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Dbackers, please read this Thread from the start, there is a lot more to it than that. You will find that some theories go into what some would consider extra-terrestrial.

Rather off topic, but... Most of these Threads are lengthy, but you miss a lot if you do not dive into it as a lot of the meat and guts is within rather than just the ends.

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I was reading this poem of Eliza R. Snow, isn't a proof in itself that this doctrine was indeed taught? Just a little extract:

https://www.celestial-orb.com/ultimatum.htm

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I wonder if the Adam-God theory can in any way tie into the theory that Adam is the Holy Ghost.

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Andirules, I don't see the connection. Do you? If you do, please share. Thanks.

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President Kimball spoke on this during October Conference 1976. Here is what he said:

Can anyone tell me about the following book. It is recommended reading from LDS.org. Have you read it? And did it clarify your perspective on this issue?

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I've always been excited by topics like this and cannot believe that this is the first time I've heard the Adam-God Theory. It really makes me want to get back in the Temple again with this in mind.

My question is, if LDS.org is the official website of the church, who moderates it? Who makes the suggestions on recommended readings? And does that mean that if the church endorses a book such as the above, then they are effectively calling me an apostate if I come to believe in the Adam-God theory?

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Nephilim, in my opinion just because the Church official site suggests some books does not mean too much, it is just that...suggestions for reading, no Church official doctrine. Having said that, I don't think they will call you an Apostate unless you teach the Adam-God theory in public, but surely they will say you believe in false doctrine.

Of course I don't believe none of that, for me it was clear that Brigham Young taught it.

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I did some more reading on the subject of why Brigham Young taught it and why he wasn't considered an apostate. In a letter from Bruce R. McConkie to a professor of BYU, Eugene England, who was also teaching the Adam God Theory, he basically quotes the prophet Joseph Smith in saying that "a prophet is not always a prophet, only when he is acting as such". Basically meaning that no man is infallible and sometimes they err in doctrine. On whether or not this negates the statement that no prophet will lead the church astray, McConkie just reiterates that the Lord works precept upon precept and the early prophets did not understand the Godhead as well as his contemporaries. In the same letter, McConkie repeatedly states that God is omniscient and is not a "labratory student of the universe" as if that were reason enough that Adam could not be God. I failed to see how any scripture referring to the Omniscience of God rules out Adam as our Heavenly Father. I even read through the entire Temple Ceremony again with this concept in mind and nothing seemed contradictory..

It's funny to think that Bruce R. McConkie had to retract statements from Brigham Young as well as himself once the Revelation of Black and the Priesthood came out. I remember asking my mission president about the passages in "Mormon Doctrine" about blacks and the Priesthood and then he simply reminded me that the "Official" Mormon Doctine can be found in the Bible Dictionary and not to rely heavily upon Bruce R. McConkie's work.

The letter referred to above can be found here: https://www.mrm.org/topics/documents-speech...-eugene-england