Comments on: Mormon Beliefs – Part 3 – The Fall of Adam & Eve

By: mikebatie

mikebatie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:15:43 +0000

Regardless, if Adam did NOT partake of the fruit after Eve, they would have been separated and unable to have children. Eve had eaten the fruit and by doing so would be cast out, leaving Adam alone in the Garden. Being thus separated, they could not have had children and bring about their posterity, you and I. Adam chose to Fall in order to be with his wife Eve and bring forth children, giving rise to the human race. Adam fell that men might be.

By: mikebatie

mikebatie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:13:12 +0000

The verse you noted takes place *after* Adam & Eve partook of the fruit (Genesis 3:16). As a result of the Fall, women would conceive children through pain of childbirth. There is no description in the Bible if they were *able* to have children or not prior to the Fall, we know that they were not by Latter-day revelation.

By: Axe336

Axe336 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:29:06 +0000

Thank you, my question exactly. The original scripture says nothing about Adam and Eve being unable to bear children before the fall, in fact the statement “You shall know pain in chlldbirth” suggests that this was an option, albeit unpursued, beforehand. (Or maybe pursued. Like someone else said, the scriptures are vague on the matter) But yeah, this is just reinforcing my beliefs that Joseph Smith had good intentions, but just ended up screwing things up. Nothing personal, that’s my view.

By: Pepsifx357

Pepsifx357 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:00:55 +0000

This is a pretty good video. People should really read the book of Adam and Eve to understand everything fully. The Bible, as it is today, is very vague about this.

By: iszie1972

iszie1972 — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:17:37 +0000

well according to Genesis chapter 6, there were actually other beings such as giants(nephilim) at the time of noah and the time of adam and eve and other talking serpents. lookup giants(nephilim) on youtube. they have discovered the remains of the nephilim. they were also at the time of moses when they wanted to take canaan the first time in numbers 13:30-33

By: mikebatie

mikebatie — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:41:46 +0000

Cain was already married to his wife before he went eastward to the land of Nod. “knew his wife” means they had intercourse which produced a child, it doesn’t mean that they met and came to know eachother first in the other land. He was already married to her and they produced a child when they were in the East.

By: mikebatie

mikebatie — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:37:17 +0000

Adam and Eve had more children than just Cain and Abel. The children of Adam and Eve married each other and began to propogate the species. The Bible does not say that there were no other children. It simply mentions Cain and Abel by name because they are the main focus of a story. There were other children.

By: JuanChase

JuanChase — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:55:38 +0000

Thank you for creating these great videos. I am leaving for my mission soon, and at the mo I am trying to study PMG chapter 3, and your videos are helping me do my outline for lesson 2. Cheers!

By: iszie1972

iszie1972 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:22:39 +0000

so if adam and eve were the first people on the earth! then how do you explain that when cain slew abel,God drove out cain from his presence and told him”whosoever slayeth cain,vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold! And the Lord set a mark upon cain, lest any finding him should kill him! and cain knew his wife! Please read Genesis 4:14-17

By: iszie1972

iszie1972 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:15:14 +0000

so if adam and eve were the first people on the earth, then when cain was driven out for killing his brother abel, the bible say’s in genesis 4:14-17 that cain knew his wife in another Land.east of eden!. Who were these other people?