Book of Mormon/DNA evidence

Criticism

It is argued that because DNA evidence of modern Amerindians does not match the DNA of modern inhabitants of the Middle East, the Book of Mormon must be false.

Some Source(s) of the Criticism

• Thomas W. Murphy, "Lamanite Genesis, Genealogy, and Genetics," in Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe, eds., American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002).
• Simon G. Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe : Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church, (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004).

Response

The response should be brief and summary in nature.

Conclusion

A summary of the argument against the criticism.

Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

• Straw man fallacy

FAIR web site

• FAIR resources on the website
• Motivation, Behavior, and Dissention - Background to Thomas Murphy's anti-Mormon activity

External links

• "The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (Provo: FARMS, 2000), 66–84
• Daniel C. Peterson, “Prolegomena to the DNA Articles,” FARMS Review 15:2 (2003): 25–34.
• Matthew Roper, “Nephi's Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations,” FARMS Review 15:2 (2003): 91–128.
• Matthew Roper, “Swimming the Gene Pool: Israelite Kinship Relations, Genes, and Genealogy,” FARMS Review 15:2 (2003): 129–164
• James E. Smith, “Nephi's Descendants? Historical Demography and the Book of Mormon Review of ‘Multiply Exceedingly: Book of Mormon Population Sizes’ by John C. Kunich,” FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6:1 (1994): 231–267.
• John L. Sorenson, “The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9:2 (2000): 66–74.
• Brian D. Stubbs, “Elusive Israel and the Numerical Dynamics of Population Mixing,” FARMS Review 15:2 (2003): 165–182.

Printed material

• Blake T. Olser, “Assessing the Logical Structure of DNA Arguments Against the Book of Mormon,” Part I of II, Sunstone (December 2004):70–72.