Which scripture states that there is a Heavenly Mother?
So, because you can find the one and only theology that "seems" an exception to the rule, that somehow makes my statement invalid. Note I said "generally" and "save additional revelation", thus my statement already anticipated you simplistic obvious question.
But to expand, Heavenly Mother is "implied" all through the scriptures, and revelation to modern Prophets have designated that it is a "true" principle. Further, references to a heavenly mother was removed from the scriptures both by Jews in Old testament times and over the last 2000 years by namely the Catholic Church.
Anyway, there is enough implication from scripture which tells this is a true principle, and since modern revelation verifies it, we consider it doctrine. Again, this is the only principle within mormonism that isn't directly implied in scriptures. Although, the Father once being a man can be considered another implication, although that's not necessarily official. It's mostly kept as a mystery that must be understood by revelation. The official doctrine on that subject is that we can become like God, and God the son was once a man, thus God was once a man. The Father being once a man has not yet been officially pronounced as doctrine, hence Hinckley's interviews.
So then committing sin isn't necessary to procreation. In 2011, couples can marry first. You can not prove that Adam and Eve could not reproduce unless he disobeyed God. That is such an illogical teaching. Adam was obedient for a period of time. It would have been good for him to continue to obey his Creator and to be grateful for what God gave him.
Where in the world did you get that interpretation?
I mean, it's like your mind is simply on "auto negative" when it comes to anything mormon. Sin has never had anything to do with procreation. They were "immortal", and possibly were not of maturity yet, that's why they did not reproduce.
A lot of things are "good", but clearly in order for God's Plan to move forward they had to be tempted, thus God "allowed" it to happen, and then they went forward. Further, why would God provide the Tree of Knowledge if it wasn't part of His Plan?
You think it "sin" that adam and eve chose to obey the more important command of God, by having to disobey the lesser command. LDS do not consider this sin. LDS see it as being as the gods as we are supposed to be, i.e. the purpose of life.
If nothing including plants and animals could die in the Garden of Eden, the seeds in the fruit and herbs could be there, but they wouldn't grow. Therefore reproduction would not take place. The same fruit trees would live forever, producing fruit, but no new trees. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit" (John 12:24).
Possible, but I don't have an opinion one way or the other. I know the basics the scriptures teach on the subject.
Do you remember what God said about reproduction?
"And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good" (Genesis 1:12).
So the seed was to produce a tree, not only to provide fruit.
It would seem that there would have to be "reproduction" in some form in the Garden due to this fact, as to vegetation. Of course, plant reproduction is nothing similar to man or animal, so it can't really be called reproduction. It's likely that the only reproduction that was prevented was that of human and animal.
But, I don't know and don't really care. The essentials make sense to me.
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