Talk:Gogodala people

Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! JubalHarshaw 16:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Ancient lost Israelite tribe claims

I've removed the section that contained scientifically, historically, archaelogical and sociologically conspiratorial claims about the Gogodala being a lost Israelite tribe and that they are essentially "culturally Jewish".

The two sources related to the Gogodala people being "lost tribes of Israel" seem utterly unfounded in any way whatsoever outside of some vast ranging conspiracy. The first source (JoshuaProject) shows nothing other than a quote that "Australian missionaries successfully converted the Gogodala people to Christianity decades ago. These missionaries remarked about the 'Jewish' appearance of the Gogodala people and the similarity of the Gogodala language to Hebrew. It will take some studies by experts to find out the truth." which is utterly ridiculous and the second source isn't even online anymore as it produces a 404, though from its URL "Lost Tribe of Israel found in Papua New Guinea" I am guessing would've been just as embarrassing. I am not even going to honour it with a Wayback search. This section was added purely for religiously motivated propaganda purposes as can be seen on the Joshua Project website.

ArcturusAlgebra (talk) 05:22, 24 March 2021 (UTC)