It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. It contains a record of gods dealings with three groups of people who migrated from the near east or west asia to the americas hundreds of years before the arrival of europeans. Produced by fair, a nonprofit organization that sponsors conferences and websites in defence of the church, this video dispells what for some is a. This interpretation, still dominant among members of the lds church, remained in the introduction to the book of mormon until recently. The lds church released an essay on their website titled book of mormon and. Nelsonseawright over the last decade or so, there has been a voluminous, and often tiresome, debate about whether recent dna evidence regarding the origins of native americans disproves the book of mormon. Firm sponsors two international book of mormon evidence conferences each year and numerous regional conferences. Devout mormon, daniel peterson, a professor of asian and near eastern languages at brigham young university, said.
However, some people call for creationist theories to be taught in european schools alongside or even in place of the theory of evolution. Dean sessions latter day saint creationism the doctrine and science. It is a common claim by critics that there is absolutely no archaeological evidence to support the book of mormon. Reviews of dna evidence for book of mormon geography. According to the founder of mormonism, joseph smith, the book of mormon was an ancient nativeamerican record written on golden plates. Rod meldrum and book of mormon dna byu scholarsarchive. Meldrum has now combined this bestselling lds book on geography, with the complete text of the book of mormon, making this new volume an. Thus, despite the more agnostic approach that the lds church has taken on the subject of evolution in recent decades see here, here, and here, e. In 2014 the church quietly published book of mormon and dna studies, an essay which distills an avalanche of mormon apologetics published solely in lds journals, and attempts to address population genetics. Population genetic structure of variable drug response, nature genetics 293 2001. Scientific evidence that god created life creationism.
At a broad level, a creationist is someone who believes in a god who is absolute creator of heaven and earth, out of nothing, by an act of free. Dna evidence and the book of mormon conclusive proof. Over the millennia, believers in god have marshaled numerous arguments in an attempt to demonstrate gods existence. Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design historical guides to. The book of mormon was released in march of 2003, the lds church was only beginning to wrestle with the implications of dna research that posed serious challenges to the historical validity of the book of mormon. When charles darwin introduced the theory of evolution through natural selection 158 years ago, the scientists of the day argued over it fiercely. This article addresses how it relates to the book of mormon. Weighing dna evidence about the book of mormon may, 2009 by j. However, the book of mormon has been scientifically proven to be false which means joseph smith was a gross liar and received no revelation from god. Book of mormon and dna studies church of jesus christ. Does dna evidence prove the book of mormon to be false. On january 31, 2014, the lds church published an essay entitled book of mormon and dna studies in the gospel topics series on its official website. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. The dangers of creationism in education parliamentary assembly.
Dna samples taken from modern american indians show no connection to the dna of the peoples of the middle east. Mormons believe the creation was carefully planned by god and that there was an important purpose in his creation of mortal humans, and also of the earth. In summary, dna evidence and the book of mormon is long overdue. This must mean that amerindians are not descended from book of mormon peoples, and the book of mormon is false. According to the book, two of these groups originated from ancient israel. The evidence that an intelligent creator made the information in dna is reinforced by the fact that this information takes up the least space possible. I have previously commented on the scientific content of the dna essay on my blog, but this essay raises another important issue.
Maddocks, best packing in proteins and dna, nature, vol. New discoveries in dna research currently allow scientists to test this historical claim. The idea that america may have been overwhelmingly peopled by folks from northeastern asia. Rejection of evolution by religious groups wikipedia. The book of mormon for more than 170 years, the church of jesus christ of latterday saints has declared the book of mormon to be a scriptural and literal history. The discussion has centered on the field of population genetics and developments in dna science. Subtitled another testament of jesus christ, it recounts the story story of an israelite family who immigrated to and fully populated the american continents. Its been a few years since i talked about dna and the book of mormon. The criticism of the mormon church is the following. Another testament of jesus christ, is true, not false. Dna questions with rod meldrum book of mormon evidence.
However, this attack ignores several key points, among which is the fact that the book of mormon states that lehi and his family are clearly not jews. The fact is proven with final and irrefutable evidence that joseph smith wrote the fictitious tale in the early 19th century and founded the lds church what he falsely claimed was revelation from god. New light on dna and the book of mormon posted on january 7, 2015 by jettboy coming at the scientific community like a ton of bricks, it has been revealed that native. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Dna evidence of the book of mormon in north america, linking native americans to the jewish population in the middle east. A statement on our united position visavis creation and dna dating. In the book science, evolution, and creationism, a group of experts assembled by the national academy of sciences and the institute of medicine explain the fundamental methods of science, document the overwhelming evidence in support of biological evolution, and evaluate the alternative perspectives offered by advocates of various kinds of.
New light on dna and the book of mormon the millennial star. In this episode, three geneticists respond to the lds essay book of mormon and dna studies, and to apologist michael ashs article entitled the dna challenge to the book of mormon that fizzled. The dvd is based upon a popular presentation given in a number of fireside. Boyd tuttle out of darkness into light a decade of discovery in book of mormon research.
