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Originally Posted by Robin
Doesn't the leadership say that it is not for the members to look beyond the mark? The basics are there. What are you talking about?
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Yes it does.
We are told to trust in the apostles, look to them for doctrine, look to them for the trails to walk, look to them how to run your lives, look to them when doubts arrise.
We are told that the leadereship will not lead us astray, that the Lord will not allow a man in apostacy lead the church astray. We essentially are told to trust in the flesh, to trust the carnal man, to put off the spiritual oneness we can create with God. What happens is that church cultures creates a bunch of spiritual addicts, where they depend completely on the church approved drugs handed out far too infrequently.
Some people find the inklings of this oneness in the more open, frank, and frequent discussions of past prophets, apostles, etc, and get frustrated that the current church differs so greatly from a more 'pure' form of the gospel.
Some intellectuals find that in our church they have no positive, church sponsored or endorsed outlets. They are told that if they search for the meat that milk is all they need. They are told that if they discuss the 'weirder' things of the gospel that their plight is unimportant and to not worry about it. They are told to simply move past their perceived 'inconsistenecies,' and thusly creates a schism between them and the leadership of the church.