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Revision as of 23:15, 23 July 2006
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Contents
Criticism
Mainstream Christianity teaches that God created the universe from nothing (ex nihilo), while Mormons teach that God only organized the universe from pre-existing matter. The LDS God is therefore less powerful than the God of mainstream Christians.
Source(s) of the Criticism
Response
The response should be brief and summary in nature.
Conclusion
A summary of the argument against the criticism.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
- Links to related articles in the wiki
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide: Creatio ex nihilo
External links
- Blake T. Ostler, "Bridging the Gulf (Review of How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation)," FARMS Review of Books 11/2 (1999): 103–177. off-site