The Question

• 30 And it came to pass that Moses called upon God, saying: Tell me, I pray thee,

• -why these things are so, -why these things are so, • -and by what thou madest -and by what thou madest

them?them?

• (Pearl of Great Price | Moses 1:30)

Answer:

Why these things are so ? Moses 1:31,39

"I testify to you that God has known you "I testify to you that God has known you individually . . . for a long, long time (see individually . . . for a long, long time (see D&C 93:23). He has loved you for a long, D&C 93:23). He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only knows the names of all long time. He not only knows the names of all the stars (see Psalm 147:4; Isaiah 40:26); He the stars (see Psalm 147:4; Isaiah 40:26); He knows your names and all your heartaches knows your names and all your heartaches and your joys!" Elder Neal A. Maxwell and your joys!" Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Immortal Souls-More than Sparrows or Stars

Think of it, brothers and sisters, even with their extensive longevity, stars are not immortal. But you are!

Elder Neil A. Maxwell; "Remember How Merciful the Lord Hath Been," Liahona and Ensign, May 2004, 46

The least, the most inferior person now upon the earth ...is worth worlds.(JD - Brigham Young, 9:124)

Matt. 10:29-31

Matthew 10:29-32 29 are not two sparrows

sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father Knoweth it.

30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered .

31 fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

The Throne of God

Kolob

Oliblish

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Our Solar System

The Witnessing UniverseEarth is an orbiting Classroom

The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea and its motion, yea and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator. (Moses 6:63;Alma 30:40; emphasis added)

Moses 6:63 I testify that the earth and all life upon it are of divine origin. The

Creation did not happen by chance. It did not come ex nihilo (out of nothing). And human minds and hands able to build buildings or create computers are not accidental. It is God who made us and not we ourselves. We are His people! The Creation itself testifies of a Creator. We cannot disregard the divine in the Creation. Without our grateful awareness of God’s hand in the Creation, we would be just as oblivious to our provider as are goldfish swimming in a bowl. With deep gratitude, we echo the words of the Psalmist, who said, “O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.” Elder Russell M. Nelson, The Creation, Ensign (CR), May 2000, p.84

Alma 30:40,41,44; SeasonsAlma 30:40,41,44; Seasons D&C 88:6-13D&C 88:6-13

Answer:

How? And by what thou madest them? Moses 1:32; Moses 2

How? Moses 2:1

1 AND it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven, and this earth; write the words which I speakwrite the words which I speak. I am the Beginning and the End, the Almighty God; by mine Only Begotten I created these things; yea, in the beginning I created the heaven, and the earth upon which thou standest.

President Joseph Fielding Smith said: President Joseph Fielding Smith said: Our Relationship to the creation:Our Relationship to the creation:

Under the direction of the Father Jesus Jesus Christ created this Christ created this earthearth

...no doubt others ...no doubt others helped himhelped him......

Adam helpedAdam helped to form this earth... I have a strong view or conviction that there were

……othersothers who also assisted them...

perhaps perhaps Noah and EnochNoah and Enoch and and why not why not Joseph SmithJoseph Smith......

and and those who were appointed to be those who were appointed to be rulersrulers before the earth was formed. before the earth was formed.

(DS 1:74-75)(DS 1:74-75)

Charles Darwin near the end of his life…

I have said that in one respect my mind has changed during the last twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley, gave me great pleasure, and even as a schoolboy I took intense delight in Shakespeare, especially in the historical plays. I have also said that formerly pictures gave me considerable, and music very great delight.

Charles Darwin near the end of his life…

But now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry: I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. I have also almost lost any taste for pictures or music.-Music generally set me thinking too energetically on what I have been at work on, instead of giving me pleasure. I retain some taste for fine scenery, but it does not cause me the exquisite delight which it formerly did.

Charles Darwin continues… This curious and lamentable loss of the higher

aesthetic tastes is all the odder, as books on history, biographies and travels (independently of any scientific facts which they may contain), and essays on all sorts of subjects interest me as much as ever they did. My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone, on which the higher tastes, depend, I cannot conceive. A man with a mind more highly organized or better constituted than mine, would not I suppose have thus suffered; and

……if if I had to live my life again I would I had to live my life again I would have made a rule to read some poetry have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of my every week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied could thus have brain now atrophied could thus have been kept active through use. The loss of been kept active through use. The loss of these tastes is a loss of happiness, and these tastes is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our naturepart of our nature

Rutherford Discovered the Planetary structure of the Atom…C.P. Snow…

"The tone of science at Cambridge in 1932 was the tone of Rutherford. [They had discovered the planetary structure of the atom.] Magniloquently boastful, creatively confident, generous, argumentative, and full of hope. [What more could he ask?] . . . He enjoyed a life of miraculous success." "But I am sure that even late in life he felt stabs of sickening insecurity."

