Dna proves that they descended from the peoples of asia. Book of mormon evidence in american archaeology wayne may. Two of the most prevalent claims for the book of mormon are, there is much archaeological proof to the book of mormon, and the american indians are descendants of israelites who came to america as described in the book of mormon. May 02, 2006 however, the book of mormon cannot stand against the bible in archaeology, anthropology, or dna evidence. There is generally no direct support amongst mainstream historians and.
Sorenson, the chairman of the department of anthropology at brigham young university, in his book an ancient american setting for the book of mormon salt lake city, utah. The book of mormon makes several scientific claims that can be tested. 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. Nov 16, 2018 this book presents a wide array of evidence that the book of mormon is an ancient historical record that could only have been produced by a writer who lived in mesoamerica southern mexico and northern central america many centuries before spanish explorers reached that area. If the book of mormon is false, joseph smith was not a prophet. Dec 14, 2008 if the biblical jesus is closer to the book of mormon jesus than the 19th century authors, then that is eloquent evidence of the book of mormons ancient, divine orgin. Archaeological and historical evidence dna and the book. The church of jesus christ of latterday saints and other denominations in the lds restorationist movement have taught that native americans are descendents of three groups of ancient israelites who came to the new world. Ancient israelites did come to america over 2400 years ago. Why is the book of mormon the most criticized book in history. Modern prophets from joseph smith to the present have consistently taught that the remnant of the other branch, the lamanites, are ancestors of modern native. 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. The list of archeological and historical claims of the book of mormon compared to nonapologetic evidence.
It is poorly researched, and an insult to the intelligence of mankind. This common query often expresses the questioners incorrect assumptions about archaeological methodologyassumptions usually based the questioners lack of knowledge about a very specialized academic area. The essay asserts that dna studies cannot be used decisively to either affirm or reject the historical authenticity of the book of mormon. Dna vs book of mormon incredible new evidence youtube. Dna evidence and the book of mormon conclusive proof. The dvd is based upon a popular presentation given in a number of. M2c exposed on facebook the book of mormon in north america. Reviews of dna evidence for book of mormon geography. Dna and the book of mormon brigham young university. The criticisms of the book of mormon fall into several categories some of which are legitimate and some of which are not. New discoveries in dna research currently allow scientists to test this historical claim.
All this ranting about what tribe the jews comes from is senseless and just more excuse making by the mormon people. Some have contended that the migrations mentioned in the. At the time he angrily defended the book of mormon and hinted that smgf scientists were finding exciting new evidence that supported the book of mormon must be still finding it. And, according to joseph smith, when one embraces truth, the shackles of superstition, bigotry, ignorance, and priestcraft, fall at once from his neck. Jul, 2008 the cd expose, dna and the book of mormon, purportedly to prove joseph smith and the book of mormon fraudulent, is in itself a fraud. The nhm inscription is the most important piece of geographical evidence book of mormon supporters have for their claims. They flatly reject the hemispheric geography, the view accepted by most mormons and all the prophets. A careful study of this obscure book led one lds church official the historian b. I think they do it to make it seem that prophesy is being fulfilled. Is there evidence for the authenticity of the book of mormon. Feb 01, 2014 to paraphrase sam harris, the article has an extravagance of claims and a paucity of evidence in fact, there is no evidence for the book of mormon story as historical. This dvd delivers on its promise, and provided empirical evidence to those who will listen. Dna samples taken from modern american indians show no connection to the dna of the peoples of the middle east.
The evidence assembled to date suggests that the majority of native americans carry largely asian dna. Today we will talk about some common criticisms of the book of mormon around archaeological evidence that some say proves or disproves the truthfulness of the book of mormon. 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. For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new. However, the dna evidence does not support the book of mormon, the dna evidence supports the bering strait theory that suggests that native americans came over the bering strait. Dna evidence proves book of mormon claims about ancient. Dna recovered from crime scenes decades ago before such testing was available has been used many times to overturn convictions,and free the wrongly. Most, but not all, mormons hold the books connection to ancient american history as an article of their faith. Dont expect proof for any religion or matter of faith, but yes, there are many issues that support the concept that the book of mormon is of ancient origin and not a silly fraud by joseph smith. If the findings and the conclusions of the research are correct, then the entire mormon belief system is based on a lie. Book of mormon and dna studies church of jesus christ. In summary, dna evidence and the book of mormon is long overdue. Oct 16, 2012 the mormon delusion series represents six years of full time research and writing.
