However I think that given the method of translation this might rather suggest that there is a deeper text that was revealed to Moses of which we’re getting only fragments revealed out of the KJV which is based upon a collection of texts about a subject from around 400 BCE.

Put an other way, I suspect this parallels in some ways the issue of authorship of Abraham.

From Moses 1 we learn that Genesis is not merely a general history written by Moses or a pseudepigraphic story of the Hebrews allegedly written in Moses’ name. Instead Moses 1 sets Genesis up as a highly personal revelation to Moses — an essential endowment of knowledge and power given prior to his mission to Egypt to reclaim lost Israel (see verses 25-26). He did not compile history as Elder Richards did: he was shown the history. Moses 1 begins as each endowment begins, with heaven and earth joining. This time, Moses ascended, not by foot but by the transporting power of the Spirit. He was caught up into a mountain the name of which is not now known to us (see verse 42). (What is an Endowment?).

We Latter-day Saints need never fear truths from other fields, especially science. Continuing revelation means (at least to me) that we will grow in knowledge, which inevitably means that sometimes old ideas have to be thrown overboard or revised.

Latter-days Saints do NOT argue that the Bible is all we need to know. We do NOT even argue that our LDS scriptures (BofM, D&C, & PofGP) are all we need to know.

There is a simple beauty to the fossilized Ichthyosaurus that is 200 million years old. It was part of God’s handiwork, and I don’t understand why anyone would insist the facts are otherwise.