General Conference, ‘Maintaining Spirituality,’ October 1979; “This loss of spirituality began with the children of Adam and Eve when they refused to obey the teachings of their parents.
You will recall that Adam was taught the gospel by an angel (see Moses 5:6–8), and that thereafter “he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord,” and was baptized and received the Holy Ghost. “And thus he was born of the Spirit” (see Moses 6:64–65; see also Moses 5:10).” – Marion G. Romney
Wow! There are so many issues in the excerpt from Mr. Romney’s speech. Yikes. Let’s get started shall we?
1.There was no such thing as the gospel when Adam and Eve lived.
2.Adam was not baptized by anyone, let alone an angel of God.
3.In OT times, people did not have the Holy Ghost.
4.Being born of the Spirit is a NT term, not an OT term.
5.Moses 6:64-65 reads –
“And it came to pass, when the Lord had spoken with Adam, our father, that Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water. 65 And thus he was baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him, and thus he was born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner man.”
How can a spirit baptize a human being?
6.The phrase ‘…and the Spirit of God descended upon him…’ has only taken place one other time in all of history. You can find it in all four gospels; Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, and John 1:32.
7.Why would God do this if He was already walking alongside Adam in the Garden of Eden?
8.Adam was not our father.
Nine yrs later lol I just read your blog about Adam being baptized. The question you proposed about “ How could Adam be baptized and re to the Mormon scriptures. As a strong Christian I think asking God directly would be my thought. Every religion I think points anti to another. Unless the Spirit itself testifies it to ya no one really knows. Only saying this cause you posted what looks like anti literature below. God, Jesus Christ and the Spirit have performed many miracles. Look at Mary and Joseph. How did Mary conceive a child. The greatest man to walk this Earth. Jesus Christ. So before posting anti anything or reading anti anything we should get our our knees and ask the Lord himself. For if not we are allowing Satan to mess with our thoughts creating false beliefs.