Do Mormons Believe in Evolution and the Fossil Record?
While we affirm that God is the Creator and that we are His children, even His offspring (Acts 17:28,29), the “official” position of the Church on the issue of evolution is generally said to be neutral. In spite of all the debates and differing opinions that men have held about scientific and religious controversies, I agree that the Church takes no official position on the scientific details of how the earth was formed or life was created. However, you won’t hear evolution being pushed in General Conference, and you’ll hear plenty about how God is the Creator – so most Mormons who aren’t in the sciences are likely to say that they don’t believe in evolution, since the issue is widely viewed as an either-or issue: either God created the universe, or everything happened by blind chance with no intelligence behind it. However, many Latter-day Saints recognize the possibility that God could have used evolutionary mechanisms to bring the earth to its present state. Nothing in official doct
