With a church
based on continual revelation there is bound to be some ebb and flow in her
teachings and Doctrine. Look at the
changes Joseph Smith experienced between the New York Period and the Nauvoo Period. There were very many radical changes in
teachings and doctrine. With Brigham
Young there was some push back from Josephs later Nauvoo teachings. The church has largely ignored Joseph’s last
speech “The King Follett Sermon” until very recently. Wilford Woodruff pushed back from the Adam God Theory, the practice of being sealed in the Temple to great men and prophets, and returned
to the early practice of being sealed to our own kin. Pres Nelson is pushing back from central correlation
and moving to a family center, church supported model.
... "but all the men in the United States cannot
prevent a man from thinking. There are not Apostles enough in the Church to
prevent us from thinking, and they are not disposed to do so; but some people
fancy because we have the Presidency and Apostles of the Church they will do
the thinking for us. There are men and women so mentally lazy that they hardly
think for themselves. To think calls for effort, which makes some men tired and
wearies their souls. Now, brethren and sisters, we are surrounded with, such
conditions that it requires not only thought, but the guidance of the Holy
Spirit. Latter-day Saints, you must think for yourselves. No man or woman can
remain in this Church on borrowed light." (J. Golden Kimball. April 1904
General Conference)
I love and enjoy the time, I spend with
my faith community. I am well respected in
the community. I am not willing to let
it govern my personal relationship with God or in how I receive Personal Revelation. This is a tip rope I am more than willing to
walk.
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