The author goes on to talk about the other giants at Cambridge: "Does anyone really imagine that Bertrand Russell, G. H. Hardy, Rutherford, Blackett and the rest were bemused by cheerfulness as they faced their own individual state? In the crowd, they were leaders; they were worshipped. But by themselves they believed with the same certainty that they believed in Rutherford's atom that they were going after this life into annihilation. Against this, they only had to offer the nature of scientific activity; its complete success on its own terms. It itself was a source of happiness. But it is whistling in the dark when they are alone." C. P. Snow, Chronicles of Cambridge University, cited in Hugh W. Nibley, "Science Fiction and the Gospel," Latter-day Science Fiction, ed. Benjamin Urrutia (Ludlow, MA: Parables, 1985)

Albert Einstien "How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here

for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...

““The Pattern of Our The Pattern of Our Parentage”Parentage”

What is man, that thou art What is man, that thou art mindful of him?mindful of him?(Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6)(Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6)

Six Convictions:Six Convictions:

Elder Boyd Elder Boyd K. PackerK. Packer

of the of the Quorum of Quorum of the Twelvethe Twelve

““The Pattern The Pattern of our of our

Parentage,”Parentage,” EnsignEnsign, Nov , Nov

1984, 66.1984, 66.

1. Essential truths are 1. Essential truths are repeated over and over repeated over and over again.2. Every verse must again.2. Every verse must be measured against other be measured against other verses.3. Nature can teach verses.3. Nature can teach valuable lessons about valuable lessons about doctrinal matters.4. We doctrinal matters.4. We have 4 Standard Works.5. have 4 Standard Works.5. We may know the truth We may know the truth through individual through individual revelation.6. The adversary revelation.6. The adversary has divised deceptive, has divised deceptive, counterfeit doctrine.counterfeit doctrine.

Six Convictions:Six Convictions:1. Essential truths are 1. Essential truths are

repeated over and over repeated over and over again.again.2. Every verse must 2. Every verse must be measured against other be measured against other verses.3. Nature can teach verses.3. Nature can teach valuable lessons about valuable lessons about doctrinal matters.4. We doctrinal matters.4. We have 4 Standard Works.5. have 4 Standard Works.5. We may know the truth We may know the truth through individual through individual revelation.6. The adversary revelation.6. The adversary has divised deceptive, has divised deceptive, counterfeit doctrine.counterfeit doctrine.

Elder Boyd Elder Boyd K. PackerK. Packerof of the Quorum the Quorum

of the of the TwelveTwelve“The “The

Pattern of our Pattern of our Parentage,”Parentage,” EnsignEnsign, Nov , Nov

1984, 66.1984, 66.

Six Convictions:Six Convictions:1. Essential truths are 1. Essential truths are

repeated over and over repeated over and over again.2. Every verse must again.2. Every verse must be measured against other be measured against other verses.3. Nature can teach verses.3. Nature can teach valuable lessons about valuable lessons about doctrinal matters.doctrinal matters.4. We 4. We have 4 Standard Works.have 4 Standard Works.5. 5. We may know the truth We may know the truth through individual through individual revelation.6. The adversary revelation.6. The adversary has divised deceptive, has divised deceptive, counterfeit doctrine.counterfeit doctrine.

Elder Boyd Elder Boyd K. PackerK. Packerof of the Quorum the Quorum

of the of the TwelveTwelve“The “The

Pattern of our Pattern of our Parentage,”Parentage,” EnsignEnsign, Nov , Nov

1984, 66.1984, 66.

Six Convictions:Six Convictions:1. Essential truths are 1. Essential truths are

repeated over and over repeated over and over again.2. Every verse must again.2. Every verse must be measured against other be measured against other verses.3. Nature can teach verses.3. Nature can teach valuable lessons about valuable lessons about doctrinal matters.4. We doctrinal matters.4. We have 4 Standard Works.5. have 4 Standard Works.5. We may know the truth We may know the truth through individual through individual revelation.revelation.6. The adversary 6. The adversary has divised deceptive, has divised deceptive, counterfeit doctrine.counterfeit doctrine.

Elder Boyd Elder Boyd K. PackerK. Packerof of the Quorum the Quorum

of the of the TwelveTwelve“The “The

Pattern of our Pattern of our Parentage,”Parentage,” EnsignEnsign, Nov , Nov

1984, 66.1984, 66.

Six Convictions:Six Convictions:1. Essential truths are 1. Essential truths are

repeated over and over repeated over and over again.2. Every verse must again.2. Every verse must be measured against other be measured against other verses.verses.3. Nature can teach 3. Nature can teach valuable lessons about valuable lessons about doctrinal matters.doctrinal matters.4. We 4. We have 4 Standard Works.5. have 4 Standard Works.5. We may know the truth We may know the truth through individual through individual revelation.revelation.6. The adversary 6. The adversary has divised deceptive, has divised deceptive, counterfeit doctrine.counterfeit doctrine.

