Posted by:
koriwhoremonger
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Date: October 30, 2014 01:00PM
Trying to flesh out and refine a thought that came to me yesterday.
It has to do with the fluidity/hypocrisy of Mormon belief. Mormons are very big on declaring Eternal Truths. They go on and on about God's ways being unchanging etc. The book of Mormon is the most correct book blah blah blah. Then they turn around and offer a caveat "but it is superseded as needed by Modern revelation".
Modern Revelation is the most up to date word of God right? God sometimes needs to clarify and change things based on the current situation so a living prophet is indispensable and proof that the church is true. We need to hang on his every word to be safe. Why can't us apostates understand this simple truth?!
Here is the problem. Joseph Smith had lots of "modern" revelations. Polygamy and the Word of Wisdom are two great examples. If a member of the church follows either of those sections of the Doctrine and Covenants as written, that member would be excommunicated pretty damn fast.
If the doctrine of the restoration of the fullness of the gospel can't last for even 200 years, then why do we bother reading scriptures/doctrines that are purported to be 2000 years old? How could they possibly be relevant today?
Can anybody help me distill this idea down to a sentence or two? I need something meme sized that I can toss out the next time my TBM wife and I allow a religious discussion. I don't want to be mean with it, I just want to express the idea quickly and poignantly so that it will percolate in her brain. Our religion discussions are few and far between but they do happen. They also help. Again, I'm not looking to score debate points, I'm looking to trigger some thinking. In my case the delivery makes all the difference and a quick catchy phrase is all I might have time for.