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Originally Posted by photon
Not really IMO, one simply has to change the interpretation of the scriptures. To me it's amusing when interpretation of scripture changes organically over time to reflect the changing morals of society and that's fine, but when changing in response to new scientific evidence is suggested, people get all upset.
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There lies the problem. You can't suddenly change the fact that the Book of Mormon starts out in Jerusalem. It is what it is. So if you have evidence against that fact, well it is done like dinner (or perhaps the Canucks near the end of the season).
The DNA issue is threatening to be this issue, but the majority of Mormons are totally unaware of it or disregard it because we apparently don't fully understand the science, or simply the science is wrong.
The church is starting to bend as I eluded to regarding the change in the introduction of the Book of Mormon where it is mentioned that the Book of Mormon people are among the inhabitants. However, there are portions of the Book of Mormon that work to contradict this... or the prophets of the Book of Mormon thought it was not important to mention these other inhabitants... especially when they went as far as to predict the coming of Christopher Columbus (doesn't outright say his name though) and the eventual settling of America etc. Oops. This is a concern for me.