Elder Boyd Elder Boyd K. PackerK. Packerof of the Quorum the Quorum

of the of the TwelveTwelve“The “The

Pattern of our Pattern of our Parentage,”Parentage,” EnsignEnsign, Nov , Nov

1984, 66.1984, 66.

First PresidencyFirst Presidency (Joseph F. (Joseph F.

Smith, John R. Smith, John R. Winder,Winder,

Anthon H. Anthon H. Lund) “The Lund) “The

Origin of Man,” Origin of Man,” EnsignEnsign, Feb , Feb 2002, 26.2002, 26.

It is held by some that Adam was not It is held by some that Adam was not the first man upon this earth and that the the first man upon this earth and that the original human being was a development original human being was a development from lower orders of the animal creation. from lower orders of the animal creation. These, however, are the theories of men. These, however, are the theories of men. The word of the Lord declared that Adam The word of the Lord declared that Adam was “the first man of all men” (was “the first man of all men” (Moses 1:34Moses 1:34), and we are therefore in duty bound to ), and we are therefore in duty bound to regard him as the primal parent of our regard him as the primal parent of our race.race.

1st Primordial Soup 1st Primordial Soup Breakthrough: 1953Breakthrough: 1953

Source: University of Miami Source: University of Miami department of Biology department of Biology website.website.

“ “The Miller-Urey The Miller-Urey experiment is now experiment is now recognized as recognized as the the single most single most significant stepsignificant step in in convincing any convincing any scientists that life scientists that life is likely to be is likely to be abundant in the abundant in the cosmos.” cosmos.”

Carl SaganCarl Saganquoted in quoted in Shapiro’s Shapiro’s Origins-A Origins-A

Skeptics Guide Skeptics Guide to the Creation to the Creation of Life on Earthof Life on Earth, ,

1986, p.99.1986, p.99.

Utah State Biology Utah State Biology TextbookTextbook“Stanley Miller cooked up many of the molecules necessary to life. Because the conditions inside his apparatus imitated conditions on early Earth, his experiment supports the hypothesis that life could have originated in the early seas under lightening filled skies.” (Discovering Biology, Cain, Dammon, et al. New York: Norton, 2007, 8.)

Is it Soup Yet?Is it Soup Yet?In the past forty years, Miller’s In the past forty years, Miller’s

experiment has been replicated experiment has been replicated many times, using electrical many times, using electrical sparks, heat, ultraviolet radiation, sparks, heat, ultraviolet radiation, shock waves, high energy shock waves, high energy chemical catalysts, all under chemical catalysts, all under tightly tuned controls. And tightly tuned controls. And indeed, almost all of the twenty indeed, almost all of the twenty naturally occurring types of amino naturally occurring types of amino acids have been detected in acids have been detected in origin-of-life experiments.origin-of-life experiments.

Is it Soup Yet?Is it Soup Yet?But in every case, the results But in every case, the results

were much the same as Miller: were much the same as Miller: glycine and alanine. When glycine and alanine. When

occasional other amino acids occasional other amino acids havehave occured, they have been in occured, they have been in highly insignificant trace amountshighly insignificant trace amounts . .

Remember that these rather Remember that these rather pitiful results have come as a pitiful results have come as a

result of experiments designed to result of experiments designed to optimize the production of the optimize the production of the building blocks. Everything has building blocks. Everything has

been arranged perfectly!been arranged perfectly!

Michael Michael BeheBehe

Professor of Professor of Biochemistry at Biochemistry at

Lehigh Lehigh UniversityUniversity

““As an analogy, suppose a famous As an analogy, suppose a famous chef said that random natural chef said that random natural processes could produce a processes could produce a chocolate cake. In his efforts to chocolate cake. In his efforts to prove it, we would not begrudge prove it, we would not begrudge him taking whole plants—including him taking whole plants—including wheat, cacao, and sugar cane—wheat, cacao, and sugar cane—and placing them near a hot and placing them near a hot spring, in the hope that the heated spring, in the hope that the heated water would extract the right water would extract the right materials and cook them. materials and cook them.

