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| − | ==Criticism==
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| − | Critics charge that the Bible condemns genealogy, and therefore the Latter-day Saint practice of compiling family histories is anti-Biblical, often citing [http://scriptures.lds.org/1_tim/1/4#4 1 Timothy 1:4] or [http://scriptures.lds.org/titus/3/9#9 Titus 3:9].
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| − | ===Source(s) of the criticism===
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | The Bible clearly does not reject all uses of genealogy. This can be seen through its many genealogical lists, including two such lists for Jesus Christ Himself. (See [http://scriptures.lds.org/matt/1/1#24 Matthew 1:1–24] and [http://scriptures.lds.org/luke/3/23#38 Luke 3:23–38].)
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | The Bible does not condemn all genealogy ''per se''. Rather, it rejects the use of genealogy to "prove" one's righteousness. It also rejects the apostate uses to which some Christians put genealogy in some varieties of gnosticism.
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| − | Latter-day Saints engage in genealogy work so that they can continue the Biblical practice of providing vicarious ordinances for the dead, such as baptism (See [http://scriptures.lds.org/1_cor/15/29#29 1 Corinthians 15:29].)
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| − | ===FAIR web site===
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| − | *FAIR Topical Guide: [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai151.html Genealogy]
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| − | ===External links===
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| − | *George H. Fudge, [http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1986.htm/ensign%20march%201986%20.htm/i%20have%20a%20question.htm?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates&2.0#LPTOC1 "I Have a Question: How do we interpret scriptures in the New Testament that seem to condemn genealogy?"], ''Ensign'', March 1986, p. 49.
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| − | *Stephen R. Gibson, Why Don't Latter-day Saints Avoid "Endless Genealogy"?[http://www.lightplanet.com/response/answers/EndlessGenealogy.htm *]
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| − | ===Printed material===
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