BellaOnline Forums Religion and Spirituality Bible Basics Q for Christians re: Israel (tribes)

ok I get a newsletter called Weird NJ---I am from NJ---and they have
some WAY-OUT-THERE stuff in the newsletters from time to time. So
this month's is all about Hollow Earth theory and I am just skimming
thru it and I find some strange christian take on it and this quote
(notice what I have highlighted with *** ):

<<< Most Christians know about Issac of the Old Testament. He
had 12 sons. His name was then changed to Israel. Therefore, we
have the 12 tribes of Israel. *** Much of mankind is
descended from the tribes of Judah or Joseph. *** However, the
present location of the descendents of the other 10 sons, or tribes,
are unknown to us. They have then, become known as the 10 Lost
Tribes. >>>

now what I want to know is this---how many christian groups believe
this (what is highlighted above with *** )? where does this preposterous idea
come from? I can trace my family tree back to the 1200's and I have
no Jewish contributors at all, and surely if 'MUCH of mankind' comes
from these 2 tribes there would be more contributions in modern times
when there are so many more people involved?

why do people believe this? That the whole human race comes from 2
ancient Jewish tribes? What about all the thousands of humans on the
earth before Israel and since? what is such a big deal with Israel?
Can any of this so-called ancestry actually be proven by DNA or other
science? Are there any statistics available that can put a realisitic
number on the amount of people alive today who have descended from
these tribes?

and I do not want to be misunderstood as anti-semitic, if you are
Jewish-fine! enjoy your heritage! But if you are not--why would you
want to force the issue by making something like this up?

Ravyn

Just remember history was writen by men. It can be all true or not all true. It can be what they convieved to be true and unless it can be proved then there is only faith and your own religion and beliefs of what you choose.

As far as your question...maybe it helps their cause.

well i dont know everything about Jewish history except that which is written in the old testament. but, from what ive read the Jewish nation of Isreal decends from the 12 tribes and most natural Jews can trace their ancestory to Israel. as far as any "lost tribes" the only refernce ive ever heard any rumors about is just one lost tribe that was rumored to have migrated to europe and intermingled with the celtic clans of france and northern england. but this is just a rumor and has never been verified scientifically or historically.

i would question the authenticity of the article....