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Chapter 12 Final
Comments "There is no salvation in a
system of religion that rejects the doctrine of the Fall or that assumes man is
the end product of evolution and so was not subject to a fall." Bruce R. McConkie, “The Caravan Moves On,” Ensign, Nov 1984,
82 Introduction to The
Second Book Most Christian
churches have yielded to the theory of evolution, meaning they have taught
their members that they can be "good Christians" and "good
evolutionists" at the same time. The The LDS
church took a firm stand against the doctrine of evolution in 1830, when the
Book of Mormon was first published. This
was about three decades before the
theory of evolution was first proposed by For
example, in 2004 the First Presidency issued a small booklet called: True to
the Faith, which represented official church doctrine. In this book are the following comments: "Under the direction of
Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth (see
Mosiah 3:8; Moses 2:1). From scripture revealed through the Prophet Joseph
Smith, we know that in the work of the Creation, the Lord organized elements
that had already existed (see Abraham 3:24). He did not create the world
“out of nothing,” as some people believe. The scriptures also teach that Adam
was “the first man of all men” (Moses 1:34). God created Adam and Eve in
His own image and in the image of His Only Begotten (see Moses 2:26–27). The Creation is an integral part of
Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation. It gives each of us the opportunity to
come to the earth, where we receive a physical body and exercise our
agency. In the premortal Council of the Gods, the following declaration
was made: “We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of
these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell; and we will
prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord
their God shall command them” (Abraham 3:24–25). You are a spirit child of God, and your body is created in His image. “Creation,” True to the Faith, (2004), 44–45 There is no
equivocation or compromise in this statement. Most Latter-Day
Saints who regularly attend church do not
believe in any part of the theory of evolution.
They know the claims of the scientific establishment, and they know the
claims of the Book of Mormon, the living prophets, etc. and they believe the
prophets of old and the living prophets of today. Why would
someone believe the living prophets instead of the scientific establishment? The reason
is that there have been conflicts before between prophets and the scientific
establishment of their day; and in every case, in a matter of time, the prophets were proven to be right!! The trend
is obvious. When there is a conflict
between the living prophets and the scientific community of their day, the
living prophets have eventually been proven to be correct. How long
will the members of the church have to wait until the scientific establishment
abandons the theory of evolution and admits it is a complete failure? Members of
the church don't have to wait at all for the failure of the theory of
evolution. The theory of evolution has already been proven to be a
complete and utter failure. The theory
of evolution is scientific nonsense and many people are well aware of that
fact. The problem
is that the scientific establishment refuses to admit a truth which has been obvious
since 1953. In other
words, from a scientific standpoint the theory of evolution is a dead theory. For example, in 1966, back when very little
was known about human DNA, mathematicians at the Wistar symposium, in Several
world famous evolutionists were at that symposium and they understood the
mathematical problems with the theory of evolution. Yet, when every one of the evolutionists went
home, they continued to write books and articles that the theory of evolution
was a proven fact of science. They
totally ignored the scientific evidence. But many,
many other books have been written which demonstrate very forcefully various
errors in the theory of evolution. Few people know
that many books exist which are very, very critical of the theory of evolution. This is because the scientific establishment
does not talk about them or even mention them.
In order to have the scientific establishment endorse your book, your
book has to say very positive things about the theory of evolution. So why does
the scientific establishment still cling to the scientifically untenable theory of evolution? That
is the real question. In other
words, the real question is not a
scientific question; but rather it is a political question or a moral question
or a religious question, depending on which perspective you are talking
about. The book: Introduction
to the Mathematics of Evolution was designed specifically to demonstrate
the absurdity of the theory of evolution from
a scientific and mathematical standpoint. This book is able to go far beyond the
mathematics of the Wistar symposium because much more is known about DNA; plus
computers are much faster now. The book is
free and it is on this website. Or if you are not reading from the www.ProphetsOrEvolution.com
website, it is on that website. R. Webster
Kehr BYU class
of 1972 (mathematics) and 1973/74 (accounting) Other Books on the LDS
Position of Evolution Earth -
In the Beginning by Eric N. Skousen, PhD (Verity
Publishing, This book
covers the three main epochs of creation, according to LDS scriptures and other
references. First, the spiritual
creation; second the creation of the physical earth and third, modern life is
brought to the earth. |