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The First Book To Describe "Evolution" Was Not Written By Charles Darwin!!
Let us start with a question: what was the first book to describe the theory of evolution in detail, including the doctrine of natural selection, which Darwin claimed to discover?
Most people would say the Origin of Species, in 1859, by Charles Darwin.
But that is not the correct answer.
The first book to describe the theory of evolution, in detail, was the Book of Mormon which was published in 1830 in New York, which was 29 years before Darwin's first book!! The Book of Mormon is a religious history book, like the Bible, but was mostly written in the Americas and covers a period of time from the Tower of Babel to about 400 A.D.
While the Book of Mormon describes the theory of evolution in detail (in Alma 30; natural selection is described in verse 17), the Book of Mormon was extremely critical of the theory of evolution. In fact, the person who taught the theory of evolution was the only enemy of Christ's church who was referred to as an "anti-Christ" (Book of Mormon: Alma 30:6).
The name of the "anti-Christ" was Korihor, who preached in 74 B.C., which was before the birth of Christ.
No doubt part of the reason Korihor was called the "anti-Christ" was because he taught that God did not exist (Alma 30:28, 38, 43, 48, see: 52-53) and that Christ would never be born (Alma 30:6, 12, 13, 15, 23, 26).
All of Korihor's doctrines were, item by item, exactly the opposite of the doctrines taught by the prophets in his day (74 B.C.), such as Ammon and Alma the Younger. All of the other enemies of the church mentioned in the Book of Mormon taught a mixture or truth and error. But everything Korihor taught was the opposite of the truth.
The reason everything Korihor taught was the opposite of the doctrines of Christ was that Korihor was also the only enemy of the church who was taught his doctrines by a personal appearance of the devil (Alma 30:42, 53)!!
The great prophet Alma the Younger described Korihor's doctrines as being designed so that "[the devil] may destroy the children of God" (Alma 30:42). This was Alma the Younger's description of the goal of what we now call: the theory of evolution!!
This may explain why Korihor was also the only enemy of the church who was commanded to be struck dumb by a prophet of God (Alma 30:49-50).
The Book of Mormon was predicting the coming forth of the false and anti-Christ doctrines of the theory of evolution and it is a warning to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (i.e. LDS church or Mormon church), and to all others, about these false doctrines!!
The theory of evolution is generally considered to be an atheistic doctrine, though many people who believe in God also believe in the theory of evolution. The theory of evolution claims to prove that God was not necessary for the existence of mankind, meaning it claims to prove that mankind came to exist by a series of purely accidental events.
By claiming that God was not necessary for the creation of humans (by claiming that humans "evolved" from lower life forms), atheistic evolutionists try to convince people that God does not exist. Many of the more popular evolutionists today, such as Richard Dawkins, are avowed atheists.
Their claim is that mankind "evolved," starting with a single-celled organism which formed by a series of accidents. After this first living organism formed by accident, according to evolutionists, its DNA or RNA randomly and sequentially mutated into numerous slightly more advanced species until human DNA, and thus human beings, came to exist.
However, the Bible, in Genesis chapter 2, teaches that Adam was created by God. Furthermore, in the pre-existent world, before he was placed on this earth, Michael (i.e. Adam) was the Savior's top General in the "war of words" that determined who would be born on this earth with a physical body. See this quote from the Bible:
In other words, Michael (i.e. Adam) and Lucifer (i.e. satan) knew each other in the pre-existent world.
In addition to the Bible: the Book of Mormon (e.g. 1 Nephi 5:11, 2 Nephi 2: 19-25, etc.), the Doctrine and Covenants (e.g. Section 27:5-14, etc.), and the Pearl of Great Price (e.g. Moses 1:32-35, Moses 3:7-25, etc.) all testify that Adam was the first man and was created by God. He was also a great prophet, second only to Christ in Priesthood authority.
While Michael is still the General of Christ's forces, Lucifer has become the father of all lies. It was Lucifer who taught Korihor that Christ would never be born and he taught him the theory of evolution.
