Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in God. We not only believe in God, but we believe we are literally the spirit offspring of God. We believe that God created life and placed it on this earth. The scriptures, though, don't tell us how God created the earth.
Scientists are trying to understand how physical life began on this planet. Some scientists say that life began spontaneously as certain elements and energy came together. Other scientists say that simple life forms came to this planet via asteroids. Some people speculate that intelligent people migrated to this earth as aliens. However it happened, evolution and natural disasters have drastically changed the earth.
Most scientists believe that world-wide disasters occurred that had drastic effects on the plants and animals that populated the earth. About 252 million years ago, most of the ocean organisms were destroyed. About 65 million years ago, the earth was believed to have been struck by a large asteroid. The results of this impact were that many if not most species of plants and animals were destroyed. The crater that is believed to have resulted from the impact has been located underneath the ocean near Guatemala.
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