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Who Is Right In the Evolution Debate?Many youth in the LDS church become confused when they see the living prophets and the scriptures constantly talk about Adam and Eve being created by the hand of God; while at the same time they hear in their science classes and from television that Adam and Eve never existed and that modern humans evolved from a "first living cell" which existed hundreds of millions of years ago. So who is right? As the book on this website will show, the theory of evolution is scientific nonsense and exists only in the vivid imaginations of scientists. Actual scientific data from real human DNA completely supports the claims of the scriptures and the prophets that Adam and Eve, the first homo sapiens sapiens, could NOT have lived on this earth more than a few thousand years ago and could NOT have descended from animals which lived hundreds of millions of years ago. In fact, a mathematical analysis of how the theory of evolution had to have happened (at the DNA level) will demonstrate that it is mathematically insane to believe the theory of evolution. Scientists today use 19th century unscientific, descriptive morphology as their "evidence" for the theory of evolution and completely refuse to consider the 21st century highly technical science of mathematical and statistical DNA analysis. When the scientific establishment talks about DNA they only assume that DNA evidence favors the theory of evolution; but the scientific facts are that the evidence of DNA is overwhelming against the theory of evolution.
About This WebsiteThis website contains a free, 407 page book, both in "pdf" format and "html" format, which discusses the differences between the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the theory of evolution. This website also contains an article, which is about 20 pages long, in "pdf" format, which compares the similarities of the doctrines of the anti-Christ Korihor (found in Alma chapter 30 of the Book of Mormon) to the modern day theory of evolution. This website also has a copy of a 1909 statement of the first presidency of the church regarding the origin of man. Links to these three documents, and other web pages, can be found below. Note: No book or article which discusses the theory of evolution is endorsed by the LDS church unless they are part of official church publications. Thus, this book represents only the opinions of the author.
The Official LDS Church Position on the Theory of EvolutionSome people assume the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Latter-Day Saint or LDS church) is neutral on the subject of the theory of evolution. Nothing could be further from the truth. The first official publication of the LDS church regarding the theory of evolution was the Book of Mormon, which is a history of the people of the Americas between the time of the Tower of Babel and about 400 years after Christ. The Book of Mormon was first published in 1830. One of the main characters in the Book of Mormon was the anti-Christ Korihor (Alma 30). While the main book on this website covers the fact that Korihor taught the theory of evolution (Note: the Book of Mormon was published 29 years before the Origin of Species of Darwin), a special article has been written specifically to focus on a comparison of the teachings of Korihor to the teachings of Darwin's theory of evolution.
This article demonstrates very forcefully that the teachings of Korihor and the teachings of the theory of evolution are identical, even though the Book of Mormon was published long before Darwin's most famous book. The purpose of this short article, which is largely redundant with the first few chapter of the book on this website, is to focus on how the Book of Mormon considers the theory of evolution to be anti-Christ:
The next official document regarding the theory of evolution was published in 1909. This was a First Presidency message. To read the official statement of the LDS church on the subject of the theory of evolution, the 1909 statement of the First Presidency, called "The Origin of Man," can be found on this web page: In addition to the 1909 article, an official booklet issued by the First Presidency in 2004: True to the Faith - A Gospel Reference, while not specifically about evolution, describes church doctrines which are the very antithesis of the doctrines of the theory of evolution (e.g. See topics: Atonement of Jesus Christ; Creation; Fall; God the Father; etc.). This booklet is available on www.lds.org.
About The Book on This WebsiteThe free, 407 page eBook on this website, Prophets or Evolution - An LDS Perspective, actually covers two very diverse topics. The first twelve chapters provide a comparison of the teachings of the LDS church to the theory of evolution. This section is essentially a comparison of the doctrines of the LDS Church and the religious ramifications of the theory of evolution. The second section of this book (which starts with Chapter 13) is much longer than the first section and deals with the scientific issues of the theory of evolution, with an occasional mention of LDS doctrine. The scientific section makes no excuses for the theory of evolution and instead calls the theory of evolution: "scientific nonsense." Indeed, the concepts of "permutations of nucleotides," "genetic entropy," "patterns of intelligence" and "genetic chaos," all of which will be explained in detail, plus several other critical issues with regards to the scientific issues of the theory of evolution, completely render the theory of evolution as scientific nonsense. The book on this website is available in two forms: HTML or pdf.
The book in HTML format:
A printable version of this book (407 pages) is available in pdf format and can be read or downloaded from this link:
There is also a web page on links to other websites which discuss LDS doctrine versus the theory of evolution:
R. Webster Kehr
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