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Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:31 am
by _paulfisher
Do we believe that Adam and Eve were created perfect and did not sin before eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and then they "fell"?
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:35 am
by _just me
Welcome paulfisher!
By "we" I assume you mean the official doctrine of the LDS church, yes?
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:19 am
by _paulfisher
Yes.
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:20 am
by _Dr. Shades
Yes, that's what Mormons believe.
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:29 am
by _paulfisher
Well then, we believe the same as all other Christians believe, although it is neither what the Bible nor the Book of Moses say. Very strange...
Thanks for answering!
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:11 pm
by _Drifting
Mormon's also believe that:
- Adam and Eve were literally the first man and woman
- that they were 'created' circa 4,000 BC
- that they lived in the Garden of Eden which was in Missouri
- that Adam knowingly fell because Eve had fallen and he knew that God required him to fall too as part of the Plan of Salavation. So Adam didn't sin at all.
- they believe that Adam is the angel Michael despite the fact that they also believe Joseph Smith saw Adam AND Michael in a vision.
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:22 pm
by _Buffalo
paulfisher wrote:Well then, we believe the same as all other Christians believe, although it is neither what the Bible nor the Book of Moses say. Very strange...
Thanks for answering!
I hadn't noticed that before. Good catch! It's amazing what you read into things when you've been trained to do so.
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:07 pm
by _floatingboy
the book of moses (as well as genesis, of course) also makes a pretty clear case for the garden of eden being in the middle east. or did illinois used to be known as assyria?
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:53 pm
by _subgenius
paulfisher wrote:Well then, we believe the same as all other Christians believe, although it is neither what the Bible nor the Book of Moses say. Very strange...
Thanks for answering!
But is it not a logical conclusion, if not a blatant proposition, with Adam and Eve?
Genesis 1:27 - made in God's
image, surely one must consider the image of God to be sinless.
And
Eph 4:24
"And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness
And"Ecc 7:29
"Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions
." (emphasis mine)
whereas "upright" is clearly understood as "right and innocent", not standing erect.
Re: Adam and Eve?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:52 pm
by _Themis
subgenius wrote:But is it not a logical conclusion, if not a blatant proposition, with Adam and Eve?
Genesis 1:27 - made in God's image, surely one must consider the image of God to be sinless.
No, I would not consider the image of God to be sinless or sinful.
And
Eph 4:24
"And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness
And"Ecc 7:29
"Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions
." (emphasis mine)
whereas "upright" is clearly understood as "right and innocent", not standing erect.
I am not seeing the perfect bit.