Does DNA evidence refute the Book of Mormon?
.” The Church has also placed a copy of my article in PDF format on the “DNA and the Book of Mormon” page, where several other DNA-related articles are also available (but use my more recent version at JeffLindsay.com). One of the most interesting and delightfully ironic aspects of the controversy has been the deceptive misuse of science by anti-Mormon ministries. Evangelical ministries, holding fast to literalist young-earth, anti-evolutionary interpretations of Genesis, are attacking the Mormons using DNA studies based on evolutionary science. The studies that allegedly contradict the Book of Mormon (or the straw men they have constructed) are actually much more lethal to their own their views, but this fact is hidden. For example, the studies they point that allegedly disprove the Book of Mormon point to Asian entry in the Americas over 20,000 years ago, long before their chronology for the Creation. Some of these critics, especially the Living Hope Ministries, have deliberately cen
Has DNA testing of Native Americans proven the Book of Mormon to be false? I argue that DNA testing does challenge some common but faulty assumptions some LDS people have made about the Book of Mormon, but does not jeopardize the text itself. The findings of modern science, though often tentative, can be welcomed and need not be feared by those who treasure the Book of Mormon as ancient scripture from the New World and as another testament of Jesus Christ. I explore these issues from a variety of angles, seeking to provide documentation to let you check my analysis for yourself. This work is my responsibility and does not necessarily reflect official views of the Church. Updated Feb. 9, 2009. Copyright © 2002-2009 by Jeff Lindsay.
” In spite of the popular “Asia only” paradigm for Native American origins, evidence for ancient transoceanic contact exists and the Bering Strait theory appears to be unable to explain the origins of all ancient Americans. I discuss transoceanic contact and the Bering Strait in my page on the Smithsonian Institution’s 1996 Statement Regarding the Book of Mormon.
” Jeffrey D. Lindsay, Ph.D. (.html, .pdf) • Motivation, Behavior, and Dissension, by Allen Wyatt. This article discusses Dr. Thomas Murphy who has been very outspoken concerning DNA and the Book of Mormon. (FAIR) • The Tempest in a Teapot DNA Studies and the Book of Mormon by Brant Gardner (FAIR) • A Brief Review of Murphy and Southerton’s “Galileo Event” by Kevin L. Barney (FAIR) • Nugget #13, What Nephite DNA? by Jeff Lindsay (and Woody Brison) • Genetic Markers Not a Valid Test of Native Identity by Brett Lee Shelton, J.D. and Jonathan Marks, Ph.D. • DNA Mutation Rates & Evolution, by Sean D. Pitman M.D. • Addressing Questions surrounding the Book of Mormon and DNA Research by John M. Butler 3 Dec 2006 • DNA and the Book of Mormon by David G. Stewart Jr. 3 Dec 2006 Silk • “The Prophet Said Silk” by Maurice W. Connell (from The Improvement Era, Vol. 65, Number 5 (May 1962), pp. 324-345 • “Silkworm of the Aztecs,” by Richard S. Peigler, Ph.D., Curator of Entomology at the Denver Museu