““But we would become a little wary if the But we would become a little wary if the chef bought refined flour, cocoa, and sugar chef bought refined flour, cocoa, and sugar at the store, saying he didn’t have time to at the store, saying he didn’t have time to wait for the hot water to extract the wait for the hot water to extract the components from the plants. We would components from the plants. We would shake our heads if he then switched his shake our heads if he then switched his experiment from a hot spring to an electric experiment from a hot spring to an electric oven, to ‘speed things up.’ And we would oven, to ‘speed things up.’ And we would walk away if he then measured the walk away if he then measured the amounts of the components carefully, amounts of the components carefully, mixed them in a bowl, placed them in a mixed them in a bowl, placed them in a pan, and baked them in his oven. The pan, and baked them in his oven. The results would have nothing to do with his results would have nothing to do with his original idea that natural processes could original idea that natural processes could produce a cake.”produce a cake.”

Michael BeheMichael BeheProfessor of Biochemistry at Lehigh UniversityProfessor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University

“ “The Miller-Urey The Miller-Urey experiment is now experiment is now recognized as recognized as the the single most single most significant stepsignificant step in in convincing any convincing any scientists that life scientists that life is likely to be is likely to be abundant in the abundant in the cosmos.” cosmos.”

Carl SaganCarl Saganquoted in quoted in Shapiro’s Shapiro’s Origins-A Origins-A

Skeptics Guide Skeptics Guide to the Creation to the Creation of Life on Earthof Life on Earth, ,

1986, p.99.1986, p.99.

Dr. Robert Dr. Robert ShapiroShapiro

chemistry chemistry prof. New prof. New York Univ. York Univ.

Not by Chance!Not by Chance!, , 116116

“ “The very best Miller-The very best Miller-Urey chemistry, as we have Urey chemistry, as we have seen, does not take us very seen, does not take us very far along the path to a living far along the path to a living organism. A mixture of organism. A mixture of simple chemicals, even one simple chemicals, even one enriched in a few amino enriched in a few amino acids, no more resembles a acids, no more resembles a bacterium than a small pile bacterium than a small pile of real and nonsense of real and nonsense words, each written on an words, each written on an individual scrap of paper, individual scrap of paper, resembles the complete resembles the complete works of Shakespeare.” works of Shakespeare.”

The Origin of LifeThe Origin of Life “ “More than 30 years of More than 30 years of experimentation have led to a experimentation have led to a better perception of the better perception of the immensity of the problem of the immensity of the problem of the origin of life on Earth rather than origin of life on Earth rather than to its solution. At present all to its solution. At present all discussions on principal theories discussions on principal theories and experiments in the field either and experiments in the field either end in stalemates or in a end in stalemates or in a confession of ignorance” (Dose, confession of ignorance” (Dose, K., "The Origin of Life: More K., "The Origin of Life: More Questions Than Answers," Questions Than Answers," Interdisciplinary Science ReviewsInterdisciplinary Science Reviews , , Vol. 13, No. 4, 1988, p.348). Vol. 13, No. 4, 1988, p.348).

Klaus Klaus DoseDose

President,Institute President,Institute of Biochemistry at of Biochemistry at the University of the University of

Johannes Johannes Gutenberg (and Gutenberg (and

longtime longtime primordial soup primordial soup

chef)chef)

"When I set out to write this book I was "When I set out to write this book I was convinced that science was close to convinced that science was close to wrapping up the mystery of life's origin.... wrapping up the mystery of life's origin.... but we are a very long way from but we are a very long way from comprehending how [it happened]. This comprehending how [it happened]. This gulf in understanding is not merely gulf in understanding is not merely ignorance about certain technical details, it ignorance about certain technical details, it is a major conceptual lacuna. is a major conceptual lacuna. I am not I am not suggesting that life's origin was a suggesting that life's origin was a supernatural eventsupernatural event, only that we are , only that we are missing something very fundamental missing something very fundamental about the whole business. ...something about the whole business. ...something truly amazing is happening in the universe, truly amazing is happening in the universe, something with profound philosophical something with profound philosophical ramifications. My personal belief, for what ramifications. My personal belief, for what it is worth, is that a fully satisfactory theory it is worth, is that a fully satisfactory theory of the origin of life demands some radically of the origin of life demands some radically new ideas"new ideas" ((The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin of LifeOrigin of Life, Penguin: Ringwood NSW, Australia, , Penguin: Ringwood NSW, Australia, 1998, pp.xvi-xvii)1998, pp.xvi-xvii)

Paul Paul DaviesDaviesTheoretical Theoretical physicist, physicist,

cosmologist, cosmologist, and and

astrobiologist. astrobiologist. Currently Currently

professor at professor at Arizona StateArizona State

The Origin of LifeThe Origin of Life

““An honest man, armed An honest man, armed with all the knowledge with all the knowledge available to us now, could available to us now, could only state that in sum, the only state that in sum, the origin of life appears at the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a moment to be almost a miracle, so many are the miracle, so many are the conditions which would conditions which would have had to have been have had to have been satisfied to get it along.” satisfied to get it along.” ((Life Itself, Its Origin and Life Itself, Its Origin and NatureNature, Futura: London, , Futura: London, 1982.)1982.)

