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1 Times and Seasons, 2 (June 1, 1841): 429-30;
Joseph Smith Jr. et al., History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts, 2d ed. rev., 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1902-12, Vol. 7 published 1932; 1976 printing), 4:358-60.
2 Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 2d. ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966), 588.
3 L. Rex Sears, "Determinist Mansions in the Mormon House?" Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31, no. 4 (Winter 1998): 115-41;
Blake T. Ostler, "Mormonism and Determinism," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 32, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 51.
4 Frank B. Salisbury, "Genetics and Some Gospel Concepts," The Instructor, November 1965, 437.
5 Charles W. Penrose, November 16, 1884, Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (London and Liverpool: LDS Booksellers Depot, 1855-86), 26:21;
Mark E. Petersen and Emma Marr Petersen, Virtue Makes Sense! (Salt Lake City: Deserei Book, 1976), 15;
Joseph Fielding Smith, Man: His Origin and Destiny (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1954), 352;
James E. Talmage, "The Earth and Man," The Instructor, December 1965, 477.
6 Parley P. Pratt, Key to the Science of Theology (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1893, fifth printing), 119.
7 LDS Church First Presidency, "The Origin of Man," Improvement Era 13 (November 1909): 78.
8 Gordon B. Hinckley, "Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World," Ensign, November 1995, 102.
9 Duane E. Jeffery, "Intersexes in Humans: An Introductory Exploration," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 12, no. 3 (Autumn 1979): 107;
Jeffrey E. Keller, "Question: Is Sexual Gender Eternal?" Sunstone 10, no. 11 (1985): 38.
10 Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, compiled by Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1954), 1:76.
11 McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 387;
12 Joseph Fielding Smith, ed. and comp., Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1979), 353-54.
13 B. H. Roberts, The Truth, the Way, the Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology (San Francisco: Smith Research Associates, 1994), 287.
14 Sears, "Determinist Mansions in the Mormon House?" 141;
15 Blake T. Ostler, "The Idea of Preexistence in the Development of Mormon Thought," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 15, no. 1 (Spring 1982): 59.
16 Milton R. Hunter, Pearl of Great Price Commentary (Salt Lake City: Stevens & Wallis, 1948), 74;
McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 170;
Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 1:75-76.
17 J. Reuben Clark Jr., Church News, December 29, 1956, 10;
W. Cleon Skousen, The First 2000 Years (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1953), 19.
18 Hyrum L. Andrus, Doctrinal Commentary on the Pearl of Great Price (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1967), 138-41.
19 James E. Talmage, The Articles of Faith (Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1975), 189-94.
20 McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 290-92.
21 Talmage, The Articles of Faith, 189-94.
22 McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 290-92;
Daniel H. Ludlow, A Companion to Your Study of the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1978), 98;
Sears, "Determinist Mansions in the Mormon House?" 126-27.
23 Sears, "Determinist Mansions in the Mormon House?" 141.
24 Joseph Fielding Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 365.
25 McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 290-92.
26 Joseph Fielding Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 365.
27 Blake T. Ostler, "The Mormon Concept of God," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17, no. 2 (Summer 1984): 69;
Ostler, Exploring Mormon Thought: The Attributes of God (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2001).
28 James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ (Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1962), 28-29;
Roberts, The Truth, the Way, the Life, 477-78;
Kent E. Robson, "Time and Omniscience in Mormon Theology," Sunstone 5, no. 3 (1980): 17;
David H. Bailey, "Mormons and the Omnis: The Dangers of Theological Speculation," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 37, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 41;
R. Dennis Potter, "What Does God Write in His Franklin Planner? The Paradoxes of Providence, Prophecy, and Petitionary Prayer," Dialogue: AJournal of Mormon Thought 37, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 51-55.
29 Ostler, "Mormonism and Determinism";
Robson, "Time and Omniscience in Mormon Theology," 17.
30 Talmage, Jesus the Christ, 28-29;
Robson, "Time and Omniscience in Mormon Theology," 17
31 Roberts, The Truth, the Way, the Life, 477-78.
32 Ostler, "The Mormon Concept of God," 71;
Ostler, Exploring Mormon Thought, chap. 10.
33 Robson, "Time and Omniscience in Mormon Theology," 17;
Ostler, Exploring Mormon Thought, chap. 11.
34 Neal A. Maxwell, All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1979), 37.
35 Robson, "Time and Omniscience in Mormon Theology," 17;
Ostler, Exploring Mormon Thought, chap. 11.
36 K. H. S. Campbell, J. McWhir, W. A. Ritchie, and I. Wilmut, "Sheep Cloned by Nuclear Transfer from a Cultured Cell Line," Nature 380 (March 7, 1996): 810-13.
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38 I. Wilmut, "Cloning for Medicine," Scientific American, December 1998, 58-63.
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39 M. Baker, "Korean Report Sparks Anger and Inquiry," Science 283 (January 1, 1999): 16-17.
40 Don LeFevre, Church Public Communications, March 21, 1997, quoted in Courtney Campbell, "Prophecy and Citizenry: The Case of Human Cloning," Sunstone 21, no. 2 (1998): 14.
41 Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff s Journal, 1833-1898, typescript, edited by Scott G. Kenny, 9 vols. (Midvale, Utah: Signature Books, 1983-85), 5:66.
42 Lester E. Bush, "Ethical Issues in Reproductive Medicine: A Mormon Perspective," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 18, no. 2 (Summer 1985): 41;
Jeffrey E. Keller, "When Does the Spirit Enter the Body?" Sunstone 10, no. 2 (1985): 42.
43 Keller, "When Does the Spirit Enter the Body?" 42-44.
44 Gordon B. Hinckley, "What Are People Asking about Us?" Ensign, November 1998, 70-72.
45 Kenneth R. Miller, Finding Darwin’s God (New York: Harper-Collins, 1999).
46 Kent C. Condie and Robert E. Sloan, Origin and Evolution of Earth (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1998);
Ian Tattersall, Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998);
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47 Scott Freeman and Jon C. Herron, Evolutionary Analysis, 3rd ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 2004);
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48 Miller, Finding Darwin’s God, 253.
49 William L. Stokes, "An Official Position," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 12, no. 4 (Winter 1979): 90-92.
50 Stephens and Meldrum, Evolution and Mormonism;
Duane E. Jeffery, "Seers, Savants and Evolution: The Uncomfortable Interface," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 8, nos. 3-4 (Autumn/Winter 1974): 41;
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51 Condie and Sloan, Origin and Evolution of Earth;
Tattersall, Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness;
Campbell, Human Evolution;
I. McDougall, F. H. Brown, and J. G. Fleagle, "Stratigraphie Placement and Age of Modern Humans from Kibish, Ethiopia," Nature 433 (February 17, 2005): 733-36.
52 Carl Sagan, Cosmos (New York: Random House, 1980), 284.
53 Miller, Finding Darwin’s God, 275.
54 Stephens and Meldrum, Evolution and M ormonism, 200.
55 Stan Larson, "The King Follett Discourse: A Newly Amalgamated Text," BYU Studies 18, no. 2 (1978): 201.
56 M. Rees, Just Six Numbers (New York: Basic Books, 2000), 166-71.
57 Condie and Sloan, Origin and Evolution of Earth;
Tattersall, Becoming Human;
Campbell, Human Evolution.
58 Condie and Sloan, Origin and Evolution of Earth, 371.
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