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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 05:09:47 PM »
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Okay so what exactly this position entitles?

Now this is just my understanding of the scriptures and what I feel the Spirit has told me in regards to this title.  Adam is a title like Elias is a title.  The title of Adam is given to all Gods who come to a earth and dwell with lesser intelligences.  Hence Paul calling ,Jesus, Adam.  Now remember this is what the Spirit has told me, not what any leaders of the Church have declared.  But the revelation came after reading this:
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"Adam Sr. " and "Adam Jr. "

LDS researcher Elden Watson, editor of the multi-volume Brigham Young Addresses, believes that Brigham used the term "Adam" as a name-title for both God the Father ("Adam Sr. ") and the man Adam ("Adam Jr. "), comparable to the way "Elias" is used as a title meaning "forerunner" and applied to various people.  According to Watson, the reason modern readers miss this is our failure to take into account all of Brigham's sermons in context. [8] Watson has the advantage of being more familiar with Brigham Young's sermons than perhaps any other living researcher, and he does clearly grasp that Brigham did not equate Elohim/Jehovah/Michael with God the Father/Jesus Christ/Adam as modern Latter-day Saints do.  However, Watson's theory has not been widely accepted for several reasons: (a) it is not widely known, (b) it assumes that those in Brigham Young's audience understood that he was talking about two Adams, and (c) Brigham never directly explained his Adam-God teachings in the way Watson interprets them. 

Here's the link if you'd like to see it for yourself:hxxp: en. fairmormon. org/Adam-God
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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2010, 03:41:44 PM »
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the idea of adam as a title is particularly intriguing if you consider the role patrons play in the temple.
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2010, 09:01:15 PM »
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Quote from: JaGa link=topic=441. msg3304#msg3304 date=1266426587
Now this is just my understanding of the scriptures and what I feel the Spirit has told me in regards to this title.   Adam is a title like Elias is a title.   The title of Adam is given to all Gods who come to a earth and dwell with lesser intelligences.   Hence Paul calling ,Jesus, Adam.   Now remember this is what the Spirit has told me, not what any leaders of the Church have declared.  

When I studied Hebrew at BYU, I learned that the word "adam" is simply the Hebrew word for "man," and nothing more.   If you want to consider that a title, then I guess that we are all Adams because we are all men.

As for Elden Watson, I read his article, and the reason his theory has not been widely accepted is that, as he, himself, admits, his interpretation does not explain all of Brigham Young's statements with regard to the Adam-God doctrine.   In other words, nice try but no cigar.
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