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Evolution and the Official Doctrine of
the LDS Church
This document uses excerpts from official publications and scriptures of the LDS
Church to present the church’s doctrine on the Theory of Evolution. While the
church claims to have no official position on whether or not biological evolution
has occurred, it undoubtedly does have the following:
1. An official position on human evolution, which is that it has not occurred
2. Official doctrines that preclude the possibility of any form of life evolving
(or dying or procreating) prior to the fall of Adam roughly 6,000 years ago
3. Official statements that preclude the possibility of any form of life everevolving at any time
All information presented here was recently printed directly from the church’s
website (www.lds.org), as you’ll notice by looking at the lower-right and upper-
right corners of each page. Included are excerpts from:
• A Sunday School manual stating that the words of “living prophets” (which
include both prophets and apostles of the church), as delivered in
conferences and printed in the Ensign Magazine, are scripture• Two Ensign articles written by an apostle
• Two manuals for students of the church’s Institute of Religion
• One Ensign article in which a modern First Presidency reissued and
reiterated an old First Presidency statement
• Four entries in the church’s Bible Dictionary
• Seven passages of LDS scripture (14 verses)
Within these excerpts, each passage pertaining to the topic at hand is highlighted in
one of three colors, depending on which of the three doctrinal matters listed above
it addresses. Also note that some passages are highlighted in a fourth color (green)
– those that are worth noting for various reasons but do not directly address one of
the three doctrinal matters. Read the highlighted portions of this document and
then decide for yourself whether church doctrine is compatible with any aspect of
biological evolution or with our knowledge of prehistoric life.
n o c a pos t on on human evo ut on, wh ch s that t has not occurre
O c a octr nes that prec u e the poss ty o any orm o e evo v ng
(or y ng or procreat ng) pr or to the a o am rough y ,000 years ago
Official statements that preclude the possibility o any form of life everevo v ng at any t me
green
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LDS Scriptures
And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he
would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were createdmust have remained in the same state in which they were after they were created;
and they must have remained forever, and had no end. (2 Nephi 2:22)
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field
before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken,
spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord
God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had
created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the ground; for in heaven
created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water,neither in the air; But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a mist from the
earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And I, the Lord God, formed man
from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also;
nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and
made according to my word… And out of the ground I, the Lord God, formed
every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and commanded that they should
come unto Adam, to see what he would call them; and they were also living souls;
for I, God, breathed into them the breath of life, and commanded that whatsoever
Adam called every living creature, that should be the name thereof. (Moses 3:5-7,19)
And the Gods organized the earth to bring forth grass from its own seed, and the
herb to bring forth herb from its own seed, yielding seed after his kind; and the
earth to bring forth the tree from its own seed, yielding fruit, whose seed could
only bring forth the same in itself, after his kind; and the Gods saw that they were
obeyed… And the Gods prepared the waters that they might bring forth great
whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters were to bring forth
abundantly after their kind; and every winged fowl after their kind. And the Godssaw that they would be obeyed, and that their plan was good… And the Gods
organized the earth to bring forth the beasts after their kind, and cattle after their
kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and the Gods saw
they would obey. (Abraham 4:12,21,25)
not yet a man to t the groun
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a th ngs wh ch were createmust have rema ne n the same state n wh ch they ere a ter they were create ;
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create a th ngs, o wh ch I have spoken,
spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth.
there was not yet esh upon the earth, ne ther n the water,ne ther n the a r
man became the first flesh upon the earth
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come unto Adam they were also living souls;
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am ca e
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her to r ng orth her rom ts own see , y e ng see a ter h s k n ; an the
earth to r ng orth the tree rom ts own see , y e ng ru t, whose see cou
on y r ng orth the same n tse , a ter h s k n
the waters that they m ght r ng orth great
wha es, an every v ng creature that moveth, wh ch the waters were to r ng orth
abundantly after their kind; and every winged fowl after their kind.
the earth to r ng orth the easts a ter the r k n , an catt e a ter the r
k n , an every th ng that creepeth upon the earth a ter ts k n
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Q. What are we to understand by the book which John saw, which was sealed on
the back with seven seals?
A. We are to understand that it contains the revealed will, mysteries, and the works
of God; the hidden things of his economy concerning this earth during the seven
thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence.
Q. What are we to understand by the seven seals with which it was sealed?
A. We are to understand that the first seal contains the things of the first thousand
years, and the second also of the second thousand years, and so on until the
seventh.
Q. What are we to understand by the sounding of the trumpets, mentioned in the
8th chapter of Revelation?
A. We are to understand that as God made the world in six days, and on the
seventh day he finished his work, and sanctified it, and also formed man out of the
dust of the earth, even so, in the beginning of the seventh thousand years will the
Lord God sanctify the earth, and complete the salvation of man, and judge allthings, and shall redeem all things, except that which he hath not put into his
power, when he shall have sealed all things, unto the end of all things; and the
sounding of the trumpets of the seven angels are the preparing and finishing of his
work, in the beginning of the seventh thousand years—the preparing of the way
before the time of his coming. (D&C 77:6-7,12)
For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face of the earth, which
earth was created by the power of his word. Wherefore, if God being able to speak
and the world was, and to speak and man was created, O then, why not able to
command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according
to his will and pleasure? (Jacob 4:9)
And the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many. (Moses 1:34)
And he said unto them: Because that Adam fell, we are; and by his fall came death;
and we are made partakers of misery and woe. (Moses 6:48)
More scriptures on how the fall of Adam brought physical death and procreation
into the world:2 Nephi 2:22-25
Moses 5:11
Alma 12:23-24
2 Nephi 9:6
Helaman 14:16
1 Corinthians 15:22
the a o am rought phys ca eath an procreat on
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