Francis CrickFrancis Cricknobel prize nobel prize winning co-winning co-

discoverer of the discoverer of the double helix double helix

shape of DNAshape of DNA

The Origin of LifeThe Origin of Life

George George WaldWald

nobel prize nobel prize winning winning Harvard Harvard

biochemistbiochemist

“ “One has only to contemplate the magnitude of One has only to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the this task to concede that the spontaneous spontaneous generationgeneration of a living organism of a living organism is impossibleis impossible. Yet . Yet we are here - as a result, I believe, of spontaneous we are here - as a result, I believe, of spontaneous generation.” “When it comes to the origin of life generation.” “When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved 100 years Spontaneous generation was disproved 100 years ago, but that leads us to only one other ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We We cannot accept that on philosophical groundscannot accept that on philosophical grounds; ; therefore we choose to believe the impossible: therefore we choose to believe the impossible: That life arose spontaneously by chance!” That life arose spontaneously by chance!” (“The Origin (“The Origin of Life,” of Life,” Scientific AmericanScientific American 191:48). 191:48).

The Origin of LifeThe Origin of Life

“ “Few people outside of genetics or Few people outside of genetics or biochemistry realize that evolutionists still biochemistry realize that evolutionists still can provide no substantive details at all can provide no substantive details at all about the origin of life, and particularly the about the origin of life, and particularly the origin of genetic information in the first self-origin of genetic information in the first self-replicating organism. How did huge replicating organism. How did huge information-rich molecules arise before information-rich molecules arise before natural selection? Exactly how did the natural selection? Exactly how did the genetic code linking nucleic acids to amino genetic code linking nucleic acids to amino acid sequence originate? Clearly the origin acid sequence originate? Clearly the origin of life – the foundation of evolution - is still of life – the foundation of evolution - is still virtually all speculation, and little if no fact” virtually all speculation, and little if no fact” (Chris Williams, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Ohio (Chris Williams, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Ohio State University, 2008).State University, 2008).

The Origin of LifeThe Origin of Life

Six Convictions:Six Convictions:1. Essential truths are 1. Essential truths are

repeated over and over repeated over and over again.2. Every verse must again.2. Every verse must be measured against other be measured against other verses.3. Nature can teach verses.3. Nature can teach valuable lessons about valuable lessons about doctrinal matters.4. We doctrinal matters.4. We have 4 Standard Works.have 4 Standard Works.5. 5. We may know the truth We may know the truth through individual through individual revelation.revelation.6. The adversary 6. The adversary has divised deceptive, has divised deceptive, counterfeit doctrine.counterfeit doctrine.

Elder Boyd Elder Boyd K. PackerK. Packerof of the Quorum the Quorum

of the of the TwelveTwelve“The “The

Pattern of our Pattern of our Parentage,”Parentage,” EnsignEnsign, Nov , Nov

1984, 66.1984, 66.

First PresidencyFirst Presidency (Joseph F. (Joseph F.

Smith, John R. Smith, John R. Winder,Winder,

Anthon H. Anthon H. Lund) “The Lund) “The

Origin of Man,” Origin of Man,” EnsignEnsign, Feb , Feb 2002, 26.2002, 26.

Man is the child of God, formed in the Man is the child of God, formed in the divine image and endowed with divine divine image and endowed with divine attributes, and even as the infant son of attributes, and even as the infant son of an earthly father and mother is capable in an earthly father and mother is capable in due time of becoming a man, so the due time of becoming a man, so the undeveloped offspring of celestial undeveloped offspring of celestial parentage is capable, by experience parentage is capable, by experience through ages and aeons, of through ages and aeons, of evolvingevolving into into a God.a God.

Intelligent Design… Atheist Richard Dawkins was forced to admit:

“The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we can believe that it just happened by blind chance. Superficially, the obvious alternative to chance is an intelligent Designer” (1982, p. 130, emp. added). That is the very conclusion theists have drawn from the available evidence—in keeping with the law of rationality. The statistical improbability of the Universe “just happening by blind chance” is staggering. The only alternative is an Intelligent Designer—God.

Moses 2Moses 2

The Physical Creation (How)…The Physical Creation (How)…

(Complied by Doug Maughan)(Complied by Doug Maughan)

The Physical CreationThe Physical Creation First Day - Moses 2:1-5; Gen. 1:1-5; Second Day – Moses 2:6-8; Gen.1:6-8 Third Day – Moses 2:9-13; Gen. 1:9-13 Fourth Day- Moses 2:14-19;Gen. 1:14-19 Fifth Day- Moses 2:20-23; Gen.1:20-23 Sixth Day- Moses 2:24-31; Gen. 1:24-3:Abr. 1:3; Seventh Day- Moses 3:1-3: Gen. 2:1-3;

1 AND it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven, and this earth; write the words which I speak. I am the Beginning and the End, the Almighty God; by mine Only BegottenOnly Begotten I created these things; yea, in the beginning I created the heaven, and the earth upon which thou standest.

