No Death Before the Fall - Previous posts

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Date

 Title

245

08/12/2018

 A Senior Missionary Opportunity

244

04/22/2018

 A bug in thousands of LDS.org links to scripture

243

07/30/2016

 Out of Zion shall go forth the law

242

06/30/2016

 All things denote there is a God

241

05/30/2016

 Creation: By God's hand or by evolution?

240

04/23/2016

 Dallin H. Oaks affirms NDBF

239

03/16/2016

 Called to serve as a Mission Office Couple

238

02/27/2016

 NDBF in the March 2016 Ensign

237

01/26/2016

 Bored in Sunday School

236

12/30/2015

 Three False Prophets

235

11/10/2015

 Lest haply we be found even to fight against God

234

10/29/2015

 To keep the temple a holy place

233

09/10/2015

 Paradisiacal evolution

232

08/31/2015

 David H. Bailey haunted by Bruce R. McConkie

231

07/29/2015

 Look up, not down, to find the origin of man

230

06/28/2015

 The earth, God's handiwork

229

05/31/2015

 Hearing the voice of the Lord

228

04/27/2015

 Exposing the enemies of Christ

227

03/30/2015

 Counsel from modern prophets about drought

226

02/01/2015

 Snubbing Benson

225

01/03/2015

 Do Mormons want their prophets to keep still on politics?

224

01/03/2015

 Ezra Taft Benson: A Uniquely Prepared Prophet

223

12/13/2014

 The politics of Ezra Taft Benson in 2015

222

11/29/2014

 Prince and Wright and the Demise of Communism

221

10/27/2014

 Prince and Wright stumble over civil rights

220

09/28/2014

 Ezra Taft Benson in 2015: Stand up for the right, especially when it is unpopular

219

08/27/2014

 When Family History and Evolution Collide

218

07/31/2014

 How to mix LDS theology and human evolution

217

06/22/2014

 Adam, the first of all human beings - per recent general conference

216

05/24/2014

 No Death Under the Dome (FairMormon's Garden-only view)

215

04/02/2014

 FairMormon mistaken about death before the Fall

214

03/15/2014

 New manual affirms NDBF (Seminary Teacher Manual)

213

03/01/2014

 No dispute between Smith and Roberts over evolution

212

02/23/2014

 Our LDS blogs are all "Alternate Voices"

211

02/15/2014

 Mormons believe global Flood story

210

02/09/2014

 New Gospel Topic on Book of Mormon and DNA Studies

209

01/27/2014

 The Creation was Eternal - Mortality came with the Fall of Adam

208

12/21/2013

 "He can plan for his brethren" - Joseph Smith birthday

207

11/29/2013

 The genesis of the priesthood restriction

206

10/26/2013

 Our physical bodies have a divine origin

205

10/01/2013

 Joseph Fielding Smith in 2014

204

09/08/2013

 The origin of the universe: A correlated view

203

08/30/2103

 The U.S. Constitution should be respected by every Latter-day Saint

202

08/24/2013

 A Times and Seasons comment about BYU biology and doctrine

201

07/21/2013

 The glory of God is intelligence - and there can't be "too much."

200

07/06/2013

 When the personal line disagrees with the priesthood line

199

06/24/2013

 They flee when none pursueth: Debunking prophetic infallibility

198

05/25/2013

 Sexual orientation is not a disqualifying factor (Boy Scouts)

197

04/01/2013

 Heber J. Grant's 1931 comment about science: Part 3, Fifteen men

196

03/31/2013

 Heber J. Grant's 1931 comment about science: Part 2, Unanimity

195

03/26/2013

 Heber J. Grant's 1931 comment about science: Part 1, Ambiguity

194

03/12/2013

 Lorenzo Snow's couplet is indeed part of the LDS gospel

193

03/04/2013

 "Adam and Eve fall, and death enters the world." (2013 LDS scriptures.)

