-----Original Message-----
From: sodom <Sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>so, despite all the evidence to the contrary, despite the utter
impossibility,
>you choose to believe your prophets, who had no inkling of DNA or the age
of the
>Earth, or any millions of reasons why such a statement is utterly
preposterous?
>
>Sodom
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>Johnny Rea wrote:
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>> Normally I would agree with you but we have revelation from our prophets
>> that state firmly and matter-of -factly that Adam was the father of all
>> mankind.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sodom <Sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
>> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>>
>> >ok, just a little bit that we do know for sure:
>> >
>> >Dinosaurs existed
>> >They roamed the Earth for hundreds of millions of years
>> >Genesis, which is in your holy books, was plagurized from other
unrelated
>> >writings - mainly Sumerian.
>> >
>> >could it be that: Genesis is only a story and Adam and Eve never lived
and
>> that
>> >is why the Dinosaurs are not in the Bible? I mean, just sit back and
think
>> about
>> >it with an objective eye. There is a huge preponderance of evidence to
>> support
>> >this. And dont use the "we weren't there so we can't know line" Have you
>> ever
>> >met your great, great, great, great grandfather? NO, so we cant prove he
>> >existed!!! in fact, the only sure way to prove he existed is through his
>> >progeny, or his bones.
>> >
>> >Sodom
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >John W. Rea wrote:
>> >
>> >> Since no mention of dinosaurs is found in the bible or anywhere
>> >> in mormon doctrine nobody can say for sure. I think it was just
>> >> one of the many creations of God prior to the creation of Adam
>> >> and Eve.
>> >> Another theory I have thought about is that the earth was created
>> >> from pieces of other worlds.....
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Joe E. Dees <jdees0@students.uwf.edu>
>> >> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
>> >> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 7:38 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>> >>
>> >> > From: "John W. Rea" <matziq@airmail.net>
>> >> > To: <virus@lucifer.com>
>> >> > Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>> >> > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:53:10 -0500
>> >> > Reply-to: virus@lucifer.com
>> >>
>> >> > >Please answer a few specific questions:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> That through prayer you may receive
>> >> > >>(through the Holy Spirit) an answer as to what is 'truth'.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >If you received, through the Holy Spirit, an answer which you later
>> found
>> >> > >to be in conflict with the body of accepted scientific knowledge,
what
>> >> > >would your reaction be?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Joe Dees Here.
>> >> I had a girlfriend who once told me that the reason that no mention
>> >> is made in the Bible about dinosaurs was because Adam made them
>> >> (since he lived a long time, he had plenty to figure out genetic
>> >> engineering), then buried the bones deep because he was ashamed of
>> >> playing God. Even though she was rich, I left her; all that money
>> >> wouldn't have compensated for a lifetime married to a crazy woman.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Well, that has yet to happen...usually
>> >> it is the other way around. Back in
>> >> > 1850 Joseph Smith received revelation that tobacco was bad for the
body
>> >> > and thereby stated that we should cease its use.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >>The Mormons believe that Adam was the father of all mankind and
that
>> >> > >>Eve was the mother.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >How long ago did this happen? How did the human species survive
the
>> >> > >inevitable inbreeding?
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> > We don't know that exactly but some in the church have said the
'fall'
>> >> > occurred
>> >> > about 6,000 years ago. Nobody knows for sure how long the Garden of
>> Eden
>> >> > was there prior to that (perhaps millions of years)...since Adam and
>> Eve
>> >> > were immortal until Eve took a bite
>> >> > of the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
>> >> >
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