According to devout believers, the Book of Mormon is a record of the early history of the American Indian descendants of Lehi, a Hebrew who migrated with his family to the New World around 600 B.C. Modern science and DNA tests have debunked this as thoroughly as anyone could want, but Mormons continue to believe it anyway. Do you think that there's any truth to it?
Daily Poll: Do you believe the Mormon doctrine that Hebrews travelled to the Americas and established a civilization there?
- No, there's no truth to it at all.
- No, and it was a hoax created by Joseph Smith.
- Yes, it all happened exactly as the Book of Mormon says.
- I don't know.
- I don't care.
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AFAIR, like many of his “revelations”, the idea that the native Americans were the “ten lost tribes” of Isreal didn’t originate with Smith, but he appropriated the meme and made it a central part of his religion.