192

02/01/2013

 Three fallacies used to reconcile human evolution with the gospel

191

01/12/2013

 SteveP is disregarding current teachings about the origin of man

190

01/01/2013

 When the wisdom of the world disputes the wisdom of God

189

12/22/2012

 Their inspiration is not from the source they suppose

188

11/04/2012

 The natural conception of Jesus

187

10/01/2012

 Clothed with glory, immortality, and eternal lives

186

09/18/2012

 Evolution and the premortal spirit of man, conclusion

185

09/12/2012

 Evolution and the premortal spirit of man, part 2

184

09/08/2012

 Evolution and the premortal spirit of man, part 1

183

08/26/2012

 The LDS understanding of "a fallen world"

182

07/22/2012

 "A personal, though well-considered, opinion"

181

07/14/2012

 Are we just looking at the LDS faith or trying to redefine it?

180

07/01/2012

 Creationism, technology and intellectual consistency

179

06/23/2012

 Neal A. Maxwell: Adam and Eve "from the beginning"

178

06/17/2012

 Michael Whiting, BYU, and human evolution

177

06/07/2012

 Question of children: Who were the first people on earth

176

05/28/2012

 The First Humans as set forth in a current missionary pamphlet

175

05/06/2012

 Evil speaking of the Lord’s anointed: A case study

174

04/26/2012

 Russell M. Nelson: Thanks be to God, not the big bang

173

04/23/2012

 A prophet only when acting as such, part 4: Infallibility

172

04/15/2012

 George Albert Smith - Chapter 7 - Eternal life as eternal existence

171

03/22/2012

 On Mockery and Name Calling

170

03/18/2012

 Defending Mormonism by Attacking Mormonism. (Is that even possible?)

169

03/05/2012

 Minding God's Business

168

02/05/2012

 Evolution and the origin of birthday cake

167

01/22/2012

 Julie B. Beck shares her thoughts about priesthood quorums

166

01/02/2012

 George Albert Smith (Ch.1): Living by God's Every Word

165

12/19/2011

 A prophet only when acting as such, part 3: Official versus unofficial actions

164

11/17/2011

 Evolution vs The Millennium

163

11/07/2011

 Joe Spencer speculates about Chapter 45: The Millennium

162

10/29/2011

 The Millennial Renewal of Earth

161

10/01/2011

 “Lovely Picture Books for Women”: Don't miss the real gift.

160

09/23/2011

 Welcome RSC Blog

159

09/20/2011

 Dave Banack, LDS Seminary, and the Creation

158

08/28/2011

 George Albert Smith, the Old Testament, and the U.S. Constitution

157

08/21/2011

 On the origin of physical and spiritual death

156

08/07/2011

 A prophet only when acting as such, part 2: Proper Use of Titles

155

08/06/2011

 Gospel Principles Ch.39, '78 and '09 compared (Chastity)

154

07/23/2011

 LDS Prophets tag-teamed at BCC re pre-1978 priesthood restriction

153

07/05/2011

 Our heavenly parents literally gave birth to our spirits

152

06/27/2011

 A prophet only when acting as such, part 1: Like unto Moses

151

05/22/2011

 Constitution by a thread - myth or prophecy? (LDSLiving article)

150

05/10/2011

 Tasteful Nudity (i.e., "Evil has unclothed herself")

149

04/23/2011

 Pope: Humanity isn't random product of evolution

148

04/20/2011

 We teach our kids abstinence, not birth control

147

04/01/2011

 The Prophet, the Atonement, and evolution's wiggle room

146

03/21/2011

 Coffee, tea, and cola drinks  (And the Word of Wisdom)

145

03/19/2011

 Our Bodies Are Temples of God (1 Corinthians)

144

02/13/2011

 Maligning McConkie (how Prince and Wright did it)

143

01/28/2011

 Who knows? Do you? (All that man knows is but a drop in the ocean)

142

12/25/2010

 Teaching uncorrelated lessons (approved versus personal doctrine)

141

12/15/2010

 Benson's conspiracy theories acceptable point of view for Mormons

140

12/01/2010

 Mormon Heretic: How is blogging exempt (from civility)?

