LDS Media Talk

Jill Larsen just posted a great blog about The Book of Mormon and DNA.

She refutes the claims by some people that DNA studies conclude that Book of Mormon can’t be what it claims to be. This is based on the false premise that the Book of Mormon is the complete history of all people who lived in the Americas. If you believe that the Book of Mormon is the entire history, then, the argument goes, DNA studies show that demographics are too diverse to be the complete history of the American continents. Therefore, they claim that DNA proves the Book of Mormon is false or is just an ordinary book.

Jill’s blog shows that the Book of Mormon is only a partial history of a particular group of people in the Americas; the book itself shows that other peoples also inhabited the Americas at the same time. Therefore, the entire basis of the argument is null and void. The Book of Mormon never claims to be the entire history. It’s exactly what it claims to be.

For more information about the Book of Mormon and DNA, refer to:

• DNA and the Book of Mormon, L. A. Times
• DNA and the Book of Mormon, by David G. Stewart Jr.
• DNA and the Book of Mormon: A Phylogenetic Perspective, by Michael F. Whiting
• Does DNA Evidence Refute the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon? video by Dr. Michael F. Whiting
• Book of Mormon - DNA, from Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
• Addressing Questions surrounding the Book of Mormon and DNA Research, by John M. Butler
• The Book of Mormon, description on the Official Site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• The Book of Mormon, information from Mormon.org

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