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SL Cabbie
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Date: June 20, 2017 09:16AM
I see there's a thread below, "What is the best reason 'Nahom' is b.s?" and here's my "contribution." I'm told "it's impossible to prove a negative," so rather than focus on what LDS apologists say "might have happened," here's what did happen. There's also linguistic, anthropological, and DNA evidence that is all dovetailing and proving Joseph Smith's seafaring sons of Lehi never existed. Whoops, there I go again (big smiley face). At least what is certain is no scientific evidence of their presence here has been discovered; that includes the "Wayne May/Rodney Meldrum" school advocating for a "Heartland Setting" and John L. Sorenson's MesoAmerican model. Incidentally, Sorenson was the original "Tapir John" advocate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw5o_O4Wbc4There are still details to be ironed out before a full consensus emerges; it seems clear to me there was a second migration of people speaking Na-Dene languages who came to this hemisphere later, but the DNA shows they were related to earlier Native Americans as well. A third migration of Inuit people--who reached Greenland also seems indicated. They were confined to the northernmost Arctic regions...
The devil is in the details, and I'm no fan of the "Coastal Migration Hypothesis," probably because I have some strong prejudices against "ancient seafaring colonists" (see Smith, Joseph, Book of Mormon).
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/2017 09:19AM by SL Cabbie.