"Ques. Do we owe much to God for creation? "Ans. Very much, because he made us in such a perfect state, creating us for himself, and all things else for us."[A] [Footnote A: Douay Catechism chapter iii.] From all which it may be summarized that the purposes of God in the creation of man and angels, according to Catholic theology, is-- First, that God might communicate himself to them; Second, that they might be partakers of his glory. Third, that he created them for himself, and all things else for them. While this may be in part the truth, and so far excellent, it has no higher warrant of authority than human deduction, based on conjecture, not scripture; and it certainly falls far short of giving to man that "pride of place" in existence to which his higher nature and his dignity as a son of God entitles him. _Mormon View._ "Adam fell that man might be." I think it cannot be doubted when the whole story of man's fall is taken into account, that in some way--however hidden it may be under allegory--his fall was closely associated with the propagation of the race. Before the fall we are told that Adam and Eve "were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."[A] But after the fall "The eyes of them both were opened and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons,"[B] and also hid from the presence of the Lord. [Footnote A: Gen. ii:25.] [Footnote B: Ibid iii:7. also Lehi: "And now, behold, If Adam had not transgressed, he would not have fallen; but he would have remained in the Garden of Eden. And all things which were created, must have remained in the same state [in] which they were, after they were created; and they must have remained forever, and had no end. And they would have had no children; wherefore, they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin. But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things." (II Nephi ii:22-24. See also Book of Moses chap v. 11.)]