A Foundation for a Religious Model
In this essay I define a foundation for a religious model of creation, by establishing that God used eternal laws and eternal elements, both spiritual and physical, in creating the universe. In doing this, I draw on information given in the books accepted as scripture by Latter-day Saints. The resulting foundation consists of three laws of creation and God's use of those laws. These laws allow us to draw parallels between the creation that is studied by scientists and the creation that is described in scripture. These parallels do not prove that the religious viewpoint I have proposed is true. The parallels do, however, suggest that there might be threads of truth that are common to both viewpoints.

 

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