Science and the Church of Jesus Christ

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Science and the Church of Jesus Christ

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.

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Approaching Science

• Mormonism and science/Determining truth
• Mormonism and science/Latter-day Saint approaches

Science Concerns and Topics

• 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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Source(s) of the criticism

Critical sources

Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 74. ( Index of claims ) Duwayne R. Anderson, Farewell to Eden: Coming to terms with Mormonism and Science (First Books Library, 2003), 1–. John Dehlin,"348-349: Simon Southerton, DNA, Lamanites and the Book of Mormon," Mormon Stories Podcast (21 May 2012).   http://mormonstories.org/348-349-simon-southerton-dna-lamanites-and-the-book-of-mormon/ Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 135–136. ( Index of claims )