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==Criticism==
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*Critics claim that Mormons believe that if there is a conflict between science and religion, that the science is incorrect.
*Critics claim that Mormonism reserves the right to identify scientific truth.


===Source(s) of the criticism===
*{{AntiBook:Southerton:Losing|pages=135&ndash;136}}


==Response==
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===Biodiversity versus the flood of Noah===
{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Global or local Flood]]}}


====Did the continents separate during the flood of Noah?====
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===Age of the Earth===


====Do Mormons believe that the Earth only 6000 years old?====


===Dinosaurs===
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{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Dinosaurs]]}}


===Evolution and the origin of Man===
{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Evolution]]}}


===Archaeology and the Book of Mormon===
{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Book of Mormon archaeology]]}}


===Predestination===
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.
{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Free will and science]]}}


===Burning in the bosom===
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{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Burning in the bosom]]}}


Secular critics attempt to associate the "burning in the bosom" to chemical processes that occur in the brain.
<i><b> Approaching Science </i></b>
* [[:Mormonism and science/Determining truth]]
* [[:Mormonism and science/Latter-day Saint approaches]]


===Statements made by past prophets regarding science===
<i><b> Science Concerns and Topics </i></b>
{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Changing doctrine]]}}
* [[: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]]


===Genetics===
{{Critical sources box:Mormonism and science/CriticalSources}}
{{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Book of Mormon and DNA evidence]]}}
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==Conclusion==
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[[es:El Mormonismo y la ciencia]]
 
[[pt:Mormonismo e Ciências]]
 
==Endnotes==
 
''None''
 
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==Further reading==
*Henry Eyring, ''Reflections of a Scientist'', (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983)
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===Printed material===

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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.

Approaching Science

Science Concerns and Topics

Source(s) of the criticism
Critical sources
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