The book of mormon is the only explanation for this scripture. Sorenson, siberian dna, and book of mormon directions date. Dna and the book of mormon the traditional latterday saint position t he book of mormon recounts the story of a small israelite group led by lehi and also one headed by mulek from ancient jerusalem to the american continent in approximately 600 bc. Roberts, 18571933 to confess that the evidence tended to show that the book of mormon was not an ancient record, but concocted by joseph smith himself, based on ideas he had read in the earlier book. Sep 01, 2004 i just wanted to share with you all that there is now solid proof that the book of mormon is a fake. The lds corporation weakly acknowledges they know about the contrary. Rather, he calls us to prove all things 1 thessalonians 5.
The lds church released an essay on their website titled book of mormon and. As always, i invite you to study the issues, evaluate what we know and what we dont. Book of mormon archaeology is real, authentic, scientifically researched, a proven fact. The theory that the book of mormon is an ancient american history is not accepted as scientifically verifiable by. This site provides you with an overview of what the book of mormon claims from an archeological or historic viewpoint, and compares it to nonapologetic apologetic meaning speak to defend scientific and historical resources. It has been replaced with the new 2 dvd set the american promised land covenant, which is the scriptural basis for the heartland model geography. Michael frank whiting is the director of the brigham young university byu dna sequencing center and an associate professor in byus department of integrative biology. Dna analysis has concluded that native american indians do not originate from the middle east or from israelites but rather from asia.
Well documented facts, and he covered so many different aspects of evidence to back up his video presentation, aside from the compelling dna evidence, he used weather, animal migration, mapping, rivers, water bodies, descriptions from the book of mormon and matched them to the local geography. Lies, expletive deleted lies, and statistics fairmormon. Think joseph smith could have gotten that right by sheer chance. Archaeological evidence and the book of mormon why is there no archaeological evidence for the book of mormon. Firetag 49 comments like many people who consider the book of mormon as scripture, i am fascinated by questions about where it has a setting in ancient historical events. 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. If mormonism is true, we should expect a dna similarity between people of hebrew origin and native americans, whom mormons call lamanites. Sessions is right in pointing out that theory which cannot be proved, but can be falsified has become more important to many current scientists than are facts.
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. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. 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. Perego is a mormon, but his research is not a mormon reactionit was scientific research following up on a paternity hypothesis which was commented uponbut not originatedin brodies book. This revolution has come about by technological innovations that allow scientists to efficiently sequence dna for a wide range of organisms, resulting in vast quantities of genetic data from a diver. Sep 16, 2015 the church used to boast that it had published over 150 million copies of the book of mormon as evidence that the book of mormon was spreading across the earth. In february of 1831, the prophet revealed that members were to consecrate all thy properties to the church book of commandments 44. There is no way that they can deny it now, well i guess that you could, but that would be crazy. Feb 10, 2009 the dna evidence goes against folk 19th c. Dna evidence and molecular genetics disprove the book of mormon by rich deem introduction. Universal modela new millennial science book of mormon. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place.
As kenneth miller notes in the human instinct, the institute for creation research recently claimed that an active gene is located at the chromosome 2 fusion site, and therefore the whole chromosome 2 fusion theory. Correlation and verification through dna, prophetic, scriptural, historical, climatological, archaeological, social, and cultural evidence. Prophets who taught of the messiah were called from among this people for over a. Lost civilizations of north america documentary4, deborah bolnick on haplogroup x. Dna evidence of the book of mormon in north america, linking native americans to the jewish population in the middle east. Thousands of native americans from more than 150 tribes have been tested to determine their ancestry. 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. Although most lds scholars have claimed for several decades that the lehites were a small incursion into an existing population, scientists. Book of mormon the list of archaeological and historical. Does dna evidence prove the book of mormon to be false. 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. The book of mormon tells the story of a family from ancient jerusalem that crossed the ocean and colonized somewhere in the western.
