Secondary Questions / Book of Mormon
Does DNA evidence disprove the Book of Mormon?
What the question is
Scientific studies of Native American DNA do not establish a single Israelite origin. The Book of Mormon does not claim to be the history of all peoples in the ancient Americas, and population genetics is more complicated than a simple ancestry test would suggest.
Where to read what the Church has published
How to weigh it
The Book of Mormon is the test. Read it, ask God, and let the witness — not a population-genetics study — decide.
A reminder before you scroll on
This is one secondary question. It is real. It is not, by itself, load-bearing. The primary questions are. If you have not yet worked through them — or if it’s been a while — start there.
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