FAIR Study Aids/Seminary/Old Testament/Week 2

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Week 1

A FAIR Analysis of: Seminary: Old Testament Teacher Resource Manual

Week 3

Critical questions

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Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Was the earth created in only 7,000 years?

Response
The Church has no official position on the age of the earth. Church leaders have been of more than one view on this matter.
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• Age of the earth

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Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Was their physical death for other creatures before Adam and Eve's fall?

Response
The Church has no official position on whether creatures outside the Garden of Eden were subject to physical death prior to Adam and Eve's fall. Church leaders have been of more than one view on the matter.
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• Death before the Fall of Adam

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Critical answers

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"Church leaders do not all agree on many questions."

Commentary
Church leaders have been of different view on matters that are peripheral to our salvation, such as the age of the earth, and whether there was physical death before the Fall of Adam.

• The Lord allows his prophets and his children to have and express their own views on issues not directly related to the gospel and salvation. "A prophet is only a prophet," taught Joseph Smith, "when he is acting as such." Prophets are not inerrant, and we weaken our ability to follow and sustain them if we act as if they are. Only Jesus was perfect.

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• Is everything said by a Church leader doctrine?
• Prophets are not infallible

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Further reading

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