About this episode
Join us with Australian geneticist Simon Southerton as we break down with Australian geneticist Simon Southerton the Heartland model of Book of Mormon geography which proposes that the events described in the Book of Mormon took place, primarily, in the heartland of North America. The main proponent of this model, Rodney Meldrum, and his followers have been described as a "movement" that could transform the LDS Church. Simon will explain how one of the main pieces of "evidence" that the FIRM enterprise promotes is built on a single questionable claim which Meldrum has been making for over 15 years even after being corrected by several non-Mormon scientists, Simon himself, FairMormon, and LDS scholars at BYU, including Ugo Perego. Show Notes: "The fight over Book of Mormon Geography," by Michael DeGroote, Deseret News , May 27, 2010 “An Outsider’s View of Mormon Archaeology with Dr. Michael Coe” on Mormon Stories “LIDAR, Response to John Sorenson, and the Book of Mormon with MesoAmerican Archaeologist Dr. Michael Coe” on Mormon Stories Dean Sessions' Universal Model Rod Meldrum's FIRM Foundation (Foundation for Indigenous Research and Mormonism) "How Heartland Began and Continues," by Rod Meldrum with input from Rian Nelson "Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History," by Deborah A. Bolnick, et. al., Book of Mormon Archeological Foundation , 2012 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton by Douglas W. Owsley Face of a Nephite: DNA Studies and the Book of Mormon by David Read Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church by Simon G. Southerton ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord Contact Us! * MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117