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Written by Caitrin   
Friday, 28 August 2009
I was wondering what the general feeling among regular LDS people is towards evolution vs creationism. I know that no official denial or acceptance for evolution has been issued but i wondered if attitudes were a little like my upbringing - my mum always taught me that the bible is as many thousands of years old as the earth and that 7 days to God may as well be seven millenia - or whether creationism or evolution were accepted as the truth wholesale.

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1. Evolution is a Theory, It is False
Mormons are Christians and as a Christian you must always agree with God's word. And Creationism is God's word. He made man from Dust and breathed into him the breath of life. Evolution is also no longer supported by the Scientific community and has been proven wrong on numerous occasions. It is also utterly ridiculous. So to your answer yes there is Denial of it because it is false.
John
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09-11-2009 14:24
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Comment #1 is incorrect when he claims the Scientific community no longer supports evolution. The majority of scientists still cling to this theory as the only valid answer to the question of where did we come from. 
If one accepts Adam as being the first man, then he must believe that death came into the world from Adam through his fall. If there was no Adam, then there could have been no fall and if there was no fall there was no need for a savior. Evolution is false when it claims that Adam was not the first man and that there is no savior. 
I might ask evolutionists to explain how the brain evolved into what it is today. If we are the product of evolution, then our brain would be sufficient for our needs, but no more. The capacity of our brain is considerably larger than any of us ever use. Why the massive overkill?
Jack
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10-05-2009 20:46
3. Elder
Comment 1 and 2 are not speaking on behalf of the Church, and comment one is completely incorrect, whereas the subtle denial in comment two is also incorrect. People are allowed to have their own opinions, and it is of my opinion that one should not pretend the Church endorses an \"anti-evolutionary\" attitude. Fundamental and Orthodox Christians and Mormons alike will forever believe in a global flood, creationism, and Adam living to be 1000. There is nothing wrong with that, as scientific theory is not essential nor a factor for Salvation
 
You will be hard pressed to find an LDS science professor who calls evolution \"proven wrong on numerous occasions\" or \"utterly ridiculous\". John A. Widtsoe, B H Roberts, and Henry E Eyring, each of which were Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ, all understood and accepted the basics premises of the theory of evolution.  
 
John E Talmage had this to say in his journal of the subject: \"‘[B]elief in a loving 
God perfectly accords with my reverence for science, and I can see no 
reason why the evolution of animal bodies cannot be true—as indeed the 
facts of observation make it difficult to deny—and still the soul of man is 
of divine origin.’\" 
 
Evolution is not an atheistic point of view, and it is adopted as a true science by almost all Latter-day Saint Scientists that I am aware of, or ever have been aware of.  
 
Also, remember Brigham Young also had this to say: 
\"In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of science in any particular...whether the Lord found the earth empty and void, whether he made it out of nothing or out of the rude elements; or whether he 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. If we understood the process of creation there would be no mystery about it, it would be all reasonable and plain, for there is no mystery except to the ignorant. \" 
 
Truth, as I would see it. 
 
Here is a link to an article called  
The Mormon Myth of Evil Evolution
Justin Hume
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11-20-2009 13:00

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