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Anytime someone wants to flaunt prophetic counsel, they cite blacks and the priesthood. Anytime someone wants to push their own pet agenda on church doctrine, they cite blacks and the priesthood. "The church will someday sanction homosexuality." "No, they won't." "Of course they will. Hell, they gave blacks the priesthood!" It truly cheapens what happened that 1978 summer.
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We don't need something else. By the way, I don't think you can use prophet's fallibility to show that the church is absolutely wrong on gay marriage. But it does open the door to the possibility, and effectively counteract exUte's endless imbecilic broken-record "arguments" (to use the term loosely). Last edited by ERCougar; 10-23-2008 at 03:58 PM. |
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Why are mormons so afraid of truth? It is anathema to question anything related to the church - it's seen as a betrayal of your testimony to even question. When did this become such a significant belief? And I would say it's even a legitimate issue whether I'm seeing more than is actually there. Not just on CB, but I believe I see that mindset as being common among church members - heck, I was even taught a lot of that by my parents. Are mormons afraid of truth that might contradict their beliefs?
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Over and over and over and over.
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Wait, are you talking about the Yes on Prop 8 pamphlets?
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I'm not saying your other responses are legitimate. It's just that this one so easily settles the issue. It is kind of sad that we have to remind you of a basic principle...over and over and over. Last edited by ERCougar; 10-23-2008 at 04:22 PM. |
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I am Mormon and I am not afraid to hear you express what you believe to be true. Whether or not I accept it and argue with you about it is a different story. It is anathema to question anything related to the church - it's seen as a betrayal of your testimony to even question. When did this become such a significant belief? I question many things and I never feel I am betraying my testimony. I listen to the advice or counsel and if I believe it will uplift me and make me a better person, I follow it. And I would say it's even a legitimate issue whether I'm seeing more than is actually there. Not just on CB, but I believe I see that mindset as being common among church members - heck, I was even taught a lot of that by my parents. During my 30 year Church membership I have only resided in 7 different wards, not counting the areas during my 18 month mission. The mindset you profess exists was not common in those wards. I find that the diversity of membership from the hardliners to the liberals is an interesting spectrum that makes the Church a force to be reckon with and made/makes it enjoyable for me to attend Church. Are mormons afraid of truth that might contradict their beliefs? Again, I am not afraid to hear you express what you believe to be true. Whether or not I accept it...is a different story. |
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Tex can feel the soil falling over his head as Nov 4 draws nearer.
Oh, well....enough said.
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