So for leaving out the "fence sitting" spirits, it looks like the "Spiritual Army" for Jehovah's plan was much smaller (I mean extremely smaller) than Lucifer's.
Isn't it great to dismiss logic when reliving our TBM days?!?!
dydimus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > So for leaving out the "fence sitting" spirits, it > looks like the "Spiritual Army" for Jehovah's plan > was much smaller (I mean extremely smaller) than > Lucifer's. > > Isn't it great to dismiss logic when reliving our > TBM days?!?!
That doesn't dismiss logic, it reinforces the church teachings that were were all super-valiant mega-warriors in the pre-existence.
We were that awesome we beat that nasty Stan guy even though he had a bigger army!
In a country where Black-African ethnicity qualified one for slavery, the Mormons come up with a doctrine that those of Black-African ethnicity are cursed as to the priesthood and/or temple blessings. As time goes on and the Church expands they have to deal with dark-skinned peoples from places other than Africa--India, Fiji Islands etc. The powers that be decide that these dark-skinned (who did not qualify for slavery in the USA) peoples are not cursed as the Black-Africans are.
Then a dozen years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when racism has flipped in the USA from tolerated to despised, the Church gets a "revelation" that there will be no more discriminating against Black-African peoples.
Three decades later they publish an unsigned essay disavowing the "less valiant in the preexistence" teachings of the past.
QUESTION: Is God following the changing national moods of the USA or what? This looks more like following fashions than the unfolding of an eternal plan.
Just a side note*** The pressure from Stanford and Cal State in the 70's saying they wouldn't play B.Y.U. because of the racist organization...Well behold the P.R. nightmare and loss of advertising, donor dollars made Jesus see the light and start to love Black People all over again!!!
Brigham Young said (as a part of recorded history) that the whole black race is cursed because they weren't valient in the pre-existance. Some anonymous person on the church website says they weren't cursed. Based on what we've been taught our whole lives, who are we supposed to believe... the prophet or some anonymous person? It's interesting to note that the church is hoping that you believe the teachings of an anonymous person over the teachings of a prophet.
Does anyone have a copy of one of the pamphlets published in the 1960's by the church about the black race?
It is an especially interesting question since the whole Adam story in Genesis is fiction. The alleged war in heaven is mentioned only once in the Bible and never mentions us being there. Fiction on fiction.