An Unfashionable Truth - the Fall of Adam and Eve

"In our increasingly secular society, it is as uncommon as it is unfashionable to speak of Adam and Eve or the Garden of Eden or of a “fortunate fall” into mortality. Nevertheless, the simple truth is that we cannot fully comprehend the Atonement and Resurrection of Christ and we will not adequately appreciate the unique purpose of His birth or His death—in other words, there is no way to truly celebrate Christmas or Easter—without understanding that there was an actual Adam and Eve who fell from an actual Eden, with all the consequences that fall carried with it."

(Jeffrey R. Holland, April 2015.  https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/where-justice-love-and-mercy-meet?lang=eng#10-12565_000_46holland )