Monday, August 18, 2008

Indian DNA links to 6 'founding mothers'

I wish I had time to be a DNA scientist. I find the subject of DNA and the Book of Mormon very interesting. Maybe because I am a complete laymen when it comes to DNA science, there is not much mystery for me on the subject. In a previous blog (http://mormonfactor.blogspot.com/2007/12/devon.html), I told of how God changed the Laminite skin color and appearance (according to the Book of Mormon, published in 1830). My position, God is an all powerful glorified being. God being the Creator of DNA, can play with it the way my son plays with Lego blocks. When he changed the skin color of the Lamanites, he was changing their DNA. The Jewish blood line died with the last Nephite, Moroni. It's obviously not that easy to many people. If you search "Book of Mormon and DNA" in Google, there are about 1.5 Million links on the subject. I have read many of them, and many are by Mormon Detractors. They try and use DNA science to prove Mormonism wrong. One of those blogs used this article ( http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-03/14/content_6535507.htm ). I read the article five months ago when it came out. If you don't give it much thought, you might think it does NOT support the the Book of Mormon; however, I would beg to differ since this article does nothing but support the Book of Mormon. Let me show you why!

At college we studied the American, Central, and South American tribes. My professor said many of his Mormon friends think they came from Israel. He went on to say that this of course was wrong, and not supported by science. He said they are from Asia, and got to the America's by a land bridge from Russia to Alaska.



If you ever watch the great TV show "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel, the area in question is the vast ocean that these boats fish Crab out of. This area is known in science as "Beringia" a believed land that is now submerged between Russia and Alaska.
Well back to the point of this. The Indian Mothers DNA article talks about Mitochondria DNA. Below are paragraphs from the article:

"This DNA is found in the mitochondria, the power plants of cells. Unlike the DNA found in the nucleus, mitochondrial DNA is passed along only by the mother. So it follows a lineage that connects a person to his or her mother, then the mother's mother, and so on."

The article goes on to say this also: "The six founding mothers apparently did not live in Asia because the DNA signatures they left behind aren't found there, so they probably lived in Beringia, a now-submerged land bridge that stretched to North America.”

This study first proves that the American Indians DID NOT COME FROM ASIA. This should have been the headline of this article. Obviously it was not, because someone had an agenda. So where does this mitochondria DNA scientist think American Indian Mothers came from? He believes they came from a (so-called and unproven) submerged land between Russia and Alaska called "Beringia". Then he wants you to believe they came from a people that probably (having no evidence whatsoever) lived there. There is more proof that supports the America's were populated by Jewish blood (Aka Lehi's Family), then some made-up civilization that might have lived on some made-up submerged land bridge.

It takes more faith to believe in the people of "Beringia" then the Lamanites and Nephites. For all my LDS friends. When you ask someone where the American Indians came from—and your neighbor, co-worker, friend, and or Professors say they came from Asia... Please tell them about this article and that mitochondria DNA, has prove that theory wrong.

I find it fascinating, the American Indians, Central, and South Americans all have this unique mitochondria DNA signature. It aslo happens to be the same people that the Book of Mormon claim, descend from Lamanites. The same people that the Book of Mormon states had there skin color and appearance changed by God. I obviously believe God had to change there DNA, to change there skin color, and appearance. If I understand this article correctly, this mitochondria DNA is found in no other people, especially not Asians! If you ask me, this unique mitochondria DNA is God's fingerprints from his work with the Lamanites.


The second point that this article talks about the 6 American Indian DNA mothers which go back 18,000 to 21,000 years ago. This is too old for them to be related to Lehi's family. This number was arrived by the statistics of how often the Mitochondria DNA mutates, then developing a formula. Using that formula they go backwards until they get to the 6 DNA mothers spoken about. This is one formula to use, if you base it on the assumptions of science. Instead, if you started with a different hypothesis, that being of course the Lamanites when they had their skin color changed... this formula is useless, and has no effects on the belief of the Book of Mormon.

Devo






3 comments:

Kimberly said...

Whew! Where the heck do you find theses articles? Well written, interesting, and educational!

Darci said...

I should tell you that one of my friend, Erin (you have met her) her husband is a DNA scientist and works in a lab all day with DNA, I bet you would love to talk to him. It would be interesting to see what he had to say about this article.

Jaidyn said...

In regards to your comment that the mitochondrial mutations of American Indian mothers dating back 21,000 years are too old for the Book of Mormon, and that therefore, God must have divinely intervened:

What do you think about the carbon dating of human remains in the Americas that substantiate Indian presence for just as long? Did God intervene with every human remain as well? Or are evil scientists lying about this too because they have a secret agenda?

Isn't it easier to understand that there is a direct connection in dating between mtDNA and physical evidence than it is to assume that God manipulated the DNA of a population just so you can reconcile scientific fact with the Book of Mormon?

Clearly, the agenda lies with the Mormons.