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It's a very clumsy position.
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Many here paint in such extreme colours -what of nuanced tertiary colours that make up the revelation process ... it's not all wise decision making by good men who then seek confirmation and it's not all a heavenly messenger's sudden appearance giving leaders explicit instruction … It's a healthy dose of both –in equal parts! Last edited by tooblue; 12-13-2007 at 08:38 PM. |
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I would never knock or belittle ones experience with prayer for himself. I just want him to always recognize his prayers never trump mine. My answer for me trumps his answer for me. |
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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. |
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While the research is good and the stories are fascinating, the paucity of references to their altruism, desires to serve and follow and please the Lord, and do the best for the spiritual welfare church is a glaring error. Perhaps they felt leaving it out would help it have a broader non-Mormon appeal, I don't know. Some chapters are better than others. The 4th chapter in particular suffers from this problem.
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Based on my stake president's recitation from the SWK biography, it was as Adam desribed--a long arduous process of consensus building over many, many months.
When I say consensus process, I don't mean that SWK was bullying them, or even really telling them what to believe or think. He was signaling that "this is on the Lord's agenda, get aboard." Tex will now have to blame both the authors of DOM and SWK biographies for these "lies". |
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