(Pearl of Great Price | Moses 2:1)

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and I caused darkness to come up upon the face of the deep; and my Spirit moved upon the face of the water; for I am God.

D&C 88:6-13

(Pearl of Great Price | Moses 2:2)

First Day - Moses 2:1-5; Gen. 1:1-5;

The Light of the Priesthood Moves upon matter unorganized…

the first day…the first day…

3 And I, God, said: Let there be lightLet there be light; and there was light.

4 And I, God, saw the light; and that light was good. And I, God, divided the light from the darkness.

5 And I, God, called the light Day; and the darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the word of my power, and it was done as I spake; and the evening and the morning were the first day.

(Pearl of Great Price | Moses 2:3 - 5)

The Light of ChristThe Light of Christ This light manifests itself in different ways and

degrees. In its less refined existence, wrote Parley P. Pratt, it is visible as sunlight. It is also the “refined intellectual light of our inward and spiritual organs, by which we reason, discern, judge, compare and comprehend, and remember the subjects within our reach.” It is revealed as instinct in animals, reason in man, and vision in prophets. (Key to the Science of Theology, Parley P. Pratt. p.25; Hel. 12:7-17, D&C 130:20:21; D&C 93:29-33;Moroni 7:16-19; D&C 88:6-13 )

Second Day – Moses 2:6-8; Gen.1:6-8Second Day – Moses 2:6-8; Gen.1:6-8

Organization of the Atmosphere

Moisturizer… Heating and Moisturizer… Heating and Cooling systemCooling system

The oceans provide a huge reservoir of moisture that The oceans provide a huge reservoir of moisture that is constantly evaporating and condensing, thus is constantly evaporating and condensing, thus falling upon the land as refreshing rain. It is a well-falling upon the land as refreshing rain. It is a well-known fact that water heats and cools at a much known fact that water heats and cools at a much slower rate than a solid land mass, which explains slower rate than a solid land mass, which explains why desert regions can be blistering hot in the why desert regions can be blistering hot in the daytime and freezing cold at night. But water holds daytime and freezing cold at night. But water holds its temperature longer, providing a natural its temperature longer, providing a natural heating/air-conditioning system for the land areas of heating/air-conditioning system for the land areas of the Earth. the Earth.

90% of Oxygen comes from 90% of Oxygen comes from microscopic plants in the seamicroscopic plants in the sea

Temperature extremes would be much more erratic than they Temperature extremes would be much more erratic than they are, were it not for the fact that approximately four-fifths of are, were it not for the fact that approximately four-fifths of the Earth is covered with water. In addition, humans and the Earth is covered with water. In addition, humans and animals inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. On the animals inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. On the other hand, plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. other hand, plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. We depend upon the world of botany for our oxygen supply, We depend upon the world of botany for our oxygen supply, yet approximately 90% of that oxygen comes from yet approximately 90% of that oxygen comes from microscopic plants in the seas (see Asimov, 1975, 2:116). If microscopic plants in the seas (see Asimov, 1975, 2:116). If our oceans were appreciably smaller, we soon would be out of our oceans were appreciably smaller, we soon would be out of air to breathe.air to breathe.

Third Day – Moses 2:9-13; Gen. 1:9-13Third Day – Moses 2:9-13; Gen. 1:9-13

Land and Plant Life

Animated fractal mountain

Leonardo Fibonacci discovered the series which converges on phi

In the 12th century, Leonardo Fibonacci discovered a simple numerical series that is the foundation for an incredible mathematical relationship behind phi.

Starting with 0 and 1, each new number in the series is simply the sum of the two before it.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, . . . The ratio of each successive pair of numbers in the series

approximates phi (1.618. . .) , as 5 divided by 3 is 1.666..., and 8 divided by 5 is 1.60.

1.618033988749895

Fibonacci numbers in plant branching

Elder Boyd K. Packer: The Law and the Light-The Golden

Segment If a simple rectangle is formed so that the

short side has the same proportional relationship to the long side as the long side does to both sides put together, it has a precise mathematical ratio of 1.618.

Elder Boyd K. Packer: The Law and the Light-The Golden

Segment The relationship of those two segments to

one another was known anciently as the golden segment, and is referred to in literature as the "divine proportion," for it embodies qualities of both precision and beauty.

Elder Boyd K. Packer: The Law and the Light-The Golden

Segment It is an infinite proportional relationship,

which continues forever, much as the mirrors in the sealing room of the temple form a corridor of diminishing images which goes out of sight and on into infinity.