Because Adam (i.e. Michael) cast Lucifer out of heaven, it makes perfect sense that Lucifer would hate Adam and would invent a collection of doctrines to claim that Adam never existed!! These doctrines are at the core of the theory of evolution today.
The theory of evolution cannot claim that Christ never existed because He is a well-known historical figure, but evolutionists today claim that Christ was not the Son of God because they claim there is no God.
In summary, the Bible and LDS doctrine make it very clear that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, Adam and Eve, and Noah (also called Gabriel - next in line to Adam in priesthood authority per Teachings of Joseph Smith) and Noah's wife are real beings!!
Yet, the theory of evolution today denies that all seven of these people ever existed (technically atheists today must admit that Christ existed, but they claim He was not divine because they claim there is no God)!!
In this day of advanced science, what do atheists and others use as scientific evidence for the theory of evolution?
Their claim is to say that all life on Earth, and all objects in the Universe, began with an accidental explosion, called the "Big Bang."
The accidental Big Bang is claimed to have created 350 billion large galaxies and seven trillion dwarf galaxies, etc.!!
How could a single object, smaller than a pinhead, accidentally explode and contain enough mass to create 350 billion large galaxies??
Scientists also claim that the "Big Bang" eventually led to all planets and all life on this earth.
This claim was designed to convince people that God, Christ and the others just mentioned have never existed (or in the case of Christ, that He was not divine). Plus, without a belief in God there will be no belief in living prophets or life after death, as just two of many other examples of atheistic doctrines.
Speaking of the doctrines of evolution, Elder Russell M. Nelson, a medical doctor and member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the LDS church, posed: "Could an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary ... [that could] heal its own torn pages or reproduce its own newer editions?"
Elder Nelson is basically asking: "How could a gigantic, accidental explosion [i.e. the Big Bang], and a massive number of mindless accidents, have created the DNA strands of over a million complex species of plants and animals; where each species, after the first single-celled organism (which was created by a series of accidents according to evolution), came to exist by random, accidental mutations to the DNA of a previously existing species?"
Scientists today understand that human DNA has about 3.2 billion base-pairs of nucleotides, however, they have absolutely no clue what 97% of human DNA is used for!! It should be asked: how could something which contains a massive amount of incredibly complex information, which is far too complex for a human to comprehend, have come to exist by an explosion (i.e. the Big Bang) followed by many billions of accidents??
But human DNA is only one example of DNA. There are roughly a million other species of plants and animals which have unique and highly sophisticated DNA!!
The DNA of a plant or animal is like a computer program, but it is much more sophisticated than any computer program because it contains the genes (to make proteins) and algorithms/programs (to make the right kinds of cells and put them in their proper place), etc. to create a plant or animal.
Evolutionists will tell you that the DNA of these million species were put together by pure accidents, without any intelligence involved.
But how can you take an incomprehensibly complex computer program (e.g. the DNA structure of an animal) and randomly mutate it into an even more complex computer program (i.e. the DNA structure of a more advanced species of animal)??!!
For example, if you randomly added, changed and deleted a million nucleotides on the DNA of a baboon, chimpanzee, bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) or gorilla, in random locations, would you really expect to end up with a human being? Don't be absurd!!
Any computer programmer, who has extensive experience working with random number generators, will tell you that randomness never creates intelligence. Never!!
Any mathematician, who has extensive experience working with permutations of large numbers of objects (in this case large numbers of nucleotides), would tell you that viable permutations (which, for example, would create a viable animal) are such an incredibly small percentage of all possible permutations, that the theory of evolution cannot be true!!
For example, they will tell you that you can never take a highly complex computer program and randomly modify its executable code and end up with an even more complex computer program which has new features!!
There would be no need for computer programmers if this were true.
In fact, no functional computer program in the history of this earth was written exclusively by a random number generator which generated its binary code. Nor has a new functional computer program been created (with new features) by randomly modifying the binary code of an existing sophisticated computer program.
