The BoM fails archaeology and history, you know that, Truthspeaker. The Neal A. Maxwell Institute of Religious Studies at BYU is maneuvering to a limited geographical model for Lehi and his descendents rather than being the general father of most of the Native Americans. That's one simple example that even in your own faith group that you are in the minority. I mean (and I am not laughing, only pointing out) that you still believe in the concept of African ancestry is linked to the less valiant in the war before the formation of the Earth. I mean, what's up with that?
My poor dear jake,
We've been here before but you refuse to accept my doctrinally sound answer. The book itself generalizes when talking about ancestry. The book says that those who were of Lehi's ancestry and those who were not of his ancestry but chose to be associated under his name would be called his children in a general sense. The book itself mentions that the majority of people throughout the timeline were actually more numerous than Lehi's descendents already in THOSE days. How could you miss that? We never claimed that ALL of the native americans were of Lehi's descent. But that is the lineage which gets the recognition because of the spiritual implications. The Mulekites themselves were more than all the Lehites combined. Understand that just like today, there was a huge mixing of gene pools back then. You need to understand what the text actually says.
As for the less valiant deal with africans. That age has passed. those less valiant souls have already lived their lives before the time of the restoration. It was true then, it's not true any more. Cut and dry. No big deal.
