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Could Parts Bible Fiction - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 20th Aug, 2011 - 7:01pm
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Post Date: 24th Apr, 2011 - 1:05pm / Post ID: #
Could Parts Of The Bible Be Fiction?
Could Parts Of The Bible Be Fiction?
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Name: Pedring
Comments: I've been reading the Book of Mormon for awhile and have somewhat neglected in depth study of the Bible especially the Old Testament. As I read the Old testament I can't help but doubt the authenticity of some of the stories. There is a very big difference between the miracles and events that took place in the Old Testament and those of the Book of Mormon.
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Post Date: 10th May, 2011 - 5:18am / Post ID: #
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Yes there are at least a few instances that are fiction in a way. For example Brigham Young taught us that at least parts of the Adam & Eve story in the garden of Eden was figurative, not literal.
QUOTE You believe Adam was made of the dust of this earth. This I do not believe, though it is supposed that it is so written in the Bible; but it is not, to my understanding. You can write that information to the States, if you please − that I have publicly declared that I do not believe that portion of the Bible as the Christian world do. I never did, and I never want to. What is the reason I do not? Because I have come to understanding, and banished from my mind all the baby stories my mother taught me when I was a child.
JD 2:6
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Did Brigham Young taught us or was sharing his personal view? Judging by that statement alone, it seems to me that he was just sharing his own opinion ("but it is not, to my understanding").
Post Date: 13th May, 2011 - 3:27pm / Post ID: #
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You have a good point. Brigham Young taught it as doctrine as far as he understood it on several occasions, and told us that his word was as good as scripture, but he also said to let the Holy Ghost be our guide to decide whether he was teaching us correctly or not, and that's good advice we should always follow.
Not all the apostles at the time agreed with him either, and later down the road everything that Brigham Young taught about Adam & Eve was dismissed along with the Adam/God Doctrine that he taught. But if we want to know the absolute truth, we know who to ask.
Here's an interesting quote about it from William Clayton's journal:
QUOTE "A morning meeting was held at which Orson Spencer and Orson Pratt spoke on the subject of Adam. Spencer spoke of Adam "coming to this earth in the morning of creation with a resurrected body and etc ... He was followed by Elder Orson Pratt on the same subject ... He takes the literal reading of the scriptures for his guide, and maintains that God took the dust of the earth, and molded a body into which he put the spirit of man, just as we have generally understood from the scriptures; while Brother Spencer endeavors to substantiate the position taken by President Young; Viz, that Adam came to this earth with a resurrected body, and became mortal by eating the fruits of the earth, which was earthy. The subject was finally left in so much difficulty and obscurity as it has been from the beginning ... Elder Pratt advised the Brethren to pray to God for knowledge of the true principles, and it appears evident that when ever the question is decided, it will have to be by revelation from God." At an afternoon meeting four other Elders talked on the same subject, "without, however, bringing new light in regard to it. The knowledge of the truth in relation to the whole matter, is in the bosom of God, and when he sees fit to give the key, it will be plain and easy to understand."
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I'm always concern when I hear that people feel they can be prophets upon themselves. Of course, it is good to pray and receive confirmation but if the answer opposite to what the Church teaches then we know we're in the wrong path.
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