McConkie "It is not possible to believe in Christ and his atoning sacrifice, in the true and full sense required to gain salvation, without at the same time believing and accepting the true doctrine of the fall" New Witness for Articles of Faith p 82
1) GOD SAID
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Moses 2:28 And I, God, blessed them, and said unto them: Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth
2) GOD ALSO SAID
Gen 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Is this a suggestion? It it a good idea? Is it a preference for God?
IT WAS NECESSARY TO CHOOSE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
LDS doctrine teaches, the Lord gave Adam two conflicting commandments so that Adam was forced to use his agency to determine what was truly most important.
McConkie, NWAF, p. 91 states the 2 commandments stand in opposition to one another
NO CHILDREN WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION
Moses 5:11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.
Is transgression Obedience?
DOES THIS SAY NEVER ETERNAL LIFE WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION?
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