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Revision as of 14:13, 28 July 2008
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Criticism
Critics charges that Latter-day Saints are required to accept a strictly literal interpretation of Biblical events such as:
- The creation of the earth in seven days
- The account of the creation of Adam and Eve
- The story of the Tower of Babel
- The Flood of Noah being global in nature
Source(s) of the criticism
- Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 143. ( Index of claims )
Response
The creation of the earth
The creation of Adam and Eve
The Tower of Babel
The Flood of Noah
Main article: Global or local Flood
Conclusion
Endnotes
None
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR web site
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