DaBear

I agree with most of Skousen's stuff, but the idea behind the Atonement talk was given to him by the Apostle John A. Widstoe so I trust this much more. Plus you hear about intelligence in Jesus the Christ by Talmage on page 322 Note 2. He said "...as upon organized intelligenses, whether yet unembodied, in the flesh, or disembodied. Thus, the Lord may speak directly to the earth, the air, the sea, and be heard and obeyed...". It's also mentioned in many other places.

That is all really interesting. It makes sense that if the elements completely followed the law of chemistry then there would be no cancer, heart failure, etc. But your right, rocks don't die. they can break down, rust, etc. but that's because of chemical reactions that obey the laws of chemistry.

In Cleon Skousen's Atonment talk he mentions that Robert Millikan said that if all the elements were obeying all the rules of chemistry, you would never die. He gave no reference for that statement. Does anyone know were Robert Millikan said that?