Fourteen (1819)things we are consciously aware of)—in money,^34 success,^35 and the value that others give
us.^36 Because our present state of consciousness makes it impossible to understand that we
are all from the same eternal family unit of advanced humans,^37 we have convulsed the earth
by separating ourselves into individual family units,^38 communities, cities,^39 states and
nations,^40 protecting our self-worth through categorical isolation and hording the limited
resources of the earth.^41
Because we are not allowed to remember anything beyond our current incarnation,
we do not know that we existed before, which causes us to doubt that we will exist after our
mortal death. Death is the sting of mortality. It ends all, as far as we are aware; therefore, we
fear it and try to avoid it at all costs. Our fear of death provides the motivation that results
in our willingness to take the lives of others to protect our own lives^42 and the lives of those
in our contiguous units who give us our self-worth, i.e., our families, communities, cities,
states, and nations.
In this fallen state, we act according to the natural tendencies of our body^43 —our
“flesh”^44 —and the effects of our environment. Our mortal bodies are far from the advanced
human bodies we had before; but they were wisely provided for us so that we would one
day enjoy having a fully perfected human body. Our minds are affected by this natural
mortal state, as well as by our character and temperament. It was well written (again in
religious prose), “the natural man is an enemy of God, and has been from the fall of Adam.”^45
“Redemption” From the “Fall”
Now that we understand what “fallen” means, we must consider what its
reciprocal—being “redeemed from the fall”—means. Christ, it is said, has the power to
redeem us. Even the Book of Mormon continues the above thought about “men are that they
might have joy” saying, “And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that he may redeem
the children of men from the fall.”^46
Consequently, if “being redeemed” meant placing us back into a better place, where
is even one mortal who then could claim that Christ has done this for them? No mortal on
earth! When the “Messiah came,” did anyone revert back to perfection, a state from which
no man has any memory? He didn’t change the world; he didn’t change the hearts of men;
nor did he really fix any of our problems, as the Jews expected and the Christians expect a
Messiah to do.
The vain and foolish imagination of fallen men invented the Bible, which, after many
centuries of creating confusion, was countered by advanced human beings who constructed
the Book of Mormon. In its construction, the real truth, though well hidden, is yet still there,
as plain as day to those who are sincerely looking for it.^47 The Book of Mormon tells exactly
what being “redeemed from the fall” really means. All one has to do is find the passage
where the book mentions “redeemed from the fall.”^48
The first mention is presented in conjunction with what was presented above as the
purpose for mortality (“Adam fell that men might be, men are that they might have joy”):
And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that he may redeem the children
of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have
become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be
acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day,
according to the commandments which God hath given.^49