On Wednesday, the faith’s governing First Presidency issued a general statement, explaining that alterations have been made many times in the past.
From their beginnings in the 19th century to today, temple ceremonies “have been adjusted periodically, including language, methods of construction, communication, and record-keeping,” the three-member First Presidency said in a news release. “Prophets have taught that there will be no end to such adjustments as directed by the Lord to his servants.”
Following this announcement from the Presidential Newsroom, the MD&D board issued their own announcement:
MAD Moderators wrote:We have known about all these changes for a collective 100 years. All who react negatively to these changes and claim they did not see them coming are but patty-cake taffy-pullers unworthy of the ever-changing gospel.
MAD Moderators wrote:We have known about all these changes for a collective 100 years. All who react negatively to these changes and claim they did not see them coming are but patty-cake taffy-pullers unworthy of the ever-changing gospel.
Apostle David B. Haight, “Joseph Smith the Prophet,” Ensign, Nov. 1979, p. 22:
We explained briefly the Apostasy and the Restoration: that there is vast evidence and history of an apostasy from the doctrine taught by Jesus and his Apostles, that the organization of the original Church became corrupted, and sacred ordinances were changed to suit the convenience of men…
It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener at war.
Some of us, on the other hand, actually prefer a religion that includes some type of correlation with reality. ~Bill Hamblin
SteelHead wrote:Apostle David B. Haight, “Joseph Smith the Prophet,” Ensign, Nov. 1979, p. 22:
We explained briefly the Apostasy and the Restoration: that there is vast evidence and history of an apostasy from the doctrine taught by Jesus and his Apostles, that the organization of the original Church became corrupted, and sacred ordinances were changed to suit the convenience of men…
Well, to be fair, a number of the changes this time are not for the convenience of men.
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