Yet DNA is far, far more sophisticated than any computer program ever written!!
Zero functional computer programs have been written by random number generators. Yet evolutionists claim that one million highly sophisticated DNA strands have been created by pure accidents, from the DNA of less sophisticated plants or animals!!
What is wrong with these numbers? What is wrong is that the claims of the evolutionists are total nonsense because of the discovery of DNA. Prior to the discovery of DNA the battle between the evolutionists and the "creation scientists" (i.e. those who believe God created all things) were all about whether the fossil record fit Darwin's predictions.
But after the discovery of DNA the evolution debate should have centered on a statistical analysis of DNA. But that has not happened because evolutionists know they will lose that battle!!
Computer programmers who have extensive experience working with random number generators, as I do, will tell you that you cannot convert the DNA of a mouse into the DNA of a more advanced species by randomly changing the DNA of the mouse!!
In fact, if you start randomly changing the DNA of a mouse you will very quickly end up with totally worthless DNA which cannot even create a mouse, much less a species superior to a mouse!!
Randomness always reduces intelligence, it never increases intelligence!!
But evolutionists claim just the opposite. They claim that evolution (i.e. pure randomness without any direction) is nearly perfect and almost always works the first time in creating the DNA for a new and improved species from the DNA of an old species.
The two free eBooks on this website demonstrate why randomness never "adds" intelligence and why it always "destroys" intelligence.
Computer simulations will demonstrate, quite forcefully, that in billions of attempts to randomly change the DNA of an existing species, in order to create a new and improved species, in not one single attempt would a new and improved species be created if at least one new gene were required and the location (i.e. the location on the DNA of each new, changed or deleted nucleotide) on the DNA was randomly chosen for each added, changed and deleted nucleotide!!
In short, to say that the theory of evolution would have had zero failures is mathematical nonsense in the extreme. Even if evolution were true; there would be many, many trillions of animals with defective DNA which would not have been able to reproduce but would have been worthless mutants.
So where are the trillions and trillions of mutated fossils (i.e. of dead and deformed animals whose randomly mutated DNA failed to create a viable new species) that evolution would create in trying to create all of the species that exist on this planet??
There are none. Evolutionists claim that over a million species were created by evolution, with virtually zero evidence of any failed attempts to create each new species. Mathematically speaking, this is far beyond ludicrous.
There is not enough space in this Universe to house all of the failures of evolution even if evolution were true. This is because randomness doesn't know where to put things or what to put in randomly chosen locations.
Computer simulations demonstrate that "random locations" means the set of nucleotides that are randomly changed will be fairly evenly spread across the entire DNA. But the concept of "new genes" being created by evolution requires clusters of random changes in very specific locations. The two concepts are exactly the opposite of each other.
As an example, if you took a soft copy of a fourth grade math textbook and randomly added, changed and deleted: spaces, letters and numbers, in randomly chosen locations, would you really expect to create a new fifth grade math textbook complete with new and more advanced math concepts and new and more advanced math problems, complete with the new answers? Never, no matter how many times you tried it!!
As with DNA, the random changes would be fairly evenly scattered throughout the textbook and there would be no new sections where new concepts could be taught. Furthermore, even if the changes were clustered the results would be pure gibberish.
Yet, evolutionists claim that the DNA of millions of different species were all RANDOMLY generated by accidental mutations to the DNA of a prior species (which they claim also had DNA which was randomly generated). Thus, they claim that human DNA can theoretically be traced back to a single-celled organism. And they claim that the errors of this process were few and far between.
In summary, evolutionists claim that the hundreds of increasingly complex and sophisticated species, from the first living cell to human DNA, were flawlessly created by sets of totally random mutations to the DNA of each successive species, with virtually zero errors in the process!! What nonsense!!
The complete absurdity of evolution (after the discovery of DNA) is so obvious, that the very day Watson and Crick announced they had discovered DNA, in 1953, the scientific establishment should have abandoned the theory of evolution and admitted their theories were wrong!! (Note: I am not talking about science teachers who are frequently told what to teach, I am talking about the scientific establishment which originates the bogus science of evolution.)
