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| {{Resource Title|Mormonism and science}}
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| *It is claimed that Mormons believe that if there is a conflict between science and religion, that the science is incorrect.
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| *It is claimed that Mormonism reserves the right to identify scientific truth.
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| Latter-day Saints are not required to discard science in favor of religion. Many Latter-day Saints are heavily involved in scientific research without suffering a loss of faith. Not only do we believe that science is continually being updated, but that Gospel knowledge will be updated as well. As the 9th Article of Faith states:
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| :''We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.''
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| We acknowledge that ''we do not understand everything'' regarding the manner in which God created the earth, but we have been assured through revelation that at some future time we will be allowed to understand these things. Neither religion nor science knows everything, but revelation provides us with sufficient knowledge to obtain salvation. In religion, as in science, all should be constantly seeking for the "further light and knowledge" that comes from God.
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| {{Epigraph|Is there any conflict between science and religion? There is no conflict in the mind of God, but often there is conflict in the minds of men.{{ref|eyring.2}}<br>
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| —Henry Eyring, developer of the Absolute Rate Theory of chemical reactions: One of the most important developments of 20th-century chemistry.}}
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| {{Epigraph|In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of science in any particular...whether the Lord found the earth empty and void, whether he made it out of nothing or out of the rude elements; or whether he made it in six days or in as many millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject. If we understood the process of creation there would be no mystery about it, it would be all reasonable and plain, for there is no mystery except to the ignorant.<br>
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| —{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=14|start=116|disc=16|date=May 14, 1871}} }}
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| {{Epigraph|Latter-day Saints should strive to use both science and religion to extend knowledge and to build faith. But those who do so must guard against the significant risk that efforts to end the separation between scientific scholarship and religious faith will only promote a substandard level of performance, where religion and science dilute one another instead of strengthening both.<br><br>For some, an attempt to mingle reason and faith can result in irrational scholarship or phony religion, either condition demonstrably worse than the described separation.<br>
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| —{{Book:Oaks:Life's Lessons Learned|pages=58-59}}}}
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| {{:Mormonism and science/Determining truth}}
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| ===Science and LDS scripture===
| | While doctrine is often the main focus of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, sometimes questions concerning how science affects and applies to the gospel arise. Below are links to multiple topics that address science in application to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
| {{:Book of Abraham/Astronomy}}
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| * Book of Mormon
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| |link=Book of Mormon archaeology
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| |link=Book of Mormon/DNA evidence
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| |summary=DNA samples taken from modern Native Americans do not match the DNA of modern inhabitants of the Middle East. Critics argue that this means the Book of Mormon's claim that Native Americans are descended from Lehi must be false, and therefore the Book of Mormon is not an ancient record as Joseph Smith claimed.
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| =={{Endnotes label}}==
| | <i><b> Approaching Science </i></b> |
| | * [[:Mormonism and science/Determining truth]] |
| | * [[:Mormonism and science/Latter-day Saint approaches]] |
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| #{{note|eyring.2}} {{Book:Eyring:Reflections of a Scientist|pages=2}}
| | <i><b> Science Concerns and Topics </i></b> |
| | * [[:Mormonism and science/Latter-day Saint attitude toward]] |
| | * [[:Mormonism and science/Creation and related issues]] |
| | * [[:Book of Mormon/Archaeology]] |
| | * [[:Book of Mormon/DNA evidence]] |
| | * [[:Mormonism and science/Latter-day Saint attitude toward]] |
| | * [[:Mormonism and science/Nature of Flood]] |
| | * [[:Intelligent life on other worlds]] |
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