by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“He [Brigham Young] unmistakably declares man’s origin to be altogether of a celestial character – that not only is his spirit of heavenly descent, but his bodily organization too, – that the latter is not taken from the lower animals, but from the...
by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[W]here was there ever a father without first being a son? Whenever did a tree or anything spring into existence without a progenitor? And everything comes in this way.” Joseph Smith, Jr., 16 June 1844, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“We therefore learn that periods of time for the Creation may have lasted 24 hours each, 1,000 years, or even millions of years. The periods of time are indeterminate in length; as one phase of the creation was finished, the next began. Therefore the age of the earth...
by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“As for the Bible account of the creation we may say that the Lord gave it to Moses, or that Moses obtained the history and traditions of the fathers, and from them picked out what he considered necessary, and that account has been handed down from age to age, and we...
by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“While most Utah biologists are strong Mormons, we found (almost) none who believe in Special Creation as against evolution… [The belief among Mormon scientists that evolution was] apparently God’s method of creating species… was close to 100 percent true of...
by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Upon the fundamental doctrines of the Church we are all agreed. Our mission is to bear the message of the restored gospel to the world. Leave geology, biology, archaeology, and anthropology, no one of which has to do with the salvation of the souls of mankind, to...
