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Hi, sorry if this comes off as offensive, but is there a general consensus in mormonism about a gradual evolution of life on earth?

• nurettin 10y ago
  I'll take the negative votes as a no :-)
• paulddraper 10y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_views_on_evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_views_on_evolution tl;dr Some Mormon leaders say it's incompatible with scripture, though the LDS church hasn't never said anything official.
• Fuzzy_Logic 10y ago
  Sorry for the delayed response. As paulddraper there is no official doctrine on evolution, but Mormons do not believe in "Creatio ex nihilo" or that the creation of the earth was literally a seven day period. The "days" of the creation story are meant to mean periods of time, and we do not fully understand how God created the earth or that evolution was not necessarily a part of it. Mormons do not accept a lot of the "standard" Christian teachings on creation that actually stem from the Greek/Roman philosophical influence in early Christianity and not from scripture. Our official doctrine encourages us to seek to learn and understand the will and processes of God through science in addition to spiritual experiences. "Latter-day Saints should strive to use both science and religion to extend knowledge and to build faith." "Is there any conflict between science and religion? There is no conflict in the mind of God, but often there is conflict in the minds of men." http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormonism_and_science/Are_they_compatible http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormonism_and_science/Are_they_comp... More Sources: http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormonism_and_science/Evolution/Official_stance http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormonism_and_science/Evolution/Off... http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormon_view_of_the_creation http://en.fairmormon.org/Mormon_view_of_the_creation