I have a question...

[PassionForHisWord]

I read where Brigham Young, the second president of the LDS Church, taught that both the moon and the sun were inhabited by people (Journal of Discourses, 1870, v.13, p.271). Has the Mormon Church ever found scientific evidence of that to be true?

"We are called ignorant; so we are: but what of it? Are not all ignorant? I rather think so. Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an evening, called the moon? When we view its face we may see what is termed "the man in the moon," and what some philosophers declare are the shadows of mountains. But these sayings are very vague, and amount to nothing; and when you inquire about the inhabitants of that sphere you find that the most learned are as ignorant in regard to them as the most ignorant of their fellows. So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it; it was not made in vain. It was made to give light to those who dwell upon it, and to other planets; and so will this earth when it is celestialized."

[Lbybug]

wasn't this subject just brought up in another thread?

[BenRaines]

Often.

Ben Raines

[PassionForHisWord]

I wouldn't know, I'm new here. lol

Is there a response to this though?

[BenRaines]

How would you be able to find scientific evidence that a world has become celestialized? How would you be able to find scientific evidence that spirits lived on a planet? I don't know.

In answer to your question, No. No scientific evidence.

I have a question. Do you know of any scientific evidence that the world was created in six days? The scriptures say it is so. God says he did it in six days, so it must be so.

Ben Raines

[Wingnut]

In reading that quote (which I've never heard, but find interesting), it sounds to me like Brigham Young was expressing his opinion, not necessarily teaching doctrine. Yes, there is a difference, part of which includes context (and I don't know the context of this quote).

To answer your question about scientific proof, I'm going to venture a big "No." That is mostly because we don't really have "scientific proof" of the Book of Mormon either, but we have faith that it is true. Such are the working of God. (To those of you who are about the respond to this with studies and digs that have taken place in Latin and South America, chill out. Those things suggest that the Book of Mormon may be true, but don't categorically prove it so.)

[PassionForHisWord]

Originally Posted by BenRaines

How would you be able to find scientific evidence that a world has become celestialized? How would you be able to find scientific evidence that spirits lived on a planet? I don't know.

In answer to your question, No. No scientific evidence.

I have a question. Do you know of any scientific evidence that the world was created in six days? The scriptures say it is so. God says he did it in six days, so it must be so.

Ben Raines

I'll quote the Apologetics Study Bible on this one:

"Old earth creationists (OCs) argue against 24-hour creation days for reasons such as these: (1) The Hebrew word for 'day' (yom) is used in different ways in the creation account. For instance, Gn 1:5 refers yom only to daytime (daylight), not night-time. Also, Gn 2:4, literally translated, speaks of 'the yom that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.' (2) God's rest on the seventh 'day' has no evening and morning (Gn2:2-3), and Heb 4:3-11 portrays this same Sabbath as continuing to the present time. (3) Adam could not have named all the birds and animals in 24 hours according to Gn 2." (Cabal 4)

[pam]

Ugh not this question again.

[PassionForHisWord]

Originally Posted by pam

Ugh not this question again.

I apologize if I'm personifying annoying cliche's

[Lbybug]

Confused Missionary? there's a link to the other thread. lots of responses.