In the Book of Abraham it talks about “the Gods” creating the earth. What does that mean?
Question Gramps, When it is talking about the Gods created the earth in the Book of Abraham. What is it referring too? Let me know thanks! Josh Answer Dear Josh, There are two aspects of the creation. Both are explained in the Book of Abraham. There is both a...
Why is there a discrepancy regarding the creation between the temple and scripture?
Question Gramps, I’m really trying to get some some clarification on this: in the scriptures (Moses, Abraham, Book of Genesis) the lights in the firmament were created and placed on the fourth day. In another place (non scriptural) it says they were created on the...
Does each earth have multiple heavens?
Question Gramps, While reading in Moses Chapter 1 I noticed it states: 37 And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine. 38 And as one earth shall pass...
How do you explain that the scriptures say that the earth is 6000 years old when science has established that it is millions of years old?
Question Dear Gramps, How do you explain that the Mormon scripture, the Pearl of Great Price, agrees with the Old Testament that the earth is only a 6,000 years old, when science has clearly established that the age of the earth is really billions of years old and...
Even using the concept of the time scale of Kolob, would God have really rested on the 7th day?
Question Gramps, Did God really rest on the seventh day? I was reading the Pearl of Great Price and it clearly said that Heavenly Father used reckoning of Kolob (1000 earth years=1 Kolob day) to create earth–Abr 5:13. That means that it took 1,000 years to...
Isn’t the power of God extremely limited if he does not have the power to create ex nihilo?
Question Dear Gramps, Hi My name is Sarah. I was on your website and was wondering if you could answer some questions I had. I’ve been studying Mormonism now for about 6 months (I am currently a Catholic) and really enjoy it but am confused by some of its teachings....
How do dinosaurs fit in with the teaching of Adam and Eve being the first people on the earth?
Question Gramps, We know that there were dinosaurs and carbon testing puts them at millions of years ago. How do they fit in with the churches teaching of Adam and Eve being the first people on the earth, and the flood where all life except those on the ark were...
Why don’t the scriptures tell us the real story of the creation of the earth?
Question Gramps, I understand that the account in the Bible of the creation of the world and of Adam and Eve is strictly allegorical. I also know the famous quote by Brigham Young says that Adam was born on a terrestrial world, helped create this world, brought...
