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|L1=Question: How do we reconcile the actual age of the earth to the "seven thousand years of its continuance" mentioned in D&C 77:6? | |L1=Question: How do we reconcile the actual age of the earth to the "seven thousand years of its continuance" mentioned in D&C 77:6? | ||
| | |L2=Brigham Young (1871): "whether the Lord...made it in six days or in as many millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject" | ||
| | |L3=John S. Lewis: "Considering that Doctrine and Covenants 77:6 refers to “…this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence,” what led Phelps to speak of Earth as 2,555 million years old?" | ||
| | |L4=Improvement Era 1909 regards an ancient earth as consistent with scripture | ||
| | |L5=John A. Widtsoe in Improvement Era 1909 on the age of the earth | ||
| | |L6=Charles W. Penrose in Improvement Era 1909 on the age of the earth | ||
| | |L7=James E. Talmage, a geologist, spoke of the earth forming from other bodies | ||
| | |L8=Question: Was Brigham Young a "young earth creationist"? | ||
| | |L9=Question: How do dinosaurs fit into God's plan? | ||
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