139

11/26/2010

 Sheri L. Dew on criticism of Ezra Taft Benson

138

11/15/2010

 To my blogging friend, Mormon Heretic (re Ezra Taft Benson)

137

10/19/2010

 Orson Scott Card fabricates a First Presidency message

136

10/11/2010

 Darwin and cola drinks (the Church position is similar on each)

135

10/08/2010

 MormonTimes, Orson Scott Card misrepresent Mormons on evolution

134

10/03/2010

 Two blogs and a biography on Benson's Fourteen Fundamentals

133

09/08/2010

 DMI Dave, Jonah, and the Rant (is Jonah literal or metaphorical)

132

08/26/2010

 Stars and planets in perfect order (the Big Bang)

131

08/08/2010

 Immigration: It's about what? (Deseret News front page)

130

07/26/2010

 Ezra Taft Benson and Political Extremism (part two)

129

07/16/2010

 Ezra Taft Benson and Political Extremism

128

07/11/2010

 Pornography vs. Modesty

127

07/03/2010

 A Primer on Government (understanding the U.S. Constitution

126

06/19/2010

 The origin and destiny of our earth and sun (part three)

125

05/21/2010

 Did David O. McKay find a thousand errors in Mormon Doctrine?

124

04/08/2010

 The origin and destiny of our earth and sun (part two)

123

04/06/2010

 The implications of Key LDS doctrines for evolution, part II

122

04/04/2010

 President Thomas S. Monson on Earth's Grand Designer

121

03/30/2010

 The implications of Key LDS doctrines for evolution

120

03/27/2010

 Bloggernacle dodgeball (Ardis Parshall is dodging ndbf again)

119

03/20/2010

 Science versus the Fall of Adam and Eve

118

03/05/2010

 Gospel Principles, Chapter 5: The Creation

117

02/07/2010

 Discussing the Flood in Sunday School

116

01/30/2010

 Is religion merely the product of evolution?

115

01/24/2010

 Julie M. Smith cringes at the Constitution being "inspired"

114

12/17/2009

 The bestselling science book of all time (according to Random House)

113

12/13/2009

 The origin and destiny of our earth and sun (part one)

112

11/08/2009

 Diverse apostolic views on evolution (the diversity simply doesn't exist)

111

11/01/2009

 Isn't Jesus a fundamentalist Mormon creationist? (Kenneth Miller talk)

110

10/12/2009

 Was Jesus an impostor? (opinion of B. H. Roberts on evoloution)

109

09/16/2009

 Making the Bloggernacle a better place (blogging dos and donts)

108

09/14/2009

 Easy as 1-2-3, Mormons reject evolution (new Institute manual)

107

09/12/2009

 Gospel Doctrine Lesson 35 does NOT promote false doctrine

106

08/18/2009

 Ardis Parshall is wrong about Joseph Fielding Smith

105

08/11/2009

 Ardis Parshall is right about no death before the fall

104

08/02/2009

 Gospel Principles (2009): "There was no death."

103

07/11/2009

 Going toe-to-toe with an Apostle (regarding Deseret Book Porn)

102

06/18/2009

 Priesthood Ordination before 1978 (from Gospel Topics at LDS.org)

101

06/03/2009

 Guide to the Scriptures: "The Fall brought mortality and death to the earth"

100

05/30/2009

 The earth was completely covered with water (Noah and the Flood)

99

05/04/2009

 Humans before Adam (Adam was "the first man of all men")

98

04/02/2009

 Parents of the first man, Adam (his parents were human, not animal)

97

03/02/2009

 Earth will be rolled back into the presence of God

96

03/01/2009

 Kolob is the star nearest the throne of God

95

02/15/2009

 Note to Salt Lake Tribune: Mormons do NOT "generally accept evolution"

94

02/13/2009

 Charles Darwin Bicentennial (and sesquicentennial of his book)

93

01/24/2009

 Preach My Gospel and no death before the fall (doctrine for investigators)

