Future Revelation?

[_Bond...James Bond]

What's your guess on future revelation from the LDS church? Any looming issues that may be addressed or should be addressed?

I think something that will have to be eventually addressed is homosexuality. It seems to be a major issue right now in all religions with Gay Marriage issues and whatnot.

Anyone else?

Bond

[_MormonMendacity]

What's your guess on future revelation from the LDS church? Any looming issues that may be addressed or should be addressed?

I think something that will have to be eventually addressed is homosexuality. It seems to be a major issue right now in all religions with Gay Marriage issues and whatnot.

Anyone else?

Bond

The heavens are closed. All revelation has been received. Nothing to see here. Everyone just go on about your business.

[_Bond...James Bond]

What's your guess on future revelation from the LDS church? Any looming issues that may be addressed or should be addressed?

I think something that will have to be eventually addressed is homosexuality. It seems to be a major issue right now in all religions with Gay Marriage issues and whatnot.

Anyone else?

Bond

The heavens are closed. All revelation has been received. Nothing to see here. Everyone just go on about your business.

Does no more revelation mean no more prophet??

Bond

[_truth dancer]

I think revelation is a thing of the past. It is too risky.

What does happen is that little changes are made without any notice. Everyone is just expected to change without questionsing. Little by little the old is done away with the new, the new generation doesn't know of the past, and things just change.

Women praying in church is a good example... after 150 years or so, bishops get a notice women can pray in church, and a few decades later everyone forgets that women couldn't pray in church and no one believes the past was a reality.

Take, the HGT... little by little this will be forgotten, the LGT will be what is taught, a generation later discussions will be centered on the ridiculous belief that anyone ever believed the HGT was truth and any prophets who suggested such a thing were just sharing their opinon.

How about temple changes... one day, folks go to the temple and they no longer have to do various things. Already, 16 years later, there are younger members of the church who do not believe there were changes in the temple ceremony.

I think this is how changes are made in the church. You just one day change, don't discuss it, don't acknowledge it, don't apologize for it, just go forth and put the past in the past as if it never existed. The leaders of the church do not need to explain, elaborate, or discuss anything.

So, with that said, the church seems to follow about a generation behind the real world, so once things change in society, the church will change in another 25 years.

~dancer~

[_Bond...James Bond]

How about temple changes... one day, folks go to the temple and they no longer have to do various things. Already, 16 years later, there are younger members of the church who do not believe there were changes in the temple ceremony.

I think this is how changes are made in the church. You just one day change, don't discuss it, don't acknowledge it, don't apologize for it, just go forth and put the past in the past as if it never existed. The leaders of the church do not need to explain, elaborate, or discuss anything.

~dancer~

That's the truth, and its a shame that the average person of any religion doesn't have a real knowledge of their religion when they claim to have a testimony their church is true.

That's why the writing of books and the study of history is important. To remember all the bad things so the people of today can learn from past generations.

An example on a completely different note (because nothing the Church has done has been anywhere near as bad as the Holocaust): I recently saw a poll from back in the 90s talking about the Holocaust. It asked did the Holocaust happen. And something like 25-30% said no.

Bond