Quote contradicts scripture

Your July 17 article titled "LDS author facing excommunication" mentions The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints press release from Nov. 11, 2003, which says, in part, "Nothing in the Book of Mormon precludes migration into the Americas by peoples of Asiatic origin." That contradicts the introduction to the Book of Mormon where it says, "After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians."

For Daniel Peterson to say he wouldn't expect the DNA evidence to support the Book of Mormon totally contradicts the basic claim of the church that Lamanites are the principal ancestors of the American Indians and perfectly illustrates LDS apologists' conflict of interest.

Stan Zielinski

University Place, Wash.