Jeff Lindsay
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This article is about the amateur Mormon apologist and professional engineer. For the fiction writer, see Jeff Lindsay (writer).
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay is a chemical engineer and patent agent[1] who received attention as an amateur apologist for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to his current professional position as Corporate Patent Strategist and Senior Research Fellow at Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah, Wisconsin, he was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.
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[edit] Apologetic career
Apart from his professional activities, he is also known for his writings dealing with the purported plausibility of the Book of Mormon and to a lesser extent for his work in Mormon history, in particular responding to various statements from Anti-Mormon sources and frequently asked questions about the LDS Church. He is also the author of the pro-LDS blog, Mormanity.
Lindsay has written an article Does DNA Evidence Refute the Book of Mormon?, in which he concluded that many Latter-day Saints incorrectly assumed that Lehi's group was the primary genetic source for all Native Americans and recommended that such errant assumptions be abandoned. Additionally, he noted that the Book of Mormon does not make such claims regarding Lehi and therefore only encourages a more enlightened view rather than complete abandonment of the Book of Mormon.[2]
Lindsay's work in Mormon history has attracted the attention of various Mormon apologists, including the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies.
His claims are also frequently criticized[3]. For example, Richard Abanes, a writer critical of Mormonism, refers to Lindsay's work as "numerous self-published articles, not scholarly, extremely biased, articles often based on misinformation."[4] Some LDS people also disagree with some of his viewpoints. [5]
Lindsay holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering but has no formal education in molecular biology, Mormon history, or any of the many topics he explores on his Website.
[edit] Work outside Mormonism
Lindsay has published more than 50 papers dealing with the use of fluid dynamics in the paper and pulp industry, mostly for the Tappi Journal by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. (TAPPI)[1] In his position at Kimberly-Clark he also has been an inventor, co-listed on more than 80 United States patents filed for his employer, in the fields of chemical treatments of cellulose, RFID-related products, personal care products and paper engineering.[6]
Lindsay is an outspoken critic of block scheduling in North American secondary schools. His writings[7] and other information posted on his website have been used as a resource by those seeking to promote or stop the introduction of block scheduling in their school.[8]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Resume for Jeff Lindsay (SHTML). jefflindsay.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-06.
- ^ Jeffrey D. Lindsay. Does DNA Evidence Refute the Book of Mormon?. lds.org. Retrieved on 2006-06-24. A more recent version of his paper can be found on his web site.
- ^ For an example of a point-by-point dealing with some of Lindsay's points, see this blog entry from exmormon.org
- ^ Richard Abanes. 1-56858-283-8&id=Iy-F3Dg3LccC&pg=PA616&lpg=PA616&dq=jeff+lindsay&sig=WtncZxe9fuVQVUJ3V2cVPy5tFlo One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church. http://books.google.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-17.
- ^ For example, LDS member Mel Tungate, a noted student of Mormon history and employee of Hitachi Data Systems, has written : Please note that Jeff Lindsay has written an unkind rebuttal of this ( Steve LeSueur's ) book, and I fully dismiss Lindsay's work here as almost totally inaccurate. Mel Tungate. LDS Missouri Period. www.tungate.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-08.
- ^ For a more complete list see search results for patents and published pending patent applications for Jeffrey Lindsay in Wisconsin.
- ^ Most notably, The Case Against Block Scheduling, a page which as of Jan. 7, 2006 is the number 1 hit on Google for a search of the term "block schedule" and number 2 for "block schedule".
- ^ For example, Lincoln County Schools: Policies and Issues identified information acquired on Lindsay's website as helping eliminate block scheduleing at Lincoln County schools ("The Shillalah scoops the News-Times" (March 21, 1999). Shillalah (Waldport High School student newspaper). See section titled "LCSD philosophy and practice regarding libraries and literacy," 2nd paragraph.
[edit] External links
- JeffLindsay.com, Lindsay's website
