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Originally Posted by Adam
There was no "sudden revelation" regarding the priesthood ban for blacks. SWK worked the Apostles for months. The end game was a meeting where he started with a speach in which he told them he had made the decision to lift the ban (they knew it was coming) destroyed the expected objections point by point and said he wanted uniminity and wanted confirmation from God that it was right. Each Apostle then spoke in favor of the policy change SWK had been selling for months. Then SWK prayed for confirmation and the Spirit decended upon them powerfully confirming the decision. In no way can this be honestly described as a "sudden revelation".
SWK feared schism's in the church--it was Camilla's first thought when she heard. To avoid this posibility, he carefully cultivated concensus. Very smart.
My point is that, as is typical, an understanding of the process destroys the pollyannaish idea that the ban was God's will up until that great day in 1978 and then God's will suddenly changed. If HBL has lived, the ban would have remained. If HBB had become President the ban would have been lifted earlier.
Bottom line, it is dishonest to characterize what happened as "sudden revelation" in any way, shape or form.
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Your myopia is disheartening ... When he stood and voiced his decision, all searching, questioning, study and reflection was set aside in favour of support for a Prophet and mouth piece of God ... the confirmation you speak of does not follow the decision and is not a result of subsiquent prayer. It is was invited into the process at the very moment he spoke -it was 'sudden' and very powerful as is evident in your quotations of those who were there
You speak as if the apostles had to be worked -that is a dishonest characterization! Their role is to question, study and reflect on the subject, and voice their concerns and even objections. Any amount of time spent in a leadership role where the process is similar would confirm such.