:00.000-06:002007-01-16T13:19:00.000-06:00I read Sorenson's article and the evidence sounds ...I read Sorenson's article and the evidence sounds pretty good, but if it's so dead-on, why isn't the theory more popular? Are all of these pre-Columbian contacts between India and the New World being put in new textbooks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com