Spirals The logarithmic spiral is found every where

in nature. It appears in seashells. It allows the horns of animals to grow, each horn spiraling in an opposite direction. It appears in the arrangement of seeds in flowers, in the arrangement of limbs on trees, in their height from one another, and in the way they are arranged on the stem at just the right angle to catch the most light. Spirals of one kind or another are found from the smallest virus to the largest galaxy. Where living things must change size and maintain shape the logarithmic spiral appears.

Scribe an arc through the square formed inside the rectangle, continue it in the next smaller one and the next and you form a spiral, a logarithmic spiral with precise mathematical proportions of the golden segment and quite remarkable properties. The logarithmic spiral is found everywhere in nature.

It appears in sea shells. It allows the horns of animals to grow, each horn spiraling in an opposite direction. It appears in the arrangement of seeds on flowers, in the arrangement of limbs on a tree, in their height from one another, and in the way they are arranged on the stem at just the right angle to catch the most light. Spirals of one kind or another are found from the smallest virus to the largest galaxy. Where living things must change size but maintain the same shape, the logarithmic spiral appears.

There is a testament to law right under our feet. The very mud upon which we walk, when dried, cracks into three angles-each 120 degrees. Together that adds up to 360 degrees-a perfect circle, a compass.

The examples are everywhere, some as small as the double helix of DNA, others as large as the orbits of celestial bodies.

The Koch Curve: Forming of a Fractal

Fractal Canopies

The earth was formed in a paradisiacal state – An earth was then organized (Abr. 5:4). Adam and Eve in a paradisiacal state were the first man and the first woman (Moses 1:34; 3:5,7; 6:3-10, 22, 59)

...It becomes necessary for us to take a view of creation, as it rolled in purity from the hand of its creator, and if can discover the true state in which it then existed, and understand the changes that have taken place since, then we shall be able to understand what is to be restored:

...we hear the Lord God pronounce the earth, as well as every thing else, very good. From this we learn that their was neither deserts, barren places, stagnant swamps, rough broken and rugged hills; nor vast mountains covered with eternal snow; and no part of it was located in the frigid zone, so as to render its climate dreary and unproductive, subject to eternal frost or everlasting chains of ice...its climate was delightfully varied, with moderate changes of heat and cold, of wet and dry, which only tended to crown the varied years with the greater variety of productions, all for the good of man, animal and fowl, or creeping thing ;

while from the flowery plain or spicy grove, sweet odors were wafted on every breeze; all the vast creation of animated beings breathed not but health, and peace and joy....every thing that grew was just calculated for the food of man, beast, fowl and creeping thing; and their food was all vegetable. ...the lion ate straw like the ox, the wolf dwelt with the lamb ...all was peace and harmony and nothing to hurt nor disturb in all the holy mountains.

And to crown the whole, we behold man created in the image of God, and exalted in dignity and power, having dominion over all the vast creation of animated beings which swarmed through the earth,

while at the same time he inhabited a beautiful and well watered garden in the midst of which stood the tree of life, to which he had free access; while he stood in the presence of his maker, conversed with Him face to face, and gazed upon his glory, without a dimming veil between.

O reader, contemplate for a moment, this beautiful creation, with peace and plenty; the earth teeming with harmless animals, rejoicing over all the plain; the air swarming with delightful birds, whose never ceasing notes filled the air with varied melody; and all in subjection to their rightful sovereign, who rejoiced over them ;

Paradisiacal EarthParadisiacal Earth while in a beautiful garden, the capital of

creation man was seated on the throne of this vast empire, swaying his scepter over all the earth with undisputed right; while legions of angels encamped round about him and joined their glad voices in grateful songs of praise and shouts of joy.

(Parley P. Pratt - A Voice of Warning, p.110-113) Abr.3:24

Do you take time to discover each day how beautiful your life can be? How long has it been since you watched the sun set? The departing rays kissing the clouds, trees, hills, and lowlands good night, sometimes tranquilly, sometimes with exuberant bursts of color and form. What of the wonder of a cloudless night when the Lord unveils the marvels of His heavens–the twinkling stars, the moonlight rays–to ignite our imagination with His greatness and glory? How captivating to watch a seed planted in fertile soil germinate, gather strength, and send forth a tiny, seemingly insignificant sprout. Patiently it begins to grow and develop its own character led by the genetic code the Lord has provided to guide its development.

With care it surely will become what it is destined to be: a lily, crowned with grace and beauty; a fragrant spearmint plant; a peach; an avocado; or a beautiful blossom with unique delicacy, hue, and fragrance. When last did you observe a tiny rosebud form? Each day it develops new and impressive character, more promise of beauty until it comes a majestic rose. You are one of the noblest of God’s creations. His intent is that your life be gloriously beautiful regardless of your circumstances. As you are grateful and obedient, you an become all that God intends you to be.

