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* [[Original sin]] | * [[Original sin]] | ||
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*Doctrines of Salvation 1:114-115 | *''Doctrines of Salvation'' 1:114-115 | ||
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||Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God.||[[Adam-God]]|| | ||Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God.|| | ||
*[[Adam-God]] | |||
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*{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_1/Self-Government%E2%80% | *{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_1/Self-Government%E2%80% | ||
94Mysteries,_etc.|vol=1|pages=50-51}} | 94Mysteries,_etc.|vol=1|pages=50-51}} | ||
*{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_5/Testimony_of_the_Spirit,_etc.|vol=5|pages=331}} | *{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_5/Testimony_of_the_Spirit,_etc.|vol=5|pages=331}} | ||
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||Brigham continued to teach Adam-God.||[[Adam-God]]|| | ||Brigham continued to teach Adam-God.|| | ||
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*''Deseret News'', June 18, 1873. | *''Deseret News'', June 18, 1873. | ||
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||Adam was not created of the dust of this earth.||[[Adam-God]] | ||Adam was not created of the dust of this earth.|| | ||
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||Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship.||[[Adam-God]]|| | ||Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship.|| | ||
*{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_1/Self-Government%E2%80% | *[[Adam-God]] | ||
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94Mysteries,_etc.|vol=1|pages=50}} | *{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_1/Self-Government%E2%80%94Mysteries,_etc.|vol=1|pages=50}} | ||
*''Women of Mormondom'', p. 196" | *''Women of Mormondom'', p. 196" | ||
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||Brigham taught that Adam was the father of our spirits.||[[Adam-God]]|| | ||Brigham taught that Adam was the father of our spirits.|| | ||
*[[Adam-God]] | |||
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*''Women of Mormondom'', p. 180 | *''Women of Mormondom'', p. 180 | ||
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||Brigham taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.||[[Adam-God]]|| | ||Brigham taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.|| | ||
*{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_1/Self-Government%E2%80% | *[[Adam-God]] | ||
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94Mysteries,_etc.|vol=1|pages=50-51}} | *{{JDwiki|author=Brigham Young|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_1/Self-Government%E2%80%94Mysteries,_etc.|vol=1|pages=50-51}} | ||
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||Heber C. Kimball taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ|| || | ||Heber C. Kimball taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ|| | ||
*''Journal of Discourse'' 4:1 | *[[Adam-God]] | ||
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||George Q. Cannon taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.|| || | ||George Q. Cannon taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.|| | ||
*''Daily Journal of Abraham H. Cannon'', March 10, 1888, vol.. 10, pp.178-79; original at Brigham Young University | *[[Adam-God]] | ||
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*''Daily Journal of Abraham H. Cannon'', March 10, 1888, vol.. 10, pp.178-79; original at Brigham Young University{{nc}} | |||
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||Anyone who teaches Adam-God will be excommunicated. The Church is therefore inconsistent because it will excommunicate someone for believing | ||Anyone who teaches Adam-God will be excommunicated. The Church is therefore inconsistent because it will excommunicate someone for believing something taught by one of its prophets. | ||
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something taught by one of its prophets. | * {{Fundamentalism}}: | ||
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| Chapter 7 | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner
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Chapter 9 |
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192-193 |
Mormons consider the fall of Adam a fortunate event. |
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193-195 |
Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God. |
94Mysteries,_etc. Journal of Discourses 1:50-51].
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196 |
Brigham continued to teach Adam-God. |
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198 |
Adam was not created of the dust of this earth. |
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Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship. |
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199 |
Brigham taught that Adam was the father of our spirits. |
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199 |
Brigham taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ. |
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200 |
Heber C. Kimball taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ |
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200 |
George Q. Cannon taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ. |
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202 |
Anyone who teaches Adam-God will be excommunicated. The Church is therefore inconsistent because it will excommunicate someone for believing something taught by one of its prophets. |
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