In fact, the consensus of dna studies support this conclusion. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. Ces letter links to a poorly written wikipedia article as the basis of their sweeping claim. It claims that native americans descended from israelites that came to ancient america.
Proof that the book of mormon is a fraud christian forums. 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. Many members of the latter day saint movement claim historical authenticity of the book of mormon. It doesnt matter if one nfl team has a better record than the rest of the sample. Dna evidence and molecular genetics disprove the book of. A recently published book claims that dna evidence proves that the book of mormon, a book of scripture used in conjunction with the bible by the mormon church, is incorrect and points to an asiatic origin versus a middle eastern origin for the inhabitants of the american continents about 100 genetic studies have been done on about. The book of mormon teaches that these israelites are the principal ancestors of modernday native americans. Evidence from within mormon church history and mormon socalled scripture proves conclusively that the mormon church continues in a conspiracy to deceive its own members, missionaries and their investigators alike. Subtitled another testament of jesus christ, it recounts the story story of an israelite family who immigrated to and fully populated the american continents. There is absolutely no archaeological evidence to directly support the book of mormon or the nephites and lamanites, who were supposed to have numbered in the millions. Nov 26, 2011 sorenson, siberian dna, and book of mormon directions date. They suggest that the book of mormon makes specific predictions about the genetic structure of the nephitelamanite lineage, that this genetic structure should be identifiable in the descendants of the surviving lamanites, and that if the book of mormon is true, then these predictions should be verifiable through dna evidence. Sorenson, siberian dna, and book of mormon directions wheat. Dna evidence for book of mormon geography by rod meldrum.
Conflicts with science mormonism, according to joseph smith 1 and brigham young, 2 embraces all truth. The nahom case provides evidence, not of the authenticity of the book of mormon, but of the willingness of lds scholars to look anywhere to find validation for a historically accurate reading of the book of mormon. There were four people present at that more than three hour long meeting in 2004. There is no speculation or supposition just evidence of the truth which the mormon church hides from rank and file mormons and investigators alike. Apr 20, 2009 i also would posit that the jaredite heritage validates the most recent dna testing as decent evidence for the book of mormon and, in fact, dna issues might be the very reason god insisted that the book of ether be included in the record. 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. Wayne may presents the supporting evidence for the heartland model, that the book of mormon nephites and jaredites lived in north america.
In truth, dna and the book of mormon cd is a great work. Sorenson, siberian dna, and book of mormon directions. The mayas did in fact dye their skin black to look fierce in battle. Whiting the past decade has seen a revolution in the way in which biologists collect data and proceed with their research. Oct 08, 2019 the proof of science is not in who says it but in the physical evidence brought to bear in evaluating our ideas about this physical world we live in. Some creationistintelligent design writers, recognizing the strength of dna evidence, have tried to mount arguments against it. Some of you may be interested in my responses so i have posted these below. In fact, several mormon organizations have been founded in order to prove these very. Unconventional book of mormon geography theories mormon matters. Aug 30, 2015 the problem is that the narrative of the book of mormon is contradicted by dna evidence, and the book of abraham has been completely falsified. This is what ferguson wrote after 17 years of trying to dig up evidence for the book of mormon. The book of mormon tells of a special compass, that doesnt point north.
The discussion has centered on the field of population genetics and developments in dna science. 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. What has been the response to the new lds essay topic that. The firm foundation foundation for indigenous research and mormonism is an organization dedicated to showing forth evidence for the book of mormon in order to provide lds church members with wellresearched information enabling them to powerfully and respectfully defend its historicity and thus its truthfulness with the ultimate. Apr 16, 2018 evidence for the book of mormon consists of illusory correspondences.
I would like to see more quantification of their results. Is there archaeological evidence for the book of mormon. According to the book, two of these groups originated from ancient israel. Then we have the assertion that the natives dyed their skin black. Apr 30, 2019 its not and i would discourage anyone from thinking that it is. Book of mormon archaeology the irrefutable evidence.
Further evidence of joseph smiths character can be seen in the way he began to pressure those who had joined his church to support him financially. Did ethan smiths view of the hebrews furnish structural material. I suppose the same thing could be said of the temples being built all over. Illuminating the credibility of the book of mormon through archaeological photographs.
