Followers don’t recognize the Christian concept of the trinity (God existing in three persons).Only those in the celestial kingdom will live in God’s presence. There are three levels of heaven-celestial, terrestrial and telestial-in Mormonism.According to the LDS church, Adam and Eve lived in Daviess County, Missouri after being driven from the Garden of Eden.Mormons embrace four different texts: The Christian Bible, The Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price.

They say that the original church has been restored in modern times. Followers claim that God sent more prophets after Jesus’s death. Mormons believe in the crucifixion, resurrection and divinity of Jesus Christ.William Lane Craig's website: Mormons consider themselves Christians, but many Christians don’t recognize Mormonism as an official denomination. This post and other resources are available on Dr. The burden of proof, then, lies upon these literalists to justify their assumption that such ancient literature was intended by its original authors and readers to be understood literally.

I doubt that any ancient Israelite believed, for example, that if he traveled far enough north he would eventually come to some gigantic pillar supporting the dome of the sky. Soden, In the Beginning… We Misunderstood: Interpreting Genesis 1 in Its Original Context (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications, 2012) of what a literalistic understanding of such myths would involve. In order to appreciate this point just take a look at the artistic illustrations in Johnny V. These accounts are often metaphorical or symbolic, and ancient people would have been quite surprised if one of these modern literalists were to confront them with the claim, ”So you believe that the world literally _ (fill in the blank) ?”. There I discuss ancient creation stories such as ancient Egyptian creation myths and ask whether ancient peoples understood these literally. I suggest you listen to or read my Defenders lectures (Series 2, Section 9) on Creation and Evolution, parts 9-12. I have seen one person even claim that when the Bible uses such figures of speech as “the four corners of the Earth” it asserts that the Earth is a square! Imposing such wooden literalism on even modern parlance would make all of us Flat Earthers as well! These people have no understanding of literary interpretation or literary genre. I suspect what’s going on here is internet infidels masquerading as Christians in a misguided attempt to make the Bible look silly.

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