We read in the discourse where Adam was subordinate to the supreme creator. This is evident because it said, he “helped to make and organize this earth.” We learn from the same discourse, which Reverend Holiday was kind enough to omit, that Brigham Young that that there were three that created the earth, Elohim, Jehovah, and Michael, and notice Michael’s name was listed third.

That Adam was a God is a fact derived from the Holy Scriptures, and that there were more than one in the creation is also supported by the scriptures. God said, “Let us make man in our image,” indicating plurality of personalities in the creation.

In Gen. 3:5 we learn that Adam and Eve shall become “as Gods, knowing good from evil.” Christ himself taught that a man could be, and was a God. This is found in John 10:34-35, and we read, “is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;”

Now, that we have established that Adam was also a God, and we have proven from the discourse that he was a subordinate to the supreme creator and third in the creation, we can examine why he “is the only God with whom we have to do.”

God, by his almighty powers, has created other worlds—worlds without number. Even science is now wondering about life on other planets. Adam was the father of the human race—or in this sense, the first physical father. Therefore President Young pointed out this fact, “Adam is our father and our God.” Other of God’s creations would have men such as Adam, who became as Gods, knowing good from evil, (as Christ mentioned), and in the sense already explained, be “fathers” of their worlds.

As our physical father, Adam is, in a very real sense, “the only God with whom we all have to do.” Adam worshipped God Almighty, and we worship God Almighty.

Our first Article of Faith states that “We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in his Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.” James 1:13 tells us that God cannot be tempted, and yet, gentlemen, it seems the ministry is trying to do just that. He did not properly read the discourse. It was Brigham Young’s way of telling the story of the creation, only he used an unusual approach. Adam is the father of the human race, he is a God, and if Adam had not lived and brought forth seed, we would not be here today. He is the only one that ever lived to whom we can all directly trace our genealogy. Therefore he is “the only God with whom we have to do.” We still believe that salvation comes by Jesus Christ, (Acts 4:13), that we must worship God Almighty and his Son, (Matt. 6:9-13), and we respect and love Adam for what he was, the father of the human race.