Richard G. Scott, Ensign, May 1996

Fourth Day- Moses 2:14-19;Gen. 1:14-19Fourth Day- Moses 2:14-19;Gen. 1:14-19

Light Bearing Luminaries –Sun, Moon and Stars

Teleological Arguement In contending for the existence of God,

theists often employ the teleological argument. “Teleology” has reference to purpose or design. Thus, this approach suggests that where there is purposeful design, there must be a designer

The Sun The sun of our solar system is powered

by the Son. It is difficult for us to comprehend the amount of heat, energy, and light that emanate from this one celestial orb. Science tells us that the temperature at the surface of the sun is 5800 degrees Kelvin, while the core of the sun measures 15,600,000 degrees Kelvin.

"The Sun's energy output (3.86e33 ergs/second or 386 billion billion megawatts) is produced by nuclear fusion reactions. Each second about 700,000,000 tons of hydrogen are converted to about 695,000,000 tons of helium and 5,000,000 tons (=3.86e33 ergs) of energy in the form of gamma rays." (http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html)The Sun is like a giant nuclear engine. It gives off more energy in a single second than mankind has produced since the Creation. It converts 8 million tons of matter into energy every single second, and has an interior temperature of more than 20 million degrees Celsius (see Lawton, 1981

Teleological ArgumentTeleological ArgumentSun and Moon …earth orbit varies 1/9Sun and Moon …earth orbit varies 1/9thth of an inch of an inch

every 18 miles…every 18 miles…

The Earth is rotating on its axis at 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, and moving around the Sun at 70,000 miles per hour (approximately 19 miles per second), while the Sun and its solar system are moving through space at 600,000 miles per hour in an orbit so large it would take over 220 million years just to complete a single orbit. Interestingly, however, as the Earth moves in its orbit around the Sun, it departs from a straight line by only one-ninth of an inch every eighteen miles. If it departed by one-eighth of an inch, we would come so close to the Sun that we would be incinerated; if it departed by one-tenth of an inch, we would find ourselves so far from the Sun that we would all freeze to death

(Science Digest, 1981, 89[1]:124).

Teleological ArgumentSun and Moon

The Earth is poised some 240,000 miles from the Moon, whose gravitational pull produces ocean tides. If the Moon were moved closer to the Earth by just a fifth, the tides would be so enormous that twice a day they would reach 35-50 feet high over most of the Earth’s surface.

Fifth Day- Moses 2:20-23; Gen.1:20-23Fifth Day- Moses 2:20-23; Gen.1:20-23

Placement of Animal Life upon the earth

Plants

Flowering plants (angiosperms) 281,821

Conifers (gymnosperms) 1,021

Ferns and horsetails 12,000

Mosses 16,236

Red and green algae 10,134

Total Plants 321,212

Others

Lichens 17,000

Mushrooms 31,496

Brown algae 3,067

Total Others 51,563

Endless Variety Incredible perfections…symmetry, divine

proportion 377,000 Species of Plants 200,000 Species of Animals 800,000 Species of Insects 29,000 Species of Spiders

Spiders

Sometimes we find evidence in the animal kingdom. Take the golden orb spider for instance. Pound for pound, the dragline silk of this spider is five times stronger than steel, and is twice as strong as the material that currently makes up SWAT teams’ bulletproof vests. In fact, due to its amazing strength and elasticity, it has been said that you could trap a jumbo jet with spider silk that is the thickness of a pencil. As of 2008, at least 43,678 spider species,[2] and 109 families have been recorded by taxonomists

(Platnick, Norman I. (2009). "The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2009-04-25).

“The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we can believe that it just happened by blind chance. Superficially, the obvious alternative to chance is an intelligent Designer” (1982, p. 130, emp. added). That is the very conclusion theists have drawn from the available evidence—in keeping with the law of rationality. The statistical improbability of the Universe “just happening by blind chance” is staggering. The only alternative is an Intelligent Designer—God.

Atheist Richard Dawkins

When we will know the how… 27 And in that day whatsoever any man shall ask, it shall be given unto him. 28 And in that day Satan shall not have power to tempt any man. 29 And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death. 30 In that day an infant shall not die until he is old; and his life shall be as

the age of a tree; 31 And when he dies he shall not sleep, that is to say in the earth, but shall

be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious.

32 Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, he shall reveal all things—

33 Things which have passed, and hidden things which no man knew, things of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and the end thereof—

34 Things most precious, things that are above, and things that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 101:27 - 34)

33 And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.

(Pearl of Great Price | Moses 1:33)

The Witnessing Universe The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and

all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea and its motion, yea and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator. (Alma 30:40; emphasis added)