Monday, January 14, 2008

One word could rewrite whole book of Mormon
Some say inclusion of word "among" is concession to DNA refutation of beliefs.

Jennifer Dobner
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Salt Lake City — The introduction to the 2006 edition of the Book of Mormon has a new word: among.

It sounds trivial, but to some it represents a huge change to teachings that have been passed on for generations within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The new wording comes in a passage about American Indians, who have long been presented by Mormon leaders as direct ancestors of a lost tribe of Israel known as the Lamanites.

"After thousands of years all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians," the new introduction reads.

In previous editions, the phrase was "are the ancestors."
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