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|L1=Response to claim: 192-193 - Mormons consider the fall of Adam a fortunate event
|L2=Response to claim: 193-195 - Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God
|L3=Response to claim: 196 - Brigham continued to teach Adam-God
|L4=Response to claim: 198-199 - Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship
|L5=Response to claim: 202 - The Church is therefore inconsistent because it will excommunicate someone for believing something taught by one of its prophets
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==Response to claim: 192-193 - Mormons consider the fall of Adam a fortunate event==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=
Mormons consider the fall of Adam a fortunate event.
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#''Doctrines of Salvation'' 1:114-115
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{{information|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.
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{{:Question: What to Latter-day Saints believe regarding the concept of "original sin"?}}

==Response to claim: 193-195 - Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God==
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Brigham Young preached that Adam was our God.
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*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=8|vol=1|start=50|end=51}}
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=55|vol=5|start=331}}
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{{information|Correct.
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{{:Question: What is the Adam-God Theory?}}

==Response to claim: 196 - Brigham continued to teach Adam-God==
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Brigham continued to teach Adam-God.
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#''Deseret News'', June 18, 1873.
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{{information|Correct.
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{{:Source:Brown:Brigham Young’s Teachings on Adam:2009 FAIR Conference:Brigham Young repeated these ideas and expounded upon them during the next 25 years}}
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*Adam was not created of the dust of this earth.||
*[[Adam-God]]
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# {{attn}}
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==Response to claim: 198-199 - Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=<br>
*Brigham taught that Adam is the only god that we should worship.
*Brigham taught that Adam was the father of our spirits.
*Brigham taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.
|authorsources=<br>
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=8|vol=1|start=50}}
*''Women of Mormondom'', p. 180-196"
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{{misinformation|The authors focus on this one, unique teaching of Brigham Young and imply that this represents the entire Church. The Adam-God doctrine was later repudiated by the Church.
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{{:Source:Robinson:The Exclusion by Misrepresentation:the presentation of anomalies as though they were the doctrine of the Church}}
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|claim=Heber C. Kimball taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ
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*[[Adam-God]]
|authorsources=<br>
#{{JDfairwiki|author=Heber C. Kimball|vol=4|start=1|disc=1}}
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==Response to claim: 200 - ====
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|claim=George Q. Cannon taught that Adam was the father of Jesus Christ.
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*[[Adam-God]]
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#''Daily Journal of Abraham H. Cannon'', March 10, 1888, vol. 10, pp.178-79; original at Brigham Young University.
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==Response to claim: 202 - The Church is therefore inconsistent because it will excommunicate someone for believing something taught by one of its prophets==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=
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.
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{{propaganda|The Adam-God doctrine was never accepted by the Church even in Brigham Young's day, and was later repudiated.
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#}}
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