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Date: June 30, 2014 05:39AM
I had a friend to converted to TSCC. I, too, was a convert. When she started questioning, she went to visit M. Russell Ballard, who was one of her favorites...she LOVED all of his conference talks. etc. She managed to befriend quite a few "higher ups."
When asking him about the questions she had, the conversation got a bit heated and he said, "Converts are irrelevant." I believe her response was, "Huh?"
He went on to say that, unless you were descended from/related to JS, BY or the First Quorum of the 12, you did NOT have a particularly spectacular pre-existence and were disposable. She couldn't believe it? "You're saying I'm irrelevant?" His response, "All converts are irrelevant." (And here the Missionaries told us we were special...)
Anyone else every hear that? I have seen the correspondence between Ballard and my friend (along with a few others that I found interesting), so I believe this to be true. (You know, like the BOM...I have a warm fuzzy feeling about the truthfulness of her statements.LOL)
Again, anyone else ever hear anything like this?
I just couldn't believe that he said it out loud!