FAIR Study Aids/Seminary/Old Testament/Week 2

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Week 1

A FAIR Analysis of: Seminary: Old Testament Teacher Resource Manual

Week 3

Day 2: Moses 1

From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"It is comforting to know that God’s work and glory is to help us become like Him."

Commentary
The idea that we are to "become like Him" is a concept that often misrepresented by our critics. Critics claim that the doctrine of human deification is unbiblical, false, and arrogant, with the suggestion that Latter-day Saints believe that they will somehow 'supplant God'. This, of course, is entirely incorrect.

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• Mormonism and the nature of God/Deification of man

Day 3: Genesis 1–2; Moses 2–3; Abraham 4–5

From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"The purpose of the scriptural accounts of the Creation is not to answer such questions as how the earth was created, how long ago the Creation occurred, or how long the process of creation took. Their purpose is to answer the more important questions of why the earth was created and who created it."

Commentary
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

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Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Was the earth created in only 7,000 years?

Response
The Church has no official position on the age of the earth. Church leaders have been of more than one view on this matter.
For more information

• Age of the earth

Day 4: Genesis 3; Moses 4

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Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Was there physical death for other creatures before Adam and Eve's fall?

Response
The Church has no official position on whether creatures outside the Garden of Eden were subject to physical death prior to Adam and Eve's fall. Church leaders have been of more than one view on the matter.
For more information

• Death before the Fall of Adam

Further reading

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