[Mormons and Evolution] 1/04/2006 09:30:12 PM

Tongue-in-Cheek Commentary:

The proposition that the 1909 statement is based on the 1882 article is a theory, not a fact. Consider:

1. Nobody alive today was there to see the drafting. Assuming that editorial processes were the same back then is uniformitarianism.

2. All of those changes could not have happened at once. But no intermediate drafts exist. There is a missing link.

3. They could be independent creations. There are only so many ways to express the content of the paragraphs and it may be that tadpoles, apes, lions, and elephants are just good examples to give of creation.

4. The 1882 article could be a deception created by Satan or a test by God.

5. If the 1909 statement came from the 1882 article, why do we still have the 1882 article? 

Posted by Jared

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Posted by Jared to Mormons and Evolution at 1/04/2006 09:30:12 PM