Throw it Away

Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, Vol. 5:112-117, ‘Organic Evolution and the Age of Man’: Question: “Since reading your book, Man: His Origin, and Destiny, I have been troubled by your difference in view of organic evolution and the age of man and the teachings of some of our most outstanding scientists who maintain … Read more

No Death Before the Fall of Adam

Image:Tyrannosaurus, Frankfurt Museum. Age: approximately 70 million years.  From the current (2017) publication of the LDS Bible Dictionary. Topic: ‘Death’: Latter-day revelation teaches that there was no death on this earth before the Fall of Adam. Indeed, death entered the world as a direct result of the Fall (2 Ne. 2:22; Moses 6:48). 2 Nephi 2:22: 22 … Read more

Young Earth

Image: The Venus of Willendorf is an 11.1-centimetre-high (4.4 in) statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between about 28,000 and 25,000 BCE.(Venus of Willendorf) From The Doctrine and Covenants section 77. Question and answer session regarding the revelations of St. John: 6 Q. What are we to understand by the book … Read more