You might think of how Lamanites were described in the BofM. It was not based on race or lineage, rather on the state of righteousness. The membership of the group was constantly changing from one time to another.
We recognize in the church the principle of adoption. We give the blessing and all else to the adopted person. In the same way many of the descendants of the the orginal group*S* of people found themselves aligned with either the Nephites or the Lamanites. I think that the statement "principal" ancestors has more to lead to confusion than is necessary, but it can be read in an entirely different way, than most people understandablly read it, to allow for it to be entirely correct. At any rate it is clear that there were a great deal more of the "native" populations involved in the current "native" populations that just direct desendants of Lehi. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Kent Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [ZION] Caral, Peru 2627 B.C. > Kent wonders: > So does that mean that only the indians in New York are their descendents, > or that the Araucano indians in Southern Chile are also their descendents, > or that all Indians of whatever lineage are their descendents, or that > early Church leaders were making a gross generalization? > > Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > > At 08:52 PM 8/12/03 -0600, R. Kent Francis wrote: > > > >> Kent Francis writes: > >> > >> If we look at the Bible as history, the distances involved are less > >> than 500 > >> miles by 100 miles and the area was inhabited by Phoenesian, > >> Philistines, Syrians, Egyptians and other peoples in addition to the > >> Israelites... who were at various times in their history politically > >> fractionated. > >> Why have we subscribed to the concept that all the native americans were > >> Nephite/Lamanites? > > > > > > > > > > Probably due to the statement in the introduction to the BoM which > > states that they are the "principal ancestors" . . . > > > > > > > > -- Ronn! :) > > > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > > > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > > > > > > > > > > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
