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Perhaps no doctrine has been more misunderstood, and no historical event more misinterpreted, than the Fall of Adam and Eve. Many Christians assume it was an evil, unnecessary act. Even among Latter-day Saints, there are competing views and questions about what happened in Eden: Why did God give Adam and Eve conflicting commandments in the Garden? How much of the story is literal and how much is symbolic? Relying on scriptures and statements from

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What if everything they've told us about the Garden of Eden was wrong? Faced with what appears to be an apocryphal manuscript containing ten books and ninety-one chapters, Eve decides to tell her version of the story of Genesis: she was not created from Adam's rib, nor was she expelled for taking the apple from the serpent; the story of Abel and Cain isn't true, neither are those of the Flood and the Tower of Babel . . . In brilliant prose, Carmen...

A short philosophical narrative about an angel wrestling with the decision to rebel against God and leave his post in the Garden of Eden.

Why does a loving God allow His children to suffer? Why does God allow evil to exist? How do the choices made by Adam and Eve affect us today? In The Fortunate Fall, author Daniel K. Judd offers answers to these timeless questions. His fresh perspective on the lessons we can learn from our first parents - both from their obedience and sacrifice and from their sins and mistakes - gives us a deeper sense of the purpose of our existence and of the benefit...

Four talks from a series on the Book of Mormon sponsored by the Foundation for ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS). These lectures present the latest research on the Book of Mormon and the lecturers' firm testimonies on their favorite chapters or subjects in the book.