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Science and the Church of Jesus Christ
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Criticism
- Critics claim that Mormons believe that if there is a conflict between science and religion, that the science is incorrect.
- Critics claim that Mormonism reserves the right to identify scientific truth.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 135–136. ( Index of claims )
Response
Secular critics charge that Mormonism and science are incompatible. In fact, Dr. Simon Southerton, in his book Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church devotes a full 66 pages to a section titled "The Troubled Interface between Mormonism and Science." Critics point out that elements found in the scriptures are incompatible with current scientific beliefs.
Biodiversity versus the flood of Noah
Main article: Global or local Flood
Did the continents separate during the flood of Noah?
Age of the Earth
Do Mormons believe that the Earth only 6000 years old?
Dinosaurs
Main article: Dinosaurs
Evolution and the origin of Man
Main article: Evolution
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon
Main article: Book of Mormon archaeology
Predestination
Main article: Free will and science
Burning in the bosom
Main article: Burning in the bosom
Secular critics attempt to associate the "burning in the bosom" to chemical processes that occur in the brain.
Statements made by past prophets regarding science
Main article: Changing doctrine
Genetics
Main article: Book of Mormon and DNA evidence
Conclusion
Endnotes
None
Further reading
- Henry Eyring, Reflections of a Scientist, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983)
FAIR wiki articles
This article is a draft. FairMormon editors are currently editing it. We welcome your suggestions on improving the content.
Criticism
- Critics claim that Mormons believe that if there is a conflict between science and religion, that the science is incorrect.
- Critics claim that Mormonism reserves the right to identify scientific truth.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 135–136. ( Index of claims )
Response
Secular critics charge that Mormonism and science are incompatible. In fact, Dr. Simon Southerton, in his book Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church devotes a full 66 pages to a section titled "The Troubled Interface between Mormonism and Science." Critics point out that elements found in the scriptures are incompatible with current scientific beliefs.
Biodiversity versus the flood of Noah
Main article: Global or local Flood
Did the continents separate during the flood of Noah?
Age of the Earth
Do Mormons believe that the Earth only 6000 years old?
Dinosaurs
Main article: Dinosaurs
Evolution and the origin of Man
Main article: Evolution
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon
Main article: Book of Mormon archaeology
Predestination
Main article: Free will and science
Burning in the bosom
Main article: Burning in the bosom
Secular critics attempt to associate the "burning in the bosom" to chemical processes that occur in the brain.
Statements made by past prophets regarding science
Main article: Changing doctrine
Genetics
Main article: Book of Mormon and DNA evidence
Conclusion
Endnotes
None
Further reading
- Henry Eyring, Reflections of a Scientist, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983)
FAIR wiki articles
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