Random Thought #37

The more I read, the more I see that the scriptures are very literal accounts. Every LDS scholar I read refers to things in the scriptures as being extremely literal. Even in Christ's parables, he uses examples that made sense literally to the people of the time. They seem a little more allegorical to us since we didn't live during that time and in those circumstances, but everything that is written is very literal. I think many saints don't take the scriptures near as literally as they should. One great example that I recently read about was the creation account. We have 3 accounts of the creation story (Genesis, Moses, and Abraham). All three stick to the basic theme that Adam was created from the dust of the earth and that Eve was created from one of Adam's ribs. Many may not believe that Adam was actually organized literally from the ground. It goes against our natural understanding. Everyone has a physical mother and father right? Adam and Eve had to have had a physical mother and father....but who? The scriptures say that he was created by the Gods out of the dust of the earth. Period. Joseph Smith stuck to this notion on many occasions, last of which was the King Follett discourse. This even puzzled Brigham Young as he made the statement that he personally believed that Adam and Eve were the offspring of someone from another planet and they were transplanted here and allowed to procreate in order to start things off on this planet. This was while he was the President of the Church. Imagine that!! How could Joseph Smith and Brigham Young see one issue so differently? Check my next thought.