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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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− | ===Some 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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− | ==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/apol/ai195.html FAIR resources on the website]
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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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− | *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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− | *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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− | *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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− | ===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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