Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 8

Chapter 7

A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Chapter 9

Claims made in Chapter 8: The Adam-God Doctrine

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
192-193	Mormons consider the fall of Adam a fortunate event.	The fall entailed negative consequences, but it was a necessary event and did not take God by surprise. Latter-day Saints do not blame all their ills on Adam and Eve for making a choice that could have been avoided. Original sin	Doctrines of Salvation 1:114-115
193-195	Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God.	Adam-God	Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:50-51. Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 5:331.
196	Brigham continued to teach Adam-God.	Adam-God	Deseret News, June 18, 1873.
198	Adam was not created of the dust of this earth.	Adam-God	[ATTENTION!]
198-199	Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship.	Adam-God	Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:50. Women of Mormondom, p. 196"
199	Brigham taught that Adam was the father of our spirits.	Adam-God	Women of Mormondom, p. 180
199	Brigham taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.	Adam-God	Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:50-51.
200	Heber C. Kimball taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ	Adam-God	Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 4:1.
200	George Q. Cannon taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.	Adam-God	Daily Journal of Abraham H. Cannon, March 10, 1888, vol. 10, pp.178-79; original at Brigham Young University.
202	Anyone who teaches Adam-God will be excommunicated. The Church is therefore inconsistent because it will excommunicate someone for believing something taught by one of its prophets.	Author(s) impose(s) own fundamentalism on the Saints Official Church doctrine and statements by Church leaders Brigham Young on the vital need to know for ourselves	[ATTENTION!]