Book of Mormon Intro Altered, Slightly

The Salt Lake Tribune points out that the Church has made a small but significant change in the introduction to the Book of Mormon, acknowledging that today’s Native Americans may not be direct descendants from the Lamanites.

The original sentence in questionis the last sentence of the second paragraph from the Book of Mormon Introduction reads:

After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.

Apparently this change first appears in Doubleday’s revised edition which reads:

After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.

The Trib says that the Church will be publishing scripture editions which will also have the change.  So far the online edition has not been changed.

UPDATE:  Mormon Wasp asks some good questions. Post seems to have been taken down.

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