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Originally Posted by bytebear
We don't? I think many Mormons do, and that Adam was created literally from the dust of the Earth. But, Mormonism also believes in continuing revelation, and Mormons embrace science. But, most Mormons are open to new spiritual revelation as well as new science suplanting the ideas and beliefs of the past. Scientific understanding will expand and spiritual understanding will expand, and eventually, they will converge into a pure knowlege of all things.
To understand further the LDS view of Adam and Eve and the creation, I would read the Book of Moses found in the Pearl of Great Price (see scriptures.lds.org)
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I've read it. There's a few issues though.. the main one being that the creation story in the temple and the one in our holy books take place in a different order. That would point to it not being a factual record of events. Or perhaps one could say that one of the two is the 'spiritual creation' and the other is 'physical'.. but my point still stands (that one ignores science and the other goes with current theory).
The largest (imo) is that Adam is Michael the Archangel. He is the Ancient of Days. He was there at the organization of the world.. and he was not there in 'spirit'.. he was there in flesh and bone. He was Michael before he was Adam.. and he was Michael after also.
In summary:
1) Creation story in holy books is not speaking of a physical creation.
2) Adam is Michael the Archangel and the "Ancient of Days". He was at the organization of this world with a very real body of flesh and bone.
3) If Michael existed during (and consequently before) the creation of the world.. he could not have been created from dust.