Doctrine
Clear, sourced answers to the questions people actually ask about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The Adam-God Theory: What Brigham Young Taught & What Happened
Do Mormons believe Adam is God? No — Brigham Young taught it in 1852, apostles disputed it, it was never canonized, and President Kimball denounced it over the pulpit in 1976. The full record.
What Is the Curse of Cain? The Bible, the Myth & the Record
The curse of Cain in Genesis is a failed harvest and a wanderer's life — the mark is protection, never skin. How three texts were spliced into a racial theory, how Latter-day Saints taught it, and the 2013 disavowal by name.
What Did Brigham Young Teach? Every Contested Claim
What did Brigham Young teach — and which contested claims hold up? Every teaching quoted from the primary record, classified by the Church’s own test.
Blood Atonement: What Mormons Actually Believe (and Rejected)
Do Mormons believe in blood atonement? No — rejected in writing in 1889, 1978, and 2010: 'not a doctrine' of the Church. The 1856 sermons were real; the doctrine never was. The full record, honestly told.