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To: CaliforniaOkie
Adam was not deceived, he had a choice to stay in the garden forever innocent or to eat the fruit and fall (disobey) so that his eyes would be opened to good and evil. Had he not eaten the plan of salvation could take place for all mankind. Remember, God did give them the choice.

But if he was a god..what promise would the lie that "ye shall be as gods?" hold for him..he was already a god

48 posted on 04/06/2002 1:16:55 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
Mom, to be fair, the LDS church has never officially adopted the "Adam is God" doctrine. I think that most LDS members were as shocked by Brigham Young's statements about it as anyone would have been. It is not taught now and it was not taught 35 years ago, when I was still a member. For purposes of these discussions (specifically the reaction to the above sermon) the Adam/god doctrine is a diversion. I'd like to see this thing stay on topic, or else it will deteriorate into a "he said-she said" shouting match.

Lets all stick to the issue at hand. What does the Bible have to say about whether or not there is a plurality of Gods? What does the bible say about the nature of our God. Was he once a man before he became God?

51 posted on 04/06/2002 1:36:39 PM PST by P-Marlowe
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