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Originally Posted by Koizito
Even I don't know that... I just remember it was quite diferent from the christian doctrine...
Also, I see many of you have diferent views about the creation of the universe, the world, mankind, etc. That is one aspect of religion in general that doesn't fit in my head: shouldn't you be in diferent religious groups since your views about god and its relation to the universe are diferent?
I am sorry about so many questions, and thank you for your patience once again...
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Don't apologize for asking questions. In fact, that is one principle that is crucial to LDS teachings. I mean the entire mormon movement started off with a boy who asked a question.
If your desire is to understand mormon doctrine alone, it might be good to visit LDS.org and do some searches on the subject of creation. If your desire is rather to compare and contrast the different Christian groups, then perhaps that might help me answer your questions better.
I think that it would be fair to say that if beliefs are different, then there would be natural divisions amongst all the groups. That is certainly the way history has played out. But we (LDS) aren't so concerned with being different or not being "accepted" into the Christianity club. It is truth we seek and holy prophets we follow. It matters not that we are different. In fact, I think the differences are absolutely crucial when searching for truth.
We (LDS) believe in Adam and Eve. We believe in the Fall of Adam, but we do understand those events differently than mainstream Christianity. We do believe that God the Father (thru His son Jesus Christ) created this earth and everything in it and around it and that it took 6 days to accomplish it. We don't however believe that a "day" to God is the same thing as a day to us. We see it more like 6 creative periods....meaning that one day could be a very long time.
The rest.....and I mean all the questions about how, what, if, etc etc is left for us to think about. We believe God has revealed a portion of the truth about these subjects but not all. And we humans are left to chew on it until more truth on the subject of creation is revealed. So, what you see on this thread is some of that chewing.
Some guesses may even be very educated ones but may not be exactly what we teach in Sunday School because what we teach is only the sure stuff that has been revealed thru scripture and by prophets words.
Does that help a bit? Btw, what exactly about creation are you concerned with? Creation of humans or the earth? It might help us to help you if you explained your thinking a little more.