Science and Religion: Getting at the Truth of it All

An Essay of Roaming Proportions

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In the Middle Ages, according to Richard Dawkins, there was no science or so little anyway that religion was the only organization with any “answers” to life or after when we die. So, it would be natural to choose some kind of religion.

In this video, Mr. Dawkins has a debate with Brendan Flowers on Mormonism. Dawkins claims that the book of Mormon is a clear fake because of the word choices that Joseph Smith used mimicking the King James language and not using the vernacular of his time.

Mr. Flowers protests and tells Dawkins to do his research. Richard replies and said that he did do his research and then stated that Joseph Smith was actually convicted of being a charlatan.

What did Mormonism in for me was that he (Joseph Smith) elevated himself to being a prophet, claimed an angel showed him some golden plates upon which were scribed the book of Mormon in a different…