March 21, 2007

Mormonism is "objectively false"

Mormons and their BookGiven what we now know about history and genetics, we can conclude without doubt that the literal history as presented in The Book of Mormon is objectively false. This notion clearly gets under people’s skin and smells vaguely of discrimination, but it is hardly biased to point out that Native American maternal DNA is 99.5 percent Asian-related and .5 percent European-related (meaning the claims of the LDS Church and Joseph Smith in this regard are incorrect). Not surprisingly, the scientific consensus is that this .5 percent has to do with Post Colonial interracial mixing (with the one possible exception of the Vikings).

There is not a single non-Mormon scientist in the world that I’m aware of that even entertains the notion that so much as a single Jew sailed over to America in 600 BC. Mormon archeological and historical claims are similarly without merit, lacking non-Mormon, objective verification. Smith himself was unable to produce the fabled “Golden Plates,” on which The Book of Mormon was ostensibly inscribed, to a skeptical audience--a move that should make believers in his word further question his legitimacy.

I’m not trying to argue this because I think Mormonism is wrong and some other religion is right. The truth is that, deep down at their core, all religions make spurious claims about reality. As I said in my earlier article, that is what makes all religions suspect. In this, Mormonism is hardly unique.
Comment:  It's tough to respect a religion based on the premise of falsifying history--in this case, the history of Native Americans.

5 comments:

writerfella said...

Writerfella here --
Yes, indeed, since The Book Of Mormon claims that Lehi's people are the ones who built the great cities of Central and South America, including the pyramids. Um, er, uh, especially since many of them are a lot older than the time of the historical Christ figure, AFTER whom it is said by the Mormons that Lehi's people sailed down the Red Sea, through the Indian Ocean, and then across the pacific to find the west coast of what is now South America. Why then is none of their DNA found among the peoples of Central and South America, when it is claimed that those peoples arose from the bloodlines of Lehi's people? Oops...
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'

The Local Crank said...

Wait, we're Jewish now? Did I miss ANOTHER memo? oy!

writerfella said...

Writerfella here --
In the 1966 comedy, THE BALLAD OF CAT BALLOU with Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, the young Native Jackson Two-Bears (Tom Nardini) constantly is being chivvied by Cat's father, who swears that Indians really are the Lost 12 Tribes of Israel. Her dad keeps speaking to Jackson in Hebrew and gets angry because he claims the Native dude is pretending he doesn't understand. It was one of the best running gags in the movie. And perhaps the best thing about Scientology is that there's nothing about Natives in THAT made-up religion!
All Best
Russ Bates
'writerfella'

Anonymous said...

Say What You must, Doesn't Change my beliefs.

Rob said...

It doesn't bother me if you believe things that are objectively false.