92

01/01/2009

 No death during the millennium ("changed in the twinkling of an eye")

91

12/01/2008

 Earth's paradisiacal past and future (from Joseph Smith manual)

90

11/01/2008

 David H. Bailey and the 1931 First Presidency (no evolution statement)

89

11/01/2008

 David H. Bailey and death before the fall (the Church teaches NDBF)

88

10/13/2008

 On human origins: We don't know (God, not science, can tell us)

87

09/07/2008

 Marriage and death before the fall (President Eyring's comment)

86

08/24/2008

 This earth was made from other older planets (not a "stupid" idea)

85

07/15/2008

 Science not always a good bet (earth's future is bright)

84

07/10/2008

 Creating evolutionists (John A. Widtsoe not "all for evolution")

83

06/29/2008

 "My faith did not come to me through science" (President Monson)

82

05/23/2008

 BYU evolution courses overrated by FAIR

81

04/17/2008

 FAIR claims Church has no official position on evolution

80

04/05/2008

 Church President sustained -- eight solemn assemblies that I remember

79

04/01/2008

 The false "youth were Generals" statement - A 1997 letter to my son about it

78

03/30/2008

 The divine, as opposed to evolutionary, origin of man (part two)

77

03/14/2008

 Times and Seasons puzzled by President Packer on evolution

76

03/02/2008

 The divine, as opposed to evolutionary, origin of man (part one)

75

03/01/2008

 The condition of mortality did not exist on this earth before the Fall of Adam

74

02/08/2008

 Countdown to Darwin Bicentennial (Charles Darwin was born Feb 12, 1809)

73

01/27/2008

 The Church always has a Prophet President (succession in the presidency)

72

01/20/2008

 President Hinckley and doctrine (regarding the 1997 Time magazine article)

71

12/29/2007

 LDS Seminary and Elder Callister's "intelligent designer"

70

12/25/2007

 Ensign v Darwin in 2008 (the eye wasn't formed by natural selection)

69

11/22/2007

 Thanksgiving and Pearl Harbor Day

68

11/20/2007

 Online LDS still trashing Sister Beck's talk

67

11/13/2007

 Off-line till next week (hospitalized for surgery)

66

11/11/2007

 Is the Church de-McConkie-izing? (Elder McConkie's writings not yet banned)

65

11/01/2007

 An Open Letter: Marriott sells box seats on King David's rooftop

64

10/08/2007

 Bloggernacle trashes Sister Beck's Oct 2007 General Conference talk

63

09/09/2007

 Teaching Institute - Science v Bible (re Julie M. Smith T&S post)

62

09/09/2007

 Scriptural Evidence for a Worldwide Flood (excerpted from Jan 1998 Ensign)

61

08/31/2007

 A question for LDS evolutionists (where are the pro-evolution statements?)

60

08/19/2007

 An Open Letter: "Morality in Media v Marriott International"

59

07/29/2007

 LDS Seminary and the unfallen creation of all things

58

07/22/2007

 An Open Letter: "400,000 smoke-free rooms must become porn-free"

57

07/19/2007

 New LDS blog, "An Open Letter to Marriott International about Pornography"

56

06/25/2007

 LDS Evolution View (Elder D. Todd Christofferson interviewed by Reuters)

55

05/23/2007

 Russell M. Nelson and the Search for a Semi-Closeted Evolutionist Apostle

54

05/06/2007

 To: Bruce Young, Re: Human Evolution - Church position on human evolution

53

05/02/2007

 "Creation" teachings at LDS.org - evolution and "no death before the fall."