While the church has pinned its hopes on the work of limited geography apologetics, the essay makes no mention of geography at all. If scriptures such as the book of mormon and book of abraham, which were translated accurately in the 1800s, show that events they reference as true events never really happened, then this creates a serious problem in establishing the credibility of those lds scriptures. In late january 2014, the lds church responded to challenges to book of mormon historicity from dna science in an essay entitled book of mormon and dna studies. A recently published book claims that dna evidence proves the book of mormon, one of the books of scripture used by the mormon church, incorrect. Each conference typically attracts over 400 attendees and they are always sold out. Using both the 1st edition and the current edition of the book of mormon to compare against known discoveries. Dna evidence does not support the testimony of the lds church mormon doctrine. Dna vs book of mormon incredible new evidence youtube. The evolution of creationist movements springerlink. Creationism and intelligent design the dialogue journal. Genetic attacks on the book of mormon focus on the fact that amerindian dna seems closest to asian dna, and not dna from the middle east or jewish dna. Smith proposed that he was guided to these tablets buried on a hill and that god assisted him in translating them from reformed egyptian into english. Recent research has been conducted on native american dna, studies potentially related to the book of mormon that may lend support to its claims. The book of mormon teaches that these israelites are the principal ancestors of modernday native americans.
Sometimes, evolutionists even claim that dna evidence supports evolution, but it does not. Testing of the ychromosome dna and mitochondrial dna are. The forms include several varieties of youngearth creationism and oldearth creationism. Rediscovering the book of mormon remnant through dna.
If the findings and the conclusions of the research are correct, then the entire mormon belief system is based on a lie. Dna vs book of mormon incredible new evidence that proves the book of mormon. The research herein refutes the claim that dna analysis proves the book of mormon false, on the contrary it explores genetic dna evidence that may actually support the claims of the book of mormon. However, the historical and textual accuracy of smiths. However, this attack ignores several key points, among which is the fact that the book of mormon states. Are israelites the principal ancestors of native americans. Creation the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Mormons believe, through reading the holy bible account written in genesis, and also through accounts given in moses and abraham in the pearl of great price, that before the earth was.
The book of mormon presents the evidence from dna researchers. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the plates of nephi, who claimed that it had been. The book of mormon claims that the native american peoples are descended from the house of israel, but the dna evidence, according to this book, points to an asiatic origin for the american continents native people. New scientific support for the truthfulness of the book of mormon. The church of jesus christ of latterday saints affirms that the book of mormon is a volume of sacred scripture comparable to the bible. Rather, he calls us to prove all things 1 thessalonians 5. Gentlemen, you came to my door today to convince me of the truth of what you believe and i have asked you many. Front matter science, evolution, and creationism the. The book of mormon and the new world dna deseret book.
There is generally no direct support amongst mainstream historians and archaeologists for the. In this article, we will provide some background on this issue focusing on the scientific issues, followed by a point by point response to various statements made in the essay about the book of mormon. It might be useful to point out to the casual reader of these articles, that the scholars involved in critiquing the annotated edition of the book of mormon differ from the editors on some fundamental assumptions which accounts for much of the discord and criticism in their expose. This new evidence, in contrast to the first, appears to provide support for the book of mormon as well as and an interesting geographic paradigm for the events therein. Brian stubbs lehite language evidence in native american languages. This dvd delivers on its promise, and provided empirical evidence to those who will listen. Lost civilizations of north america documentary4, deborah bolnick on haplogroup x. Dnas representation of the scientific evidence is simply wrong. His latest newsletter dated oct, 2009, says, 10 reasons why the book of mormon took place in peru.
One frequently discussed form of theistic argument has been the argument from. Attacks on the validity of the book of mormon using dna data support for the book of mormon by mormon academics. Various forms of the cosmological, ontological, and moral arguments have been developed and refined with much success. The book of mormon documentary examines and compares genetic evidence identifying the dna fingerprints of the jewish populations and american indian populations, and presents the testimony of several dna experts in seeking to answer the question, are israelites the principal ancestors of native american indians. Dna evidence reported in nature in november 20 shows support for american indian dna that descends from areas including the middle east. Correlation and verification through dna, prophetic, scriptural, historical, climatological, archaeological, social, and cultural evidence. The rejection of evolution by religious groups involves an ongoing, recurring cultural, political, and theological dispute about the origins of the earth, of humanity. Archaeological and historical evidence dna and the book. Many religious believers today are comfortable with the notion of an evolutionary process over many millions of years as gods means for achieving the creation. Dean sessions how practical scientific applications of the um help us learn truth. Meldrum recently released a book, exploring the book of mormon in americas heartland, which has sold about 15,000 copies. In early 2008 rodney meldrum published a dvd titled dna evidence for book of mormon geography. George is a proponent that the book of mormon lands are in peru. Dna essay exposes mormon doublethink simons dna musings.
The scientific observations regarding dna have not helped the case of the evolutionists except to create a new area where they can get away with telling half truths because the public is not aware of the details of dna research. The genetic data demonstrate instead that no matter how such. Now the same dna evidence used in courts of law can credibly speak to the validity of the book of mormon, which serves as the foundation of the mormon religion. Historical guides to controversial issues in america. Some have contended that the migrations mentioned in the. Book of mormon evidence streaming faithfully exploring. If the book of mormon is false, joseph smith was not a prophet. The book of mormon, the founding document of the latter day saint movement and one of the four books of scripture of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church, is an account of three groups of people.
We discussed other issues such as the book of mormons lack of historical or archaeological evidence to support it. In their hour of need church leaders have turned to lds evolutionary biologists to help defend the. Three big historical challenges to the book of mormon. Members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints need to realize that god does not seek to confuse us and lead us away from him through the use of our intellect. My new book, nephi in the promised land is now available in the nephi project discovery store.