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Originally Posted by MrsRight41401
No. Some Native Americans of pure desent can be traced back to Lehi's line - which is the line of Ephraim and Mannasah (sp?). Being Mormon is not a lineage like being a Jew.
Rachel
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Thanks for clearing that up. Is it a mission of mormons to gather up the lineage of Lehi so the coming can occur?
I think you posted after I edited and added the article of faith that I was stumbling over.
ah, after reading this newest link it looks like the Book of Mormon is believed to be written by one of the lost tribes--as in, that's its authenticity.
But followers of the Book of Mormon do not claim to be the actual descendents, except metaphorically.
Just a point for you that you might find interesting: being jewish, in the correct sense, not common usage, is also not lineage related. Being an Israeli is lineage. So christians (especially the earliest ones) made claim that they were "jewish" and in fact the truest jews, being chosen and all that. So you would have a lot in common with christian fundamentalists along with some mainstream denominations if you believed that you are a 'true' jew (in the metaphorical sense). (and some jewish people support that
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Oh yeah, and even the Jewish faith allows that converts were really just 'lost' jews. So it's interesting in all the mix of seperating ideas so often attributed to religious movements that the
people within those movements have established a theological underpinning for unification.