52

04/11/2007

 No Death Before the Fall in new book - Statements of the LDS First Presidency

51

04/08/2007

 Every living thing will be resurrected (everything that fell will be resurrected)

50

03/29/2007

 Making Peace Between Science and Religion (taking religionists seriously)

49

03/14/2007

 Howard W. Hunter on Discrediting the Flood (his take on the "modernist" view)

48

03/10/2007

 "The Controversy over Mormon Doctrine" (Greg Prince & Wm. Wright version)

47

02/14/2007

 The First Presidency on the Origin of Man (a member shares his experience)

46

01/29/2007

 Thomas S. Monson on Science and Faith (1931 excerpt as quoted by Monson)

45

12/31/2006

 Human Vanity versus the Biggest Number (the atonement effects all forms of life)

44

11/08/2006

 Politics, Pepsi, and Evolution (Church not neutral on cola drinks or evolution)

43

10/05/2006

 Church's stand on man's origin reiterated (in October General Conference)

42

09/28/2006

 DMI and the position of the Church on evolution in 2006

41

09/28/2006

 DMI and the position of the Church on evolution in 1992

40

08/22/2006

 Talmage's "Earth and Man" 75th Anniversary (a 1931 classic speech)

39

07/23/2006

 A Spurious First Presidency Statement on Evolution (April 1910 anon. comment)

38

06/27/2006

 Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements (review - part three)

37

05/17/2006

 Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements (review - part two)

36

05/08/2006

 1980-81 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, Lesson 6: The Divine Origin of Man

35

04/30/2006

 "Man: His Origin and Destiny" quoted in Conference -- Robert D. Hales, April 2006

34

04/28/2006

 Joseph F. Smith on Theory and Divine Revelation -- April 1911 "Editor's Table" column

33

04/14/2006

 Spencer W. Kimball and the watchmaker analogy  -- not so non-committal after all

32

04/14/2006

 The Watchmaker Analogy - Michael Behe on Paley's analogy and Dawkins's rebuttal

31

04/13/2006

 David O. McKay and pre-Adamites - statements from 1930 and 1953

30

04/11/2006

 Harold B. Lee on pre-Adamites - 1972 First Presidency Message excerpt

29

03/17/2006

 Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements (review - part one)

28

02/02/2006

 James E. Talmage and Death Before the Fall -- A look at his 1931 speech

27

01/13/2006

 There might also be a chance for us -- Dealing with faults in our leaders

26

01/06/2006

 LDS leaders trumped by established facts? -- Russell M. Nelson and evolution

25

12/12/2005

 No Death Before the Fall taught in 2006 Gospel Doctrine and Primary manuals

24

11/10/2005

 Typography and doctrine - Whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants

23

10/31/2005

 These, however, are the theories of men -- Boyd K. Packer and evolution

22

09/06/2005

 No death before the fall taught by Wilford Woodruff -- 2006 Priesthood and RS manual

21

08/26/2005

 John A. Widtsoe and the theory of evolution -- from Evidences and Reconciliations

20

08/25/2005

 James E. Talmage and the theory of evolution -- from The Search for Harmony

19

07/22/2005

 The B. H. Roberts Double Creation Theory -- from The Search for Harmony

18

06/16/2005

 Encyclopedia of Mormonism Evolution article flawed -- from ndbf.net Chapter One

17

06/09/2005

 My Reasons For Hosting This Blog

16

06/07/2005

 What happened to confidentiality? -- David O. McKay biography contains errors

15

06/04/2005

 Bruce R. McConkie and current Church curriculum

14

06/04/2005

 Bruce R. McConkie and current Church magazines

13

06/04/2005

 Bruce R. McConkie and B.H. Roberts—parallels and contrasts

12

05/31/2005

 Do animals have spirits?

11

05/29/2005

 Death, defining what wasn't before the fall

10

05/26/2005

 Where was earth created and out of what?

9

05/22/2005

 No death versus eating fruit, before the fall

8

05/22/2005

 The Voice Is Still Small

7

05/19/2005

 No death before the fall taught by Boyd K. Packer

6

05/17/2005

 Testimony of Early Brethren -- from Man: His Origin and Destiny

5

05/15/2005

 Uniformitarianism

4

05/15/2005

 No death before the fall now accepted by Church members

3

05/15/2005

 No Death Before the Fall taught in True to the Faith

2

05/07/2005

 No death before the fall taught in Gospel Principles manual

1

05/07/2005

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