Should General Authorities Claim Infallibility?

[_moksha]

Assuming the mantle of infallibility and then wishing to impose a code of silence seems like a pretty weighty matter and rather unfair to believing members. Infallibility by an uplift of hands seems the stuff of a Voltaire comedy, or else a time bridge between Western Civilization and the King of Uruk.



"For he is the Kwisatz Haderack!"

[_subgenius]

Yes, they should make that claim, otherwise there be no fodder for ye cannon.

[_Darth J]

Assuming the mantle of infallibility and then wishing to impose a code of silence seems like a pretty weighty matter and rather unfair to believing members. Infallibility by an uplift of hands seems the stuff of a Voltaire comedy, or else a time bridge between Western Civilization and the King of Uruk.



"For he is the Kwisatz Haderack!"

I remember Bruce's gom jabbar. Now you'll remember mine.

[_bcspace]

Love the Dune references. But religion in that fictional world is nothing but an ecumenical mishmash. BRM was the opposite of ecumenism, something one would expect from the true Church.

[_Darth J]

Love the Dune references. But religion in that fictional world is nothing but an ecumenical mishmash. BRM was the opposite of ecumenism, something one would expect from the true Church.

Yes, Bruce R. McConkie was more of a meta example. Like Frank Herbert, Bruce R. McConkie made up a fictional universe and invented his own glossary of terms to explain it.

[_Spanner]

Love the Dune references. But religion in that fictional world is nothing but an ecumenical mishmash. BRM was the opposite of ecumenism, something one would expect from the true Church.

Yes, Bruce R. McConkie was more of a meta example. Like Frank Herbert, Bruce R. McConkie made up a fictional universe and invented his own glossary of terms to explain it.

[_ajax18]

BRM was the opposite of ecumenism, something one would expect from the true Church.

+1

[_moksha]

BRM was the opposite of ecumenism, something one would expect from the true Church.

+1

Very hard to see ourselves as fellow disciples in the shared body of Christ, when we've got all the answers and an exclusive corner on truth.

Thankfully, the Church now prides itself for working together with other faith traditions on humanitarian projects.

by the way, would BRM also bristle at the mention of humanitarianism?

[_SteelHead]

Mark Hoffman called. Said "no".

[_Bazooka]

President Website says:

We can always trust the living prophets.

https://www.LDS.org/topics/prophets?lang=eng