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Mormonism, science and the Bible
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- Biblical archaeology compared to the Book of Mormon
- Mormonism and the reconciliation of the Flood of Noah with scripture and Church teachings
Biblical archaeology compared to the Book of Mormon
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- Question: What criticisms are raised with regard to Book of Mormon archaeology compared to that of the Bible?
- Question: What archaeological evidence might be considered the minimal irrefutable proof needed to convince a non-believing world of the authenticity of the Nephite scripture?
- Question: How would an archaeologist distinguish a Christian's pot from that of a non-Christian?
- Question: What do we find when we turn to the records of the ancient (i.e. before A.D. 400) Americas?
- Question: How would Book of Mormon archaeology compare to that of the Bible?
- Question: What do we find in Mesoamerican archaeology with respect to place names, such as city names?
- Question: How does archaeology in the Old World compare to the first chapters in the Book of Mormon?
- Question: How does archaeology in the New World fit with the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Did Dee F. Green say that there is no such thing as Book of Mormon archaeology?
- Question: Should there be archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Does the Smithsonian Institution send out a letter regarding the use of the Book of Mormon as a guide for archaeological research?
The Flood
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- Question: Does the Church teach that the flood was a global event?
- What is genre?
- What is "concordism"?
- What is the genre of the flood story?
- What else can ancient near eastern culture teach us about the flood story?
- Does the New Testament tell us anything that can help?
- Question: Doesn't the Bible say that the continents were divided immediately after the Flood?
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The Bible/Science
The Mormon view of "Creatio ex nihilo"
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- Question: How did the mainstream Christian view that God created the universe out of nothing originate?
- Question: What were the early Christian beliefs about the creation?
- Question: How was the doctrine of creation altered to "creatio ex nihilo"?
- Question: Does Colossians 1:16 teach that Jesus created all things out of nothing?
- Question: Does what Joseph Smith taught about the creation of spirits contradict the scriptures?
- LDS doctrine rejects Neo-Plantonic accretions, but this does not make them automatically false
- Mormons and creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing)
- "Smith would have held his own in debating with" Neo-Platonists, Gnostics, and early Christian theologians
- Augustine's views about matter are perhaps less coherent than Joseph Smith's
- Non-LDS Christian Stephen H. Webb: Creedal Christians can learn from LDS views about Jesus Christ and creation
- Joseph Smith's theology is not pagan—his theology is vast as the multiverse, and eliminates Neo-Platonism and Augustine
Doctrine & Covenants 77:6 refers to "this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance"
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- Question: How do we reconcile the actual age of the earth to the "seven thousand years of its continuance" mentioned in D&C 77:6?
- Brigham Young (1871): "whether the Lord...made it in six days or in as many millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject"
- John S. Lewis: "Considering that Doctrine and Covenants 77:6 refers to “…this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence,” what led Phelps to speak of Earth as 2,555 million years old?"
- Improvement Era 1909 regards an ancient earth as consistent with scripture
- John A. Widtsoe in Improvement Era 1909 on the age of the earth
- Charles W. Penrose in Improvement Era 1909 on the age of the earth
- James E. Talmage, a geologist, spoke of the earth forming from other bodies
- Question: Was Brigham Young a "young earth creationist"?
- Question: How do dinosaurs fit into God's plan?
Mormonism and the theory of evolution
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Belief in a literal Adam and Eve
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- Question: Can Latter-day Saints have a non-literal view of the creation story, or have a somewhat more mythic view of the first five books of Moses given the Church's teaching of a historical Adam?
- Question: What is the Church's position on Adam and Eve?
- First Presidency statement (1931): "Leave geology, biology, archaeology and anthropology, no one of which has to do with the salvation of the souls of mankind, to scientific research"
- Question: How does the Church explain the existence of human-like beings on the earth prior to Adam?
Mormon perspectives on the concept of death on the entire earth before the Fall of Adam
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- Question: What does the Church teach on the subject of death before the Fall of Adam?
- Question: Was there no death on the entire earth before the Fall?
- Question: What was the state of things on the Earth prior to the placement of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?
- Question: What changes have been made to the Gospel Principles manual regarding the question of death on the earth before the Fall of Adam?
- Question: Is the concept of no death before the fall on the entire earth Church doctrine?
- Question: Did procreation exist before the Fall of Adam?
- Question: How does the Church explain the existence of human-like beings on the earth prior to Adam?
- First Presidency statement (1931): "Leave geology, biology, archaeology and anthropology, no one of which has to do with the salvation of the souls of mankind, to scientific research"
Fall of Adam and Eve
Summary: If it was God's plan for Eve to eat the fruit, then why did God forbid it? Why did God not simply create Adam and Eve as mortals?
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- Question: If God intended the Fall of Adam and Eve, why did he forbid the fruit? Why did he not simply create them as mortals?
- Question: If "the wages of sin is death" as described in Romans 6:23, and the fall of Adam and Eve was a transgression rather than a sin, then why did it introduce death into the world?
- Question: How did the transgression of Adam and Eve introduce sin into the world?
- Question: If the transgression of Adam and Eve was actually a blessing for them, then why did they feel guilty and afraid when God approached them in the Garden of Eden after they committed their transgression?
- Question: If the transgression of Adam and Eve resulted in physical and spiritual death, then why are we only subject to spiritual death for eternity if we do not repent?