Posted by:
steve benson
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Date: December 02, 2016 04:57PM
. . . don't get sidetracked into the weeds of whatever books various GAs may be peddling at Mormon bookstores. Stay focused on, and confine your sources to, statements that represent officially accepted, officially promoted and officially acknowledged Mormon Church pronouncements, as these official stamps of approval come from any of the following sources:
(1) statements from the First Presidency, speaking as a body;
(2) statements from the past and present presidents of the Mormon Church, made when these fellas were the actual Mormon Church president; and
(3) joint statements issued in simultaneous concert by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve, speaking together, and specifically on the matter at hand.
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If you cannot locate such statements and/or pronouncements, ask in your letter to the targeted GA the following:
(1) Do, in fact, such statements/pronpuncements exist?;
(2) If they do exist, where can they be found, where can they be accessed and rea ; and what exactly do they say that can be correctly concluded to be the officially-stamped doctrinal position of the Mormon Church?; and
(3) If they do not exist, why not?
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If the GA with whom you are corresponding cites canonized Mormon scripture back to you, ask him:
(1) if those scriptural referemnces represent the present, standing official position of the Mormon Church on matters of doctrine; and
(2) if that is the case, where that fact can be verified, through available sources, as having been so described by past or present presidents of the Mormon Church who made such affirmations of other official declarative status when they were president of the Mormon Church.
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If you have canonized scriptures of your own that you would like to cite to the GA, then do so while asking:
(1) if these scritpures that you quote do, in fact, represent the current official position of the Mormon Church on your particular topic of focus; and
(2) if not, why not?
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Be polite, prepared, steady, specific, tightly reasoned, directly worded, tenacious--and don't take a personal GA testimony as an answer.
In other words think of maybe saying something along these lines:
"Show me the meat, Dieter U. I'm not playin' games here. Give it to me straight and in full because:
"1) I've done my homework,
"2) paid my tithing,
"3) attended the temple,
"4) filled my callings,
"5) said my prayers,
"6) read my scriptures,
"7) obeyed the commandments,
"8) read your General Conference talks and those of your fellow witnesses for Christ, and therefore
"9) deserve answers to my questions.
"Yeah.that's right, Dieter. I deserve answers--and you heard me right: I deserve them from you. Produce the goods like a good prophet, seer and revelator should."
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 05:25PM by steve benson.