[Mormons and Evolution] Comment: "Variant LDS Creationism"

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Author : Steven (IP: 67.166.68.89 , c-67-166-68-89.hsd1.ut.comcast.net)
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Comment:
It looks like I didn't accidentally submit the first part of my comment after all. I must have simply deleted it.

I actually started my comment by saying I am confused that references to Genesis and Moses would be used in a discussion of physical creation. Brigham Young once said that Genesis chapter 1 is a description of the spiritual creation. I thought it was understood that Genesis 1 and Moses 2 describes the spiritual creation while Genesis 2 and Moses 3 describes the seventh day of physical creation. In other words, both Genesis and Moses skip the 6 days of physical creation and jump directly to the seventh day.

Something I read by a biblical scholar named William Whiston make this clear. He found that in Genesis 1, "Elohim" was translated to "God." After the first few verses of chapter 2, the combination of "Jehovah Elohim" was translated to "Lord God." This is confusing to William and other biblical scholars. To us it just means that Elohim had sole resposibility for the spiritual creation. The physical creation was a joint effort between Jehovah and Elohim. It is easy to find where the discussion of the spiritual creation ends and the physical creation starts. Just look for the first occurance of "Lord God."

This is consistent with Abraham 3 & 4, which only describes the physical creation. In Genesis it says that God created the spirit world. In Abraham it says the Gods (plural) created the physical world. "Gods" is just a short cut for saying Lord God, or in the original, Jehovah Elohim.

In the comment I accidentally deleted, I went on to discuss D&C 77:12, which is now in my previous comment. Notice that D&C 77:12 is consistent with Genesis 2 and Moses 3 in saying that Adam was created on the seventh day of physical creation.

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