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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: December 03, 2010 06:37PM
Holy polygs! Look at the Deseret News headline on my E-mail!

"Much of Brian David Mitchell's writings coincide with Mormon teachings, BYU professor testifies"

I know people have been writing on the board all day about this, but it was a surprise to see this in DN. I would have supposed they'd just choose not to cover it in any depth.

Link to article:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700087942/Stepdaughter-former-church-leader-of-Brian-David-Mitchell-take-stand-in-kidnapping-trial.html?s_cid=Email-3-700087942

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Posted by: WTH ( )
Date: December 03, 2010 06:47PM
Re: Holy polygs! Look at the Deseret News headline on my E-mail!

"some of Mitchell's revelations lasted more than a year, which Peterson said is an idea and not a revelation."

Who is this Peterson to decide that if it is long then it is only an idea and not revelation? Would 6 months be an idea or revelation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad's_first_revelation

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Posted by: Zeezromp ( )
Date: December 03, 2010 07:11PM
Re: Holy polygs! Look at the Deseret News headline on my E-mail!

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"Outside the courtroom, Mecham described Mitchell as a "master manipulator" who likely deceived his church leaders to receive a recommend."

Mecham was Mitchell's stake president. What happened to Priesthood Discernment?

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Posted by: Helen ( )
Date: December 03, 2010 10:36PM
Discernment doesn't seem to work too well eh?

zeezrom Wrote:
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> What happened to Priesthood Discernment?

This same church discerned that Ted Bundy could be baptized.

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Posted by: RAG ( )
Date: December 04, 2010 10:43AM
Discernment also worked great for...

....spotting Mark Hofmann and Felix Urioste, for starters.

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Posted by: EssexExMo ( )
Date: December 04, 2010 10:58AM
Re: Holy polygs! Look at the Deseret News headline on my E-mail!

> "some of Mitchell's revelations
> lasted more than a year, which
> Peterson said is an idea and not
> a revelation."

How long did the law of consecration/United order last?

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Posted by: The Motrix ( )
Date: December 04, 2010 11:28AM
Awesome quote

Concerning revelations, Peterson said Mitchell's ideas were very similar to those of practicing members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "His view of inspiration he describes is no different than, say, a mainstream Latter-day Saint would describe."

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