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Originally Posted by Solon
The way I see it, enforcement is different from changing what the text indicates. I don't think anyone could make an argument that whiskey or cigars were acceptable just because the WoW was loosely "enforced," but I do think the text says that beer is okay. Is the church prohibiting something for which there is no doctrinal / revelatory reason?
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Sure. Blacks and the priesthood was nothing more than codified prophetic racism. Prophets have also apparently misread and mistaught the "sexual sin: 2nd most serious" doctrine for decades. Why not add beer to the list of extra-doctrinal policies they've created?
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Originally Posted by Solon
I wonder if this is what happens when a semi- or pseudo-doctrinal tradition becomes entrenched over time. Are we 75 years away from a temple recommend question that asks if the member watches "Rated R" movies, since at some point it "became" a bona fide commandment?
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Has the prophet called for a sustaining vote on codifying this heretofore recommendation?
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