So what is the skinny on this DVD?

I was hoping somebody archived my post from last year where I presented a return-and-report on Meldrum's DVD. I'll look further on my hard drives as well...

Here are three links to posts on the subject here. Rod Meldrum's arguments about DNA are roughly at the high school level (probably a homeschooled highschooler at that); he's part of the "Earth is 6,000 year old crowd" and twists legitimate science into talking points that further his agenda.

The video mixes legitimate scholars with the gonzo sorts, and there's also the claim of a vast conspiracy orchestrated by the Smithsonian, beginning in the 19th Century, which is utter fantasy.

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,19168,19227#msg-19227

Mainstream Mormons who are unsophisticated about DNA are promoting this as an answer to claims by Simon Southerton, Thomas Murphy, and others that demonstrate conclusively that Hebrews were not the ancestors of any Native Americans before 1492.

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,9460,9460#msg-9460

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,9460,9489#msg-9489

Here's a rational reply to the sort of distortion Meldrum and May engage in with their claims about Egyptian connections with Native American languages...

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,18189,18203#msg-18203



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I tried googling this and found mostly sites in support of (or trying to sell) this garbage. I did stumble across a link to a mormon apologetics forum that didn't care much for this DVD either.

I am not sure what is worse about the DVD: trying to prove your point with the Kinderhook Plates or that it is endorsed by Glenn Beck.

I sure wish I could figure out who left this on my doorstep.

Again, thanks for the links.

Send them a copy of Guns, Germs and Steel, or a book by Michael Coe.

Simon Southerton would be a good choice, too.

link

http://www.fairlds.org/Book_of_Mormon/MisguidedS.html



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