A Light in the Darkness wrote:I don't see what is wrong with thinking one should strive to what is right everytime all the time while also acknowledging that all of us, no matter how we serve God, will on occasion fail to meet this goal.
Right on target! You said it exactly as I meant it in my previous posts.
Who Knows wrote:Are you serious? Did you grow up in the church? Are you familiar with the primary song "follow the prophet" or sayings like "the prophet will never lead us astray" or "when the prophet speaks, the thinking has been done" etc. etc.
If a person is a Mormon, that individual will believe that the prophet will never lead a person astray. However, a person is not conditioned to follow the prophet blindly. The questioning process needs to come into play. Usually, however, after questioning the revelation, a person can usually see the logic of the revelation.
why me wrote:I don't believe that MAD allows people to hook into their website from this website. At least I can't do it from my computer. Can you?
If you copy the URL into a new Internet window you can connect (assuming of course your IP is unblocked and you can access MAD normally----which by the way I can again! Thanks Juliann! *Dating game kiss*)
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"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
I don't believe that MAD allows people to hook into their website from this website. At least I can't do it from my computer. Can you?
Negative. That's why I put the whole URL instead of just a little linky-dinky-doo-dah. You'll have to go about it the way the Amish do it (i.e. cut and paste).
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski
why me wrote:What is amazing about living in exmoland is that understanding that all church leaders are perfect.
I don't know any exmo that believed our Prophets were perfect or should be. Can you explain what you mean??? I often see this accusation, even by Chapel Mormons, but I never expected a sinless life or perfect Prophet.
I was raised to believe that the church is perfect but the members were not. Which means that the revelations and LDS doctrines that make up the Mormon gospel are supposed to be perfect. I never expected Joseph Smith to be a perfect man. I did however, expect that when Propehts speak for God to the LDS church, & reveal doctrines and ordinances, that it was from God himself. Their personal life, sins, etc. are not an issue for me but when they command sin in the name of God it is. When they make immoral policy or doctrines (even if we no longer teach them), that is a problem for me.
"Happiness is the object and design of our existence... That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another." Joseph Smith
A Light in the Darkness wrote:I don't see what is wrong with thinking one should strive to what is right everytime all the time while also acknowledging that all of us, no matter how we serve God, will on occasion fail to meet this goal.
I don't see anything wrong with that either.
"Happiness is the object and design of our existence... That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another." Joseph Smith
Each of us has to face the matter—either the Church is true, or it is a fraud. There is no middle ground. It is the Church and kingdom of God, or it is nothing.
President Hinckley in his famous talk about Loyalty, Apr conference, 2003.
Who Knows wrote:Are you serious? Did you grow up in the church? Are you familiar with the primary song "follow the prophet" or sayings like "the prophet will never lead us astray" or "when the prophet speaks, the thinking has been done" etc. etc.
If a person is a Mormon, that individual will believe that the prophet will never lead a person astray. However, a person is not conditioned to follow the prophet blindly. The questioning process needs to come into play.
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
But question what he says
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
Follow the prophet,
But think about it first
Hmm. Doesn't have the same ring to it.
WK: "Joseph Smith asserted that the Book of Mormon peoples were the original inhabitants of the americas"
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...