LDS Do LDS believes in Evolution?

[Daniel Marsh]

Where do you find that in the Bible?

 

[Rescued One]

Where do you find that in the Bible?

Mormonism opposes the theory of evolution.

The Origin of Man - Ensign Feb. 2002 - ensign

 

[Daniel Marsh]

thanks, I did not know

 

[Jane_Doe]

Where do you find that in the Bible?

There is no official stance on evolution. The Father is the creator of all, that is known. The how this occurred is not detailed in the Bible.

Mormonism opposes the theory of evolution.

The Origin of Man - Ensign Feb. 2002 - ensign

False. There is nothing here which opposes or confirms the theory of evolution. Rather, this article reaffirms that God is the Father of all and we are all created in His image. It does not comment on the how this creation occurred (aka evolution).

 

[Papias]

Mormonism opposes the theory of evolution.

No, that's incorrect. Mormonism takes no official stance, allowing all members to decide for themselves.

"Adam" being the first human doesn't oppose evolution, as Adam can be a transitional ape, as is often seen as the case among Catholics.


Mormonism and science/Evolution/Official stance - FairMormon

 

[withwonderingawe]

What we absolutely reject is Abiogenesis or ‘life from non life’. It means all the dna which makes the first proteins came together accidentally. The right chemicals came together and bang there was a strand of dna and then enough of them to form a protein and then enough of them to form the first cell. The odds of this happening all by itself are long than the earth has been around. You can read about here;
A review of Eugene Koonin The Logic of Chance

There is an article called The Koonin threshold for the Origin of Life on Earth A 'review' of The Logic of Chance by Gert Korthof 3 Jan 2013

“The probability of the spontaneous origin of this is: P < 10-1018. The spontaneous origin of 1,800 nucleotides is the Koonin-threshold for the origin of life and evolution. No Origin of Life (OOL) researcher put it more clearly and dramatically than Koonin. Please note 1,800 nucleotides is a minimum. Every OOL researcher that skips over the Koonin threshold makes a serious scientific oversight.”

 

[Ironhold]

Would you believe that Wikipedia of all places has a rather lengthy article on the matter?

Mormon views on evolution - Wikipedia .

Of note is that individual church leaders were debating evolution as far back as the 1930s.

 

[Papias]

What we absolutely reject is Abiogenesis or ‘life from non life’.

Wrong. The thread is asking if there is an official Mormon position on evolution. That's already been given, and it doesn't reject abiogenesis.

Whether or not you personally have a problem with abiogenesis is irrelevant, because you don't speak for the entire LDS church, right?

If you have an official LDS statement against abiogenesis, then post it. If you don't, then a person with integrity would admit they are wrong.

-Papias