So why do evolutionists go to such extremes to claim that human DNA, and the DNA of more than a million other species, were created exclusively by nucleotides accidentally being added, changed or deleted to the DNA of a prior species?
The reason is that many of the leading evolutionists are also atheists and they are looking to get converts to atheism. The theory of evolution is the main missionary tool of atheism. Scientific evidence means nothing to them except that new discoveries require new tactics of deceptions.
So if the scientists, who are atheists and who push the theory of evolution, have zero valid scientific evidence for "evolution," how do they convince others to become atheists?
They do it by making the theory of evolution look popular and by using fraud, deceptions, assumptions and outright lies. For example, they may use simple, scientific facts and then use clever and deceptive definitions to make it appear that these simple facts are evidence for the theory of evolution. It is not science, it is recruiting people to become atheists by using deception.
In fact, bad mathematics and deceptive definitions are two of the main "evidences" for the theory of evolution. It takes seven chapters in my "Patterns of Intelligence" book to unravel several of their intertwined, highly deceptive deceptions!!
So if Christian churches, including the LDS church, claim that God created all species, it is perfectly fair to ask: Where did God come from?
The prophet Brigham Young, the second President of the LDS church and a contemporary of Darwin (they were born about 8 years apart), must have been asked about the origin of man with this type of question: "if Darwin was wrong, and if God created humans, then where did God come from?"
This was his answer:
President Young was making it very clear that we mortals cannot even begin to comprehend eternity and the origin of God. Could an amoeba comprehend the religious doctrines in the Bible or design the blueprints for a new skyscraper?? Try to teach an amoeba high school algebra to the point it can pass a test!!
Just like an amoeba could not comprehend the religious doctrines in the Bible, or design a new skyscraper, we humans do not have the intelligence to comprehend the origin of God or even to comprehend how God thinks!!
Brigham Young said this about God:
He is the Father of all, is above all, through all, and in you all [see Ephesians 4:6]; he knoweth all things pertaining to this earth, and he knows all things pertaining to millions of earths like this.
Perhaps the day will come (long after we are resurrected) when we can comprehend the origin of God. The scriptures tell us very clearly that we are literally the children of God and that we are joint heirs with Christ (see: Romans 8:16-18).
But just because we cannot comprehend eternity now, because we are literally the Children of God, we have far greater potential that we can currently comprehend.
The day will come when all will be resurrected, both the just and the unjust. We cannot conceive, at this time, the things we will be able to comprehend a million years after we are resurrected.
It is important to understand that God has a bright future in store for those who will keep his commandments or if needed, will change their ways. President George Q. Cannon said this about those who may need to change their ways:
And that is the difference between the theory of evolution and the true doctrine of God. Satan would have us believe that God does not exist (or that if He does exist He is a tyrant who wants us to fail) and that at death we cease to exist. But God would have us believe that we are His children and that we can become like Him and that He will help us succeed as we are ready!!!
President John Taylor, the third President of the LDS church, said:
It is impossible to find any two doctrines that are as opposite as the doctrines of evolution and the doctrines of the living prophets.
The doctrines of God are pure light and inspiring. They motivate us to move forward in our progression. The doctrines of evolution are dark and depressing because they cast humans as nothing but animals which have no purpose and cease to exist at death.
The free articles and free eBooks on this website will show that the true scientific evidence is overwhelmingly against the theory of evolution.
R. Webster Kehr, BYU 1972, 1974
This website is the home of two free eBooks and several articles which are definitely not favorable to the theory of evolution. The older book is over 400 pages long and the newer and more advanced "Patterns of Intelligence" book is over 260 pages long!!
Both of my eBooks can be read online and/or downloaded for free!! There are also several articles on this website. All articles and books are linked to below.
My email address is at the bottom of this page if you have any comments or questions or need help debating someone who believes the evolutionists. Don't forget to tell your friends about this website!!
