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By Rachel Woods, About.com Guide to Latter-day Saints since 2002

Do You Believe We Lived Before Birth?

Thursday August 9, 2007
Latter-day Saints believe that we lived (as spirits) before being born on this earth, in a place called the Premortal Existence. Do you believe we lived before birth? Share your belief in this poll:



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Comments

December 12, 2007 at 12:42 pm
(1) Tanya says:

You have not used one verse from the Bible to support this. All you have used is from the Book of Mormon. Why is that?

March 15, 2008 at 9:04 am
(2) Lee says:

You did live before human life is covered in the Bible book of Job 38:7 and other bible scriptures. Your soul is your individual spirit part of God spirit which has always existed, is eternal, and immortal. Most religions do have scriptures related to premortal life, whether you believe it or not is your free-will choice from which you will reap as you sow.

July 20, 2008 at 5:56 pm
(3) Minerva says:

Lee or?

I do have certain personal beliefs that we lived before birth in Heaven. I am a born again Christian and although churches I’ve attended have not covered this topic in detail, I believe that we were once spirits with a free will. I still have yet to find back up on my beliefs by ways of scripture. In the verse you quoted Job 38:7 this does not indicate that we are the Angels, still this does not change my belief. I will continue to search for the other passages that can lead us to this understanding, but if you find something in the meantime can you please post.

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