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I think it's cool that the church is open to different depictions of this story. My dream is that one day every country or culture could make their own temple video, with actors of their own nationalities. This would go a long way in helping us interpret Adam & Eve as a more universal archetypal jou...

http://m.deseretnews.com/article/865594 ... -film.html

Has anyone seen this?

Well, to be fair, some biblical scholars do believe that the J writer in Genesis did intend for Adam & Eve's "knowledge" to be sexual awareness. That is how they become as "one of the gods," who themselves were sexual beings. It was an explanation for why humans pair off and wear clothes, but animal...

All of the points Ray brought up are covered in much more detail in this Dialogue article:

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-cont ... 04_110.pdf

Thanks for the responses! The more I think about it, the more a figurative Fall makes sense. And it really really like the idea of the Fall being an allegory for the premortal life. Adam (Michael) and Eve could have even existed, and they were just the ones leading the way among the spirits, making ...

Does anyone know of any good articles or material that attempts to interpret the Adam & Eve story in a more mythic sense and not as literal history, but from a faithful (albeit more liberal) LDS perspective?

Did anyone just watch the Tad Callister talk? I felt like I was watching the anti-Uchtdorf. I have kind of a pit in my stomach right now.

The statement says more than once that everyone on both sides of the issue deserves compassion and civility. It says that explicitly. The tone I got from this part left me with the feeling they were speaking more about political civility rather than compassion towards the actual people suffering th...

The Newsroom just came out with this article today: http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-instructs-leaders-on-same-sex-marriage We knew it was coming. Bothers me on so many levels. Where is the call for compassion towards those who feel marginalized and shunned? Where is the outreach towards...

I have often heard it said that the standard works are accepted as such as because they are "binding" on us. What does this mean to you exactly, as "re-constructed" Mormons? I've never really understood what this means. Are we bound to believe everything they say? Because even most TBM would admit t...