Dna evidence does not support the testimony of the lds church mormon doctrine. Dna evidence in criminal cases can be falsified and. Book of mormon dna evidence is the holy grail for mormons and antimormons alike. I just wanted to share with you all that there is now solid proof that the book of mormon is a fake. Dna evidence and molecular genetics disprove the book of mormon. Non mormon archaeologists speak on book of mormon evidence. Attacks on the validity of the book of mormon using dna data support for the book of mormon by mormon academics. A potent representation of how the book of mormon follows popular but ultimately falsified early 19th century beliefs about the native americans and a possible direct source of influence for some specific book of mormon content in 1922 lds leader bh roberts stated the following. 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. An essay on book of mormon and dna studies was added on 114 in the topical guide of the website. In early 2008 rodney meldrum published a dvd titled dna evidence for book of mormon geography.
The bizarre claims of the book of mormon the wars, dozens of cities destroyed in days, rise of vast centuriespeaceful christian nationscan be disputed by dna evidence, by archaeological, linguistic, anthropological and more scientific evidence. How could there be so many witnesses of the book of mormon and the plates and not one of them deny their testimony even when some of them became bitter toward joseph smith. Illusions and m2c moronis america the north american. Nonmormon archaeologists speak on book of mormon evidence. Claims book of mormon archaeology is based upon scant evidence is deception for the masses. Centuries later, according to the scripture, jesus appeared to the nephites in the same region after his resurrection. I suggest that if we are serious about assessing whether what the book of mormon teaches is consistent with dna evidence, we must assess it based on. Dna evidence has always been considered the gold standard of evidence in criminal cases. No, dna evidence doesnt and cannot refute the authenticity of the book of mormon. Devout mormon, daniel peterson, a professor of asian and near eastern languages at brigham young university, said. This must mean that amerindians are not descended from book of mormon peoples, and the book of mormon is false. The book of mormon and lds prophets identify todays native americans as literal descendants of hebrews who traveled from jerusalem in 600. Like many others, including mormons, brodie thought it was likely that at least some of the children of smiths wives were smiths.
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. Simon southerton during my trip behind the zion curtain i became more familiar with the dominant lines of defense in response to the dna evidence challenging the book of mormon. The criticism of the mormon church is the following. New scientific support for the truthfulness of the book of mormon. Moroni, the person who deposited the plates, from whence the book of mormon was translated, in a hill in manchester, ontario county, new york, being dead, and raised again therefrom, appeared unto me and told me where they were and gave me directions how to obtain them. Are apologetic theories of lamanite identity consistent with. A new article in the new york times outlines how comparatively easy it is to falsify dna evidence in criminal cases. Weighing dna evidence about the book of mormon may, 2009 by j. Archaeological evidence of the book of mormon latterday. Whiting, director of brigham young university s dna sequencing center and an associate professor in byus department of integrative biology, concluded in his article dna and the book of mormon. 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. 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.
The idea that america may have been overwhelmingly peopled by folks. While mormon scholars admit valid challenges to mormonism from archaeology and the book of abraham, they say the evidences of mormonisms truthfulness is the book of mormon itself, gods confirmation in your spirit, and the number of changed lives. How a mormon lawyer transformed archaeology in mexicoand. Does dna evidence prove the book of mormon is false. It is important to remember that most dna apologists defending the book of mormon, do so on the assumption that lehi and his family made a small genetic impact in the americas. This is another in my series of article on challenging questions that missionaries will likely face. Nwaf and ferguson were tasked by byu and the church in the 1950s and 1960s to find archaeological evidence to support the book of mormon.
Woodward, southerton, luke hutchison currently at mit completing his doctorate. The chief claim, and the premise of the entire book, is that hebrews carried the message of the coming messiah on a voyage across the atlantic. Nov 22, 2006 if mormonism is true, we should expect a dna similarity between people of hebrew origin and native americans, whom mormons call lamanites. This view finds no acceptance outside of mormonism. Anyone who disagrees with the content of this video, didnt watch it. This book exposes the underlying truth behind joseph smiths original fraudulent claims and modernday fictional mormon teachings.
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