evolution

I've been mulling over Moses 4:23-25 a bit more in connection with my earlier article about evolution and how it could fit within the gospel context.

 And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying—Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Organic evolution and how it might either conflict, or perhaps fit, within LDS doctrine is something I've pondered and studied a fair amount over past several years.  Of course, the create / evolution debate has been raging ever since Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species", and Latter-day Saint church leaders and scientists have held various opinions over the years. Evolution is a subject that has unfortunately, and unnessarily, turned many believing and religious people into sceptics, across many denominations.