As I think about the creation of the world, I think about all the things that God has done. From the snow that lay on the ground now to the birds that sing and the air which we breath, God created it all.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:1 (ESV)
Like The Bible say; “God Created”. But I look to the LDS religion to see what they believe in this area. I remember that the LDS do clam to have the bible in there canon and even in the Articles of Faith is says;
“We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly…” (Article Eight, Articles of Faith).
So then I look at creation and I think to myself, “Is there some we can agree on?” Well again there is no because we do not agree on creation because of all the LDS reading I have done, the LDS do not believe in creation as told in the Bible.
I know, I know… the LDS clam to believe the Bible and where is say, “God Created” but that is not what is taught by LDS in there own works. Let us look at what the teachers of LDS theology says;
“God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or will exist. There is an eternity before us, and it is full of matter; and if we but understand enough of the Lord and his ways, we would say that he took of this matter and organized the earth from it. How long has been organized it is not for me to say, and I do not care anything about it” (Brigham Young, May 14, 1871, Journal of Discourses 14:116).
God never made? But Genesis says He created.
When Christians talk about God creating the Heavens and Earth, we believe He created all things. And I mean ALL THINGS.
“AND then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at the beginning, and they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the heavens and the earth” (Abraham 4:1).
Again, Christians believe that God Created not organized and formed the world.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. John 1:1-3 (HCSB)
The Gospel of John makes it clear that ALL THINGS were created through Jesus Christ. Not formed and organized.
So was the earth created or just organized? Do we believe the Bible (which the LDS clam they do) or believe man?
