> Yes.
I think you may be dodging the issue here...
>
>
> -----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
> >
> >Johnny Rea wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
-- Nathan Russell frussell@frontiernet.net
"I am confident that the Republicans will pick a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton" -Dan Quayle on the 2000 presidential election