[Conclusion]

In many ways, the scriptures and the teachings of Joseph Smith (and some of discourses of Brigham Young) give us pieces of a puzzle that together provides us with an understanding of the identity of Adam (OTA). However, it appears that on a few other occasions, Brigham Young provided us with other puzzle pieces that just don’t seem to fit, neither the interlocking edges nor the overall panorama that restored gospel principles creates. Adam-god proponents seem comfortable ripping out the scripture based pieces and forcefully introducing a few of Brigham’s quotations. Since Brigham Young never defended the AGT, nor did he provide us with explanations so his listeners might correlate his ideas with scriptures and the Prophet’s teachings, substituting Brigham’s AGT puzzle pieces leaves many gaps. AGT supporters seem eager to rush in with their own views and their self-generated pieces, but they don’t agree amongst themselves and the overall gospel picture formed doesn’t seem to make sense.

It may be that the puzzle pieces given to us by President Brigham Young indeed fit the puzzle in some unobvious way. Maybe the picture is three-dimensional and we just don’t know it yet. Perhaps, the puzzle pieces are inadequately cut, suffering from inadequate detailing by the President himself. In the Doctrine and Covenants we are promised that “the day shall come when you shall comprehend even God, being quickened in him and by him” (D&C 88:49) and that at a future time “nothing shall be withheld, whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest. All thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, shall be revealed and set forth” (D&C 121:28-29).