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|claim=The website quotes Joseph Fielding Smith as saying, “I say most emphatically, you cannot believe in this theory [of evolution] of the origin of man, and at the same time accept the plan of salvation as set forth by the Lord our God.” | |claim=The website quotes Joseph Fielding Smith as saying, “I say most emphatically, you cannot believe in this theory [of evolution] of the origin of man, and at the same time accept the plan of salvation as set forth by the Lord our God.” | ||
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*Note that this Joseph Fielding Smith quote was originally presented by the site as part of a "First Presidency statement." This was incorrect. | *Note that this Joseph Fielding Smith quote was originally presented by the site as part of a "First Presidency statement." This was incorrect. | ||
*Church members are not required to reject evolution. Many believe the God used evolution as part of His divine plan of creation. | *Church members are not required to reject evolution. Many believe the God used evolution as part of His divine plan of creation. | ||
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|claim=The question is posed by the website, "Does the sun get its light from Kolob?" | |claim=The question is posed by the website, "Does the sun get its light from Kolob?" | ||
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*We all know that the sun generates its light through thermonuclear fusion, and this is a question which no investigator would ever be likely to ask. | *We all know that the sun generates its light through thermonuclear fusion, and this is a question which no investigator would ever be likely to ask. | ||
*The Book of Abraham states that “the sun [is said] to borrow its light from Kolob through the medium of Kae-e-vanrash, which is the grand Key, or, in other words, the governing power (Abraham Fac 2,Fig 5). | *The Book of Abraham states that “the sun [is said] to borrow its light from Kolob through the medium of Kae-e-vanrash, which is the grand Key, or, in other words, the governing power (Abraham Fac 2,Fig 5). | ||
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|claim=The website claims that "According to the Book of Abraham, God lives on a planet called Kolob which gives the sun its light." | |claim=The website claims that "According to the Book of Abraham, God lives on a planet called Kolob which gives the sun its light." | ||
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*This is incorrect. The Book of Abraham does NOT say that God "lives on a planet called Kolob." It says that Kolob is "near unto" God. Kolob appears to be the name of a star. | *This is incorrect. The Book of Abraham does NOT say that God "lives on a planet called Kolob." It says that Kolob is "near unto" God. Kolob appears to be the name of a star. | ||
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|claim=The website asks, "What about the dinosaurs?" It goes on to state that "There was no death before the fall of Adam, not even the death of animals." | |claim=The website asks, "What about the dinosaurs?" It goes on to state that "There was no death before the fall of Adam, not even the death of animals." | ||
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*Some LDS leaders have interpreted LDS scripture to teach that there was no death prior to the Fall of Adam for all plants and animals. | *Some LDS leaders have interpreted LDS scripture to teach that there was no death prior to the Fall of Adam for all plants and animals. | ||
*Some LDS leaders have seen pre-Fall death of plants and/or animals as compatible with LDS doctrine, with the doctrine of "no death" applying only to Adam and Eve within the garden, and not the wider physical creation. | *Some LDS leaders have seen pre-Fall death of plants and/or animals as compatible with LDS doctrine, with the doctrine of "no death" applying only to Adam and Eve within the garden, and not the wider physical creation. | ||
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|claim=The website speculates, "Though there is no official doctrine, this narrows it down to only a handful of possibilities." They then quote two possibilities: 1) That humans and dinosaurs coexisted and only went extinct a few thousand years ago and 2) That they never existed alive on this earth at all. | |claim=The website speculates, "Though there is no official doctrine, this narrows it down to only a handful of possibilities." They then quote two possibilities: 1) That humans and dinosaurs coexisted and only went extinct a few thousand years ago and 2) That they never existed alive on this earth at all. | ||
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*The website omits the third (and most popular) option listed on the FAIR Wiki page from which this material was taken: That the earth is very old, that there was death before the Fall, and that the dinosaurs lived and died in a era long before the story of Adam and Eve begins. | *The website omits the third (and most popular) option listed on the FAIR Wiki page from which this material was taken: That the earth is very old, that there was death before the Fall, and that the dinosaurs lived and died in a era long before the story of Adam and Eve begins. | ||
*The Church does not take an official position on this issue. | *The Church does not take an official position on this issue. | ||
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|claim=The website poses the rather offensive question, "Where did black people come from?" They then answer that "According to the Book of Mormon and LDS interpretations of the Bible, dark skin is brought on by wickedness." | |claim=The website poses the rather offensive question, "Where did black people come from?" They then answer that "According to the Book of Mormon and LDS interpretations of the Bible, dark skin is brought on by wickedness." | ||
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*The "Curse of Cain" was a ''Protestant'' invention that was used as a religious justification for slavery in the 1800's. | *The "Curse of Cain" was a ''Protestant'' invention that was used as a religious justification for slavery in the 1800's. | ||
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Polygamy & Polyandry | A FAIR Analysis of: FutureMissionary.com A work by author: Anonymous
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The positions that the FutureMissionary article "Mormon Beliefs & Science" appears to take are the following:
What the church requires is only belief 'that Adam was the first man of what we would call the human race.' Scientists can speculate on the rest.
Gordon B. Hinckley in 2002; cited in Elaine Jarvik, "Beliefs on Darwin's evolution vary from religion to religion," Deseret Morning News (19 January 2006).
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And the Lord said unto me: These are the governing ones; and the name of the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me, for I am the Lord thy God: I have set this one to govern all those which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest.
The website poses the question, "How old is the Earth?"
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