{"id":2305,"date":"2010-05-17T04:48:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2010-05-17T04:48:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:48:57","slug":"dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The past several issues have established that DNA studies do not refute the historicity of the Book of Mormon. The flip side to this issue is the erroneous claim made by some Latter-day Saints that DNA studies prove the Book of Mormon.<\/p>\n<p>Because the pro-DNA argument is closely tied to a specific geographical model, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to reiterate that there is no official geography for Book of Mormon events. Eventually, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll discuss the various geography hypotheses and will offer the reasons why I believe that the Mesoamerican model fits best.<\/p>\n<p>But for now it&#8217;s important to understand that believing Latter-day Saints can respectfully disagree as to where the events described in the Book of Mormon took place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/mormon_voices\/michael_r_ash\/?id=14938\">MormonTimes &#8211; DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past several issues have established that DNA studies do not refute the historicity of the Book of Mormon. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn\u2019t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The past several issues have established that DNA studies do not refute the historicity of the Book of Mormon. The &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn\u2019t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-05-17T11:48:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/\",\"name\":\"DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-05-17T11:48:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-05-17T11:48:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Our Thoughts\",\"description\":\"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\",\"name\":\"Kim Siever\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Siever\"},\"description\":\"Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. I have been married 27 years, and we have 6 children. Sunday school president. Served in the Utah Provo Mission.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/author\/kim-siever\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn\u2019t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either","og_description":"The past several issues have established that DNA studies do not refute the historicity of the Book of Mormon. The &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn\u2019t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/","og_site_name":"Our Thoughts","article_published_time":"2010-05-17T11:48:57+00:00","author":"Kim Siever","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kim Siever","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/","name":"DNA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prove Book of Mormon historicity, either","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-05-17T11:48:57+00:00","dateModified":"2010-05-17T11:48:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/05\/17\/dna-doesn%e2%80%99t-prove-book-of-mormon-historicity-either\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/","name":"Our Thoughts","description":"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1","name":"Kim Siever","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kim Siever"},"description":"Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. I have been married 27 years, and we have 6 children. Sunday school president. Served in the Utah Provo Mission.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/author\/kim-siever\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions\/2306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}