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Brother Of Jerry
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Date: April 04, 2022 09:37PM
There apparently was a video on social media by apostle Dale Renlund (who I have never heard of - I am out the loop I guess) clarifying the LDS teachings about MiH. SLTrib did n article about it a couple weeks ago.
He reiterated the same points in GC. Basic points: he wishes we knew more, and MiH is doctrinal and all, but we know hardly anything, and we should stop being ungrateful whiners and just shut up about her.
OK, those are my words, not his, but that was the general tone. Here is one quote of his words:
"Latter-day Saints “follow this pattern and direct our worship to our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, and do not pray to Heavenly Mother,” he said. “Ever since God appointed prophets, they have been authorized to speak on his behalf. But they do not pronounce doctrines fabricated ‘of [their] own mind’ or teach what has not been revealed.”
Current church prophets “are similarly constrained,” Renlund said. “Demanding revelation from God is both arrogant and unproductive. Instead, we wait on the Lord and his timetable to reveal his truths through the means that he has established.”
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Arrogant and unproductive. Well OK then.
Here's my thoughts on the subject.
There are a number of reasons we don’t know more about MiH, and discussing her is really discouraged.
She is nameless. The reason is the 800 pound gorilla WRT MiH - how many MiHs are there and which one is our individual mother? If JS or BY had thought to answer that question, I’m thinking the spirit children would have had spirit races, and that’s how you would know who went with which mother.
She is faceless. We’re not even sure she is Scandinavian like Jesus.
She is voiceless.
Based on how she doesn’t interact with her children, she is either eyeless, earless, or powerless, or all three.
And if our earthly households are supposed to be foreshadowings of what heaven will be like, then how exactly is a woman supposed to behave in the household of faith? Deaf, blind and mute?
As the King said in "The King and I": It is a puzzlement. And kind of a downer when you think about it. Little wonder LDS women would like a status upgrade.