Everything on this website is free, so let us now look at the free resources on this website.
This short article goes into more detail about prophets and evolution than what I just mentioned. However, if you plan on reading the Patterns of Intelligence book mentioned below, which is over 260 pages long, it is not necessary to read this article.
As a support to the above article, this spreadsheet shows the vast differences between what Korihor taught (i.e. what evolution teaches) and LDS doctrine. This spreadsheet goes verse by verse in Alma chapter 30 and explains the similarities between the teachings of Korihor and the doctrines of the theory of evolution. It also shows how each is the opposite of LDS doctrine:
Note: If you read the Patterns of Intelligence book mentioned below, it is not necessary to read this article.
The intentional deceptions of evolutionists, by the use of clever terminology, are why there is such a wide diversity of opinions about evolution among LDS scientists. Very few members of the church understand the sophistication of the deceptions of the scientific establishment.
While these discussions are also in the Patterns of Intelligence book, to be discussed in a moment, if you want a quick lesson in understanding the deceptive definitions used by the scientific establishment, this article is for you.
If you want a quick, high level overview of the Patterns of Intelligence book, this article has a short summary of each chapter in the 266 page medium-size this book:
While the large book on this website is the "B-2 Bomber" of anti-evolution books, this book is the "F-22 Raptor" of anti-evolution books. This free book is actually much more current on the issues of the great scientific deceptions which are going on and the mathematical reasons evolution cannot be true. However, it does not go into the depth of the long book on the mathematical reasons evolution cannot be true.
Did you know that if you listed all major LDS doctrines and then took the opposite of each of these doctrines you would end up with the theory of evolution doctrines!! This book will produce such a detailed list in Chapter 2.
In this book you will see one of the main arguments of the large book, called "Patterns of Intelligence." This eBook has some really cool graphs.
But there are many things in the medium size book which are not in the large book. For example, chapters 22 and 23 of this book contain an amazing discussion which demonstrates that there is no where near enough information on DNA to control the "morphing of the embryo" algorithms!! Either God Himself designed DNA (and we cannot even remotely understand it) or the morphing of the embryo has help from the other side of the veil. There is no other option!!
WATCH THIS VIDEO which has video images of the morphing of the embryo and then look at my two chapters on the mathematics of the morphing of the embryo and you will understand the absurdity of the theory of evolution:
Here is a link to the chapters in the medium-sized book. Each chapter is a file so it is easy to focus on one chapter at a time:
Here is a link to the medium-sized book in one file. As always, you are welcome to read it online, download it, or print it out:
This book is the "B-2 Bomber" of anti-evolution books. It demolishes the theory of evolution time after time and takes no enemies. The discovery of DNA has created an avalanche of ways to prove the theory of evolution is scientific nonsense.
This free eBook is available in both HTML and PDF formats and both versions can be looked at online or can be downloaded. For example, you can download the PDF version and print it out so you can mark it up. As always, you don't even need to tell me you downloaded it!!
The long eBook is called "Prophets or Evolution - An LDS Perspective," which:
The book in HTML format (by chapter):
A printable version of the entire book (407 pages) is available in pdf format and can be read or downloaded from this link. It can also be printed out:
The complete "Prophets or Evolution" book is over 400 pages. This is a link to one of the key chapters in the main eBook. This chapter is a high level overview of seven of the main scientific reasons the theory of evolution cannot be true. It also mentions seven other reasons evolution cannot be true. Here is a link to this chapter:
The 1909 statement of the First Presidency on the theory of evolution remains the official document of the church on the theory of evolution. This statement in 1909 was reprinted in the 2002 Ensign. It remains not only the official doctrine of the church, but the best description of the origin of man outside of the scriptures!! It is highly, highly recommended to the reader to study this document very carefully!!! It is unlike anything else you can read on the subject of evolution!!
