Sep 3, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology
Dear Gramps,I was reading in Matthew 19 and in verse 24 it says It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god.” I’ve heard this many times but was told the eye of a needle refers to a hole in a wall...
Aug 22, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Natural Phenomena
Dear Gramps, I am a Geology student at a South African University. I am a member of the Mormon Church and believe strongly in a living God who created us. My concern now is that creation seems to contradict with the provable and demonstrable theory of evolution of...
Jul 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology, World History
Gramps, Lev. 23:16 talks about a corn harvest. Was there corn in the old world in pre-Columbian times? Clive, from Powell, Wyoming Dear Clive, Corn is mentioned 86 times in the Old Testament and 8 times in the New Testament, so I conclude that is was grown in the...
Jul 15, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Etymology
Gramps, If God knows all things, then He knows what choices I will make. If He already knows, then (to me) there is really no choice or agency to choose on my part. I must be following His choices, not one’s I choose. If He knows the end from the beginning, then He...
Jul 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Etymology
Gramps, Adam and Eve were commanded to multiply and replenish the earth. It seems obvious to me that “multiply” refers to having offspring. What exactly does “replenishing the earth” refer to? Since the earth was new and not inhabited by man other than Adam and...
Jul 3, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Holy Ghost, Revelation
Question Dear Gramps, I would like to thank you for your response to my question. I have found articles on the internet outlining the contents of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in some detail. I have spent the last couple of hours reading through these...
Jun 25, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, World History
Question Dear Gramps, When was the Bible as we know it first compiled and put into the context as we know it? Was it Constantine1 who originally gathered the texts together to create a manual for his new religion, or were the texts already in a particular...
Jun 14, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, Book of Mormon, Etymology
Question Gramps, I was reading in the New Testament in Matthew chapters 6-7. In 3 Nephi it references from Matthew almost word for word, verse for verse out of the King James Version. There were a few words changed here and there but the verses were literally...
Apr 17, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Creation, Natural Phenomena
Question Gramps, I love your wonderful, well-thought-out answers to gospel questions. I just wanted to bounce an idea off of you, concerning your response to the person who wrote in about the dinosaurs and creation. One of the scientific truths I was taught in...
Apr 14, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Natural Phenomena
Question Hi Gramps, My understanding is that our Heavenly Father is a God of order. He knew what our needs would be one day while creating the earth. Dinosaurs were created…lived for a set amount of years and then died off. This is because of the orderly nature...