by Dan Wees | Nov 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Strange theories, however devoid of truth and contrary to divine revelation, find plenty of advocates and believers so long as they are put forth in the name of science… “Adam was no gorilla, no squalid savage of doubtful humanity; but a perfect man in...
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...
