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− | ==Criticism==
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− | 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.
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− | ==Response==
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− | The response should be brief and summary in nature.
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− | ==Conclusion==
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− | A summary of the argument against the criticism.
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− | ==Further reading==
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− | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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− | *[[Logical_falacies#Straw_man| Straw man fallacy]]
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− | ===FAIR web site===
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− | *[http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/woodward01/ "DNA and the Book of Mormon,"] (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, 2003
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− | *Michael R. Ash, [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/brochures/BoMDNA.pdf Is An Historical Book of Mormon Compatible With DNA Science
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− | *Kevin L. Barney, [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/bom/bom08.html "A Brief Review of Murphy and Southerton's "Galileo Event.","] (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, February 2003) A review of an article on DNA and the Book of Mormon that appeared in ''Anthropology News.''
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− | *Brant A. Gardner, [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/bom/bom07.html "The Tempest in a Teapot: DNA Studies and the Book of Mormon,"] (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, January 2003)
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− | *Cooper Johnson, [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/bom/bom01.html "DNA and the Book of Mormon,"] (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, March 2002)
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− | *Greg Kearney, [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/humor/humor07.html "DNA and the Book of Mormon,"] (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, October 2003) - cartoon
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− | *Daniel Peterson, [http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/conf/2003PetD.html "Random Reflections on the Passing Scene,"] (2003 FAIR Conference presentation.)
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− | *David Stewart, [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/bom/bom12.html DNA and the Book of Mormon].
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− | *Scott Woodward, [http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/woodward01/ "DNA and the Book of Mormon,"] (2001 FAIR Conference presentation.)
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− | ===External links===
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− | *[http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=jbms&id=231&previous=L3B1YmxpY2F0aW9ucy9ib29rb2Ztb3Jtb252aWV3LnBocA== "The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History,"] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' (Provo: FARMS, 2000), 66–84
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− | *John M. Butler, [http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/Butler_DNA.pdf "A Few Thoughts from a Believing Scientist,"] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2003), 36–37
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− | *Jeff Lindsay, [http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/DNA.shtml "Does DNA evidence refute the Book of Mormon,"] (December 2002
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− | *Jeff Lindsay, [http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/DNA.shtml "Does DNA Evidence Refute the Book of Mormon?,"] (2003)
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− | *D. Jeffrey Meldrum and Trent D. Stephens, [http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/Stephens_Meldrum_DNA.pdf "Who Are the Children of Lehi,"] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2003), 38–
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− | *Daniel C. Peterson, [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=503 “Prolegomena to the DNA Articles,”] ''FARMS Review'' 15:2 (2003): 25–34.
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− | *Matthew Roper, [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=505 “Nephi's Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations,”] ''FARMS Review'' 15:2 (2003): 91–128.
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− | *Matthew Roper, [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=506 “Swimming the Gene Pool: Israelite Kinship Relations, Genes, and Genealogy,”] ''FARMS Review'' 15:2 (2003): 129–164
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− | *Brent Lee Shelton and Jonathan Marks, [http://www.gene-watch.org/genewatch/articles/14-5nativeidentity.html "Genetic Markers Not a Valid Test of Native Identity,"] (City Unknown: Council for Reponsible Genetics, 2002)
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− | *James E. Smith, [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=141 “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.
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− | *John L. Sorenson, [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=jbms&id=231 “The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History,”] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 9:2 (2000): 66–74.
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− | *John L. Sorenson and Matthew Roper, [http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/Sorenson_Roper_DNA.pdf "Before DNA,"] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2003), 6–23
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− | *Brian D. Stubbs, [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=507 “Elusive Israel and the Numerical Dynamics of Population Mixing,”] ''FARMS Review'' 15:2 (2003): 165–182.
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− | *John A, Tvedtnes, [http://www.ldsmag.com/ancients/050711dna.html "Interpreting the DNA Data and the Book of Mormon Part I,"] ''MeridianMagazine.com'' (17 July 2005) *John A. Tvedtnes, [http://meridianmagazine.com/ancients/050712dna2.html "Interpreting the DNA Data and the Book of Mormon Part II,"] ''MeridianMagazine.com'' (17 July 2005*John A. Tvedtnes, [http://meridianmagazine.com/ancients/050713dna3.html "Interpreting the DNA Data and the Book of Mormon Part III,"] ''MeridianMagazine.com'' (17 July 2005) *Michael F. Whiting, [http://farms.byu.edu/multimedia/viewmovie.php?id=1 "DNA and the Book of Mormon: A Phylogenetic Perspective,"] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2003), 24–35 *Michael F. Whiting, [http://farms.byu.edu/multimedia/viewmovie.php?id=1 "Does DNA Evidence Refute the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon?,"] (Provo, Utah: FARMS, January 2003) A 45-minute video presentation
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− | ===Printed material===
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− | *Blake T. Olser, “Assessing the Logical Structure of DNA Arguments Against the Book of Mormon,” Part I of II, ''Sunstone'' (December 2004):70–72.
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− | ===Source(s) of the Criticism===
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− | *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).
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− | *Simon G. Southerton, ''Losing a Lost Tribe : Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church'', (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004).
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