In this episode the scions of light tackle a topic that an LDS missionary listener named Jeremy asked them to discuss The doctrine of creation and whether God created ex materia from existing materials or ex nihilo from nothing is a key point of departure between Mormonism and Christianity Here we discuss how it affects other doctrines and practices You can read Paul Copan's Christian defense of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo against the claim that it was a later development in church history here William Lane Craig's Christian article Creation ex nihilo Theology and Science can be read [... more]