Here is a link to this magnificent article:
Here is a 14 page article with my comments about the 1909 and 1910 statements of the First Presidency. My comments focus of the relationship between the statements of the First Presidency and what scientists knew between 1909 and 1953:
What kind of being is God?? To those who fear they may have sinned beyond the range of the atonement, there is a magnificent message in this general conference talk about the true nature of God!!
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:
Do you want to know the future of the LDS church? A general conference talk by President Spencer W. Kimball provides a clear vision of what the future of the LDS church will be.
This classic article by President Spencer W. Kimball explains about the false gods some members of the church (and to some degree all of us) worship. Its lesson applies directly to the youth of the church!!
Many attempts to lead the youth of the church astray are made by those who appear to be harmless or even friendly. This talk by Elder Neil L. Anderson, of the Quorum of the Twelve, is a warning to the youth of the church about those with "smiling eyes" who are not who they claim to be.
These two articles contains quotes from the scriptures and from the living prophets and apostles about the power of God, the future of the LDS church and the final triumph of good over evil.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is led by a "living prophet." This article is designed to clarify the role and importance of the President of the LDS church. It is mostly quotes of several prominent church leaders about the role and importance of the LDS church President.
These are quotes about membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The quotes come from the prophets and apostles.
This website has quotes from all of the Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and many of the Apostles of the church. There are many very powerful quotes on this website.
This is an outstanding video dealing with the theory of evolution, and especially the quotes of living prophets regarding the theory of evolution.
The official position of the LDS church on the theory of evolution is made very clear in this video!! Many quotes of presidents of the church and modern apostles are presented.
This video is highly recommended for anyone who wonders how the church leaders feel about Darwin and his theory of evolution.
To Obtain a Copy, Visit:
If you listen to the propaganda of the pro-evolution monopoly you might think that anyone who believes in creation science is a dolt. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are many "creation scientists" (i.e. those who believe God created this Universe) who are brilliant and have no problems seeing through the false science generated by the scientific establishment.
In fact, many anti-evolution books have been written by brilliant scientists. This listing of anti-evolution books and DVDs contains only a small sampling of the anti-evolution books which exist in print. In fact, there are more than 200 anti-evolution books.
Many of the books were written by PhDs in the sciences. The arguments in these books totally shred the theory of evolution from a scientific standpoint.
Some of these books may be out of print and you may have to use a book finder, such as Alibris, to find them.
Here is a link to this appendix:
This is a web page that links to other websites which discuss LDS doctrine versus the theory of evolution:
Here is an old version of the "Patterns of Intelligence" book:
To learn more about the LDS church, here is their official website to introduce people to the LDS church:
Even though the LDS Church officially rejects the theory of evolution (see the 1909 Statement, linked to above, and the Book of Mormon, Alma chapter 30, among many other documents), no book or article which is involved in scientific debates or which discusses the scientific issues of the theory of evolution, even if it strongly supports official church doctrine, is endorsed by the LDS church unless it is part of an official church publication.
The gospel deals with eternal and unchanging truths but all of the fields of science constantly change as new discoveries are made. Thus, the church does not establish any scientific claim as being absolute.
As a result, the books and articles written by R. Webster Kehr represent the opinions of the author and are too scientific to be published or endorsed by the LDS church.
I am an LDS "creation scientist" (i.e. anti-evolutionist) with a B.S. in mathematics (1972) and accounting (1974) from BYU, and I am more than happy to point out the deceptions of the evolutionists.
I make my living as a cancer researcher (of natural medicine) and work with thousands of cancer patients every year. I wrote almost all of the articles on the www.cancertutor.com website. It turns out that natural cancer treatments are far, far more effective than orthodox cancer treatments. The www.cancertutor.com website is a great resource for all cancer patients.
My wife Marit is from Norway. We met in Provo, Utah a month before I left on my mission to California. She is a genealogist and we have seven children and 19 grandchildren - scattered from Idaho to Georgia.
We live in the Topeka, Kansas Stake and I work part-time in the Kansas City Temple of the LDS church.
Whether you have a question or a comment, please feel free to email me. I love